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 … [Continue reading]
The New Gnosticism of the Homosexual Movement
by Fr. Hans JacobseIt happens a lot. I see something I have never seen before and then an essay or book comes along that helps flesh out the idea. Last week I was embroiled in a debate about natural marriage (see Monomakhos). (I’ve quit using the … [Continue reading]
Fr. Josiah Trenham: Pastors Must Rise to Their Duty [VIDEO]
from AOIUSA.orgFr. 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 … [Continue reading]
What Do Orthodox Bishops Have to Say About “Same-Sex Unions”?
In A Statement on Moral Crisis in Our Nation, all the Orthodox Bishops in the United States made their position very clear: The Orthodox Church cannot and will not bless same-sex unions. Whereas marriage between a man and a woman is a sacred … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Micro-Christendoms: Rebuilding the Rule
This is an interesting article. What do you think?by Peter LeithartYears ago, members of a Boulder, Colorado, ministers’ association determined that they were responsible for Boulder’s civic health. Taking a cue from the early chapters of John’s … [Continue reading]
Sacraments Vs. State Marriage Licenses
Click here to listen to a radio interview on this topic with Terry Mattingly. by Terry MattinglyFather Patrick Henry Reardon's note to his flock at Chicago's All Saints Orthodox Church was short and simple -- yet a sign of how complicated life is … [Continue reading]
How Christianity Invented Children
And don't you forget it. by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry We have forgotten just how deep a cultural revolution Christianity wrought. In fact, we forget about it precisely because of how deep it was: There are many ideas that we simply take for granted as … [Continue reading]
The Orthodox Church Strongly Endorses the March for Marriage, Encourages All Faithful to Participate
From George Michaelopoulos at Monomakhos.com Tomorrow promises to be an exciting day in the history of American Orthodoxy. Thanks to the leadership of His Eminence Metopolitan Joseph of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America, several … [Continue reading]
Never Has There Been Such An Age
Never has there been such an age of false teachers as this pitiful twentieth century, so rich in material gadgets and so poor in mind and soul. Every conceivable opinion, even the most absurd, even those hitherto rejected by the universal consent of … [Continue reading]