By Sarah Pulliam Bailey Turns out that the secret to being sustainably happy is no secret. Note that this article was using Christianity as the ‘religion’; I wouldn’t necessarily think that it is universal across anything that passes for a religion today. A new study suggests that joining a religious group could do more for someone’s “sustained […]
Be Mindful…
…be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the […]
Orthodox Priest Brutally Gunned Down in Kiev
An Orthodox priest in Kiev is in a critical condition after being shot twice in the head Saturday night, Ukrainian and Russian media report. Roman Nikolaev, a priest in the Moscow Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, was shot outside his home in northern Kiev late on Saturday night, and is listed in critical condition. […]
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 […]
A Peak Into The Future Via Canada
Ottawa, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Biblical speech opposing homosexual behavior, including in written form, is essentially a hate crime. On Wednesday, the court upheld the conviction of activist William Whatcott, who found himself in hot water after distributing flyers regarding the Bible’s prohibitions against homosexuality throughout the Saskatoon and […]
‘A Tragic Day for America’s Children’
American College of Pediatricians on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling by Dr. Susan Berry In a statement released Friday, the president of the American College of Pediatricians said the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage will have a significantly negative impact on children in the United States. Dr. Michelle Cretella, president of the College, said: [T]his is […]
Orthodox Christians Must Now Learn To Live as Exiles in Our Own Country
Rod Dreher is a senior editor and blogger at The American Conservative. Voting Republican and other failed culture war strategies are not going to save us now No, the sky is not falling — not yet, anyway — but with the Supreme Court ruling constitutionalizing same-sex marriage, the ground under our feet has shifted […]
A New Gospel
by John Fund Environmentalist and scientist James Lovelock has some cautionary words about the dire predictions in the new United Nations report on climate change. He tells Britain’s leftist newspaper the Guardian that environmentalism has “become a religion” and does not pay enough heed to facts. Click here to read the rest
EU: “(Christian) Orthodoxy is the Enemy”
by George Michaelopoulos Lest anyone think that the New World Order (NWO) crusade against Russia is based Vladimir Putin being nasty to gays or on differences between political ideologies, please take the time to read these alarming words by Carl Bildt, Sweden’s Foreign Minister. Bildt is merely reiterating what Zbibgniew Brzinski recently said: “Orthodoxy is […]
Why Bonhoeffer Made The Sign Of The Cross
Reading Letters and Papers from Prison, I was surprised to discover Dietrich Bonhoeffer used the sign of the cross in his daily prayers. “I’ve found that following Luther’s instruction to ‘make the sign of the cross’ at our morning and evening prayers is . . . most useful,” he said in one letter. “There is […]