Nothing new for Christians living amongst heathens. These are saints for our times! Ss. Justa and Rufina were sisters born to a poor Christian family in Seville, Spain in the 3rd century. They helped support their family and many of the city’s poor by making pottery. If you’re also interested in pottery, find a sculpting […]
Post-Christian America: Gullible, Intolerant, and Superstitious
Human beings are hard-wired to search for meaning and purpose. By David French In some secular progressive circles, a certain myth persists. If you defeat the forces of traditional Christianity — you know, the rubes and fools who believe the Bible is the Word of God — then you’ll make way for a more enlightened, […]
Public Board Orders Christian School to Stop Reading ‘Offensive’ Bible Passages
Government school tells Chrisitan school not to cite the Bible on idolatry, fornication, adultery, and witchcraft. The enemies of God are emboldened. Remember when Canadians claimed it would never happen? I do. A Canadian Christian school has been ordered by a public school board that it partners with to refrain from reading or studying “any […]
Et tu, Montreal?
No more religious exemptions: Montreal is taxing churches Churches in Montreal are becoming concerned about hosting community groups after being hit with bills for municipal taxes. Joel Coppetiers, the Minister at the Cote des Neiges Presbyterian church, was shocked when his institution first received a municipal tax bill in early 2015. It was “the first […]
On Western Civilization
by John Rhys-Davies “Western Christian civilization, of which you’re a part, is one of the great glories of mankind. These are the things we stand for. We stand for liberty, liberty of association, freedom of speech. We stand for the equality of everyone in our society before the law, men as well as women. We […]
Patriarch Kirill calls on Catholics to Jointly Oppose de-Christianization of Human Civilization
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has called on Orthodox Christians and Catholics to join efforts in the fight against the ousting of Christian values. “We still have some doctrinal disagreements, but no one is preventing us from fighting, hand in hand, to end the persecutions, the ousting of Christian values, to end the […]
Priest Brutally Murdered in Greece
It is always hard to report these. A priest was found brutally murdered in his home in Gerakas, Greece, just eight miles to the east of Athens. He is originally from the island of Patmos, reports Romfea. He was reportedly tied to the bed by his hands and legs, and a pillow full of blood […]
“The West is Making a Mistake”
A Homily of Patriarch Kirill on the The Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church
20,000 Priests Were Executed During First Two Years After The October Revolution
Out of 60,000 Churches, only 100 were still open three years later in 1920. We know the enemy, and the enemy knows us. 20,000 priests were executed in 1917-1918, chairman of the Imperial Orthodox Palestine Society Sergey Stepashin said at the session of the organization committee for the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of […]
Fire Bomb found in Youngstown Orthodox Church Social Hall
The Youngstown arson investigator is collecting evidence following the discovery of a fire bomb thrown through the window of a church social hall. The so-called Molotov cocktail, which is usually a bottle of gasoline and burning rag, was discovered inside the hall behind the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church at 53 Laird Avenue. The church […]