by Fr. Hans Jacobse Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the courageous Russian writer, contributed indispensably to bringing down the Soviet Union. Conventional Western opinion sees his story, too, as ending then. But the conflict of good against evil and truth against lies runs throughout the moral universe, not just the Soviet scene. Moreover, half of his writings are […]
Canada: Same-sex “Marriage” and the Persecution of Christians
Canada legalized same-sex “marriage” in 2005, the fourth country in the world to do so. During the rushed public debate that preceded legalization, the Christian and traditional understanding of marriage as the union of a man and a woman had strong support. Polls showed a deep split among Canadians, and the majority (52 percent) were […]
Response of Assembly of Bishops to Obergefell v. Hodges
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 2nd, 2015 Response of Assembly of Bishops to Obergefell v. Hodges The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America strongly disagrees with the United States Supreme Court decision of June 26, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court invents a constitutional right for two members of the same sex to marry, […]
Why We Stopped Doing Sex Change Operations
by Paul R. McHugh When the practice of sex-change surgery first emerged back in the early 1970s, I would often remind its advocating psychiatrists that with other patients, alcoholics in particular, they would quote the Serenity Prayer, “God, give me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things […]
Gay Marriage and the Houston Gay Rights Ordinance
Source: Orthodox Clergy Association of Houston and Southeast Texas We, the Orthodox clergy of Houston and Southeast Texas, are compelled by our responsibilities before God to speak out plainly against the rebellion against God’s created order that we see being waged on both the local and national level. It is God who created the two […]
Russian Orthodox Church Will Never Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
The Russian Orthodox Church will never recognize same-sex marriages, even though it acknowledges freedom of choice in pursuing a certain way of life, even if a sinful one. A statement to this effect was made by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during his meeting on Tuesday with Secretary-General of the Council of Europe […]
Welding Society Together
by St. John Chrysostom The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. Men will take up arms and even sacrifice their lives for the sake of this love. St. Paul would not speak so earnestly about this subject without serious reason; why else would he say, “Wives, be subject to […]
The New Gnosticism of the Homosexual Movement
Homosexualism as a new gnosticism rings more true every day.
Fr. Josiah Trenham: Pastors Must Rise to Their Duty [VIDEO]
from AOIUSA.org Fr. Josiah Trenham, pastor of St. Andrew Orthodox Church in Riverside, Father Josiah Trenham spoke about religion and politics at the 2015 Unite IE Conservative Conference in California last month. Pastors, he said, must rise to their duty to bring moral awareness to our civic institutions and fight the secularizing trends that see […]
Statement of the Baltimore Council of Orthodox Churches to the City of Baltimore
The following statement was composed and sent to Baltimore City Hall on May 2, 2015, after Baltimore-area clergy and laity met to discuss the city’s recent turmoil in the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray. STATEMENT TO THE CITY OF BALTIMOREFrom the Baltimore Council of Orthodox Churches May 2, 2015 Christ is Risen! “Every […]