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 […]
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 Orthodox clergymen will be leading the March. One in particular, Fr. Hans Jacobse (who runs the American Orthodox Institute […]
Religion vs. Liberty?
by Fr. Hans Jacobse “Only Christianity can tolerate liberty.”
Tradition & the Twelve Days of Christmas
by Fr. Hans Jacobse What happens when we try to secularize Christmas, and why Orthodox Christians need to remain faithful to their traditions. In the Christian tradition of both east and west, the twelve days of Christmas refer to the period from Christmas Day to Theophany. The days leading up to Christmas were for preparation; […]
Homosexual Marriage At The Dusk Of Liberty
by Fr. Hans Jacobse To define homosexual coupling as marriage violates natural law. It takes one male and one female to create a child and constitute a family. A male-to-male or female-to-female coupling is naturally sterile; biologically closed to the creation of new life (which is not the same thing as saying that either partner […]
Covering Warfare in a Byzantine Maze – Literally
by Terry Mattingly This is Terry Mattingly’s advice for journalists who which to cover what just happened in the OCA. It goes without saying that I have received quite a bit of email from GetReligion readers, and others, wanting to know my take on last Friday’s resignation, and now the ongoing humiliation, of Metropolitan JONAH […]