This is shameful. Isn’t this how the Roman Catholic Church gained a foothold with the Unia in the Middle East? Evangelical Christians from the United States and other areas of the world are helping “destroy” the historic Antioch Church in Syria by offering poor, vulnerable orthodox Christians aid and assistance if they “convert” and start […]
Atonement in Scripture: A Neuroscientific Reason for Why Retributive Justice is from the Fall, and Penal Substitution is Immature
Neuroscientist Daniel Reisel studied the brains of psychopathic murderers. He gauged their responses to pictures of people’s emotional expressions. Using MRI’s to image their brains, Reisel found a deficit in the amygdala, a region of the brain we believe to be the ‘location’ of empathy. But Reisel and other neuroscientists also have hope. They also […]
Terrorism is Satanism
by Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) On November 20, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), addressed the united session of the Federation Council and the State Duma devoted to problems involved in the struggle against terrorism. Met. Hilarion, emphasized that the perpetrators of these heinous acts are not […]
How Plumbing Saved The World
How Plumbing (Not Vaccines) Eradicated Diseases Vaccines have done a great deal of good in the past, but plumbing, clean water, and sanitation are the real stars of saving the world from disease. by Joel Edwards Vaccines get all the glory, but most plumbers including the experts like the Toronto plumber will tell you that […]
Orthodox Christians Who Saved Jews In The Holocaust
By Thomas King A growing list of Orthodox Christians that rescued Jews during the Holocaust era Much has been said regarding the famed Yad Vashem awards given to a number of Roman Catholics and Protestants. What needs to be noted however, is that there were just as many Orthodox Christians who were participants of rescuing […]
Exploring Orthodox Generosity: Giving in US Orthodox Parishes
A you a “tithe-cripple”? Is your parish? Speak out now. Take the survey. To All Clergy and Laity Interested in the Subject of “Orthodox Christians and Giving to the Church.” A national study “Exploring Orthodox Generosity: Giving in US Orthodox Parishes” has been launched by the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA. We […]
ISIS Causing Iraqis to Turn to Christ at “Stunning Pace”
Working in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region day and night to help meet the needs of people displaced by the threats and violence of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Mosul and other areas, members of an Iraqi ministry team recently came into contact with a colonel from the Kurdish forces battling ISIS. The colonel was serving […]
How to Build a Chapel in a Day – Without a Single Nail
On July 5, Kolomenskoye Park was the scene of the Russian Field (Russkoye Polye) Slavic Culture Festival, dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birthday of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. The festival’s main aim was to acquaint visitors with ancient Russian culture and show them how Russians’ ancestors lived, as well as building a […]
Pastors Not Welcome at Immigration Camps
By Todd Starnes Pastors and churches have been banned from helping the thousands of illegal immigrant children housed in border detention facilities run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, clergy in Texas and Arizona tell me. “Border Patrol told us pastors and churches are not allowed to visit,” said Kyle Coffin, the pastor of CrossRoads […]
A Cold Age
by Fr. Lawrence Farley One of the benefits of reading history is that it enables one to compare one’s own era with other eras, and so identify the blind spots of former times and as well as the blind spots of one’s own time. As C.S. Lewis once pointed out (in his essay On the Reading […]