The “Will and Testament” of the Forty Martyrs—the Roman soldiers of the Eleventh Thundering Legion (Legio XII Fulminata) who suffered in 320 in the town of Sebaste (Lesser Armenia)—is an important historical document and memorial of early Christian hagiographic literature.
Archpriest Andrei Tkachev
Rating: 9,5|Votes: 17
This assessment and comparison of persecutions against the Church in Ukraine by the Poroshenko government today and its persecution by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Brest Unia in the sixteenth century was offered by an Archpriest Andrei Tkachev, who was born and raised in Lvov, the center of Western Ukraine and the stronghold of Greek Catholicism (Uniatism),.
Paul Gilbert
Rating: 10|Votes: 3
A copy of the act of abdication of Russia’s last emperor Nicholas II went under the hammer during an auction held on 19th February at Sotheby’s Moscow.
Pavel Kuzenkov, Yuri Pushchaev
Rating: 9,2|Votes: 48
When and why did the Patriarchate of Constantinople introduce the new calendar? How is it connected with the current Church conflict in Ukraine? We discussed these subjects with Pavel Kuzenkov, Ph.D in Historical Sciences, teacher of the Sretensky Theological Seminary, and expert in Christian chronological systems.
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 30
The leaders of that sanguinary and bloodthirsty era, which did come about as Dostoevsky foresaw, indeed founded a kingdom of evil and terror in absolute contrast to the Heavenly Kingdom. Their atheistic and anti-Christian kingdom saw in the person of the Tsar and his family not any possible claimants to the throne, but the epitome of the Russian Orthodox state, the living symbol of the Orthodox Faith and the main defender of Orthodoxy on a worldwide basis.
Rating: 8,2|Votes: 56
A festal Liturgy was celebrated at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral with his guests— primates and representatives from ten other Local Churches and the autonomous and self-governing bodies of the Moscow Patriarchate and a host of hierarchs from the Russian Orthodox Church.
St. Laurence of Chernigov
Rating: 8,6|Votes: 74
“To break away from the Church is the greatest and unforgiveable sin, for it is the sin against the Holy Spirit.”
Archimandrite George (Kapsanis)
Rating: 10|Votes: 31
Fr. Kosmas did not pursue any kind of titles. He was concerned about the salvation of the people and the strengthening of Orthodoxy in Zaire. He taught the African people the Jesus prayer, regarding it as an effective weapon against the “demonocracy” of the African sorcerers.
Alexander Shchipkov
Rating: 8,4|Votes: 63
The threat of secular reformation is hanging over Orthodoxy.
Priest George Maximov
Rating: 9,2|Votes: 47
The Orthodox of various countries are looking on in perplexity and horror as the primate of a respected Church suddenly proclaims as his own canonical territory what has for over 300 years been accepted by everyone without exception as part of another Local Church, and pronounces those whom the entire Orthodox Church has unanimously recognized as schismatics to be part of the canonical Church—at the same time threatening to pronounce as schismatics those who have been abiding in Eucharistic unity with all the Local Churches.
Matfey Shaheen
Rating: 8,8|Votes: 71
This article is put forth to demonstrate the political captivity of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to foreign powers throughout history, especially the United States.
Priest Sergei Begiyan
Rating: 8,6|Votes: 38
To understand that Patriarch Bartholomew is by no means a good doctor, that he pursues completely specific materialistic goals, we must forget for a while about the current conflict and recall another. We must remember the Greek Orthodox Church.
Anna Stickles
Rating: 10|Votes: 20
Recently, in defense of Constantinople’s actions in Ukraine, some have commented that while repentance is nice as an ideal, “the healing of schisms has rarely involved repentance.” The implication is that repentance is optional, not necessary.
Anton Pospelov
Rating: 10|Votes: 21
In 2015 Al-Maghtas was added by UNESCO to the World Heritage list as a site associated with the Baptism of Jesus Christ.
Sergei Bednenko
Rating: 9|Votes: 24
Living in Russia has broadened my horizons. I came to realize that Fr. Job was right when he said that we [Carpatho-Russia] cannot exist without Russia. Without Russia we will have no freedom, no prosperity, no specific cultural or spiritual identity.
Athanasius Zoitakis
Rating: 8,5|Votes: 32
The unlawful actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine are certainly not the first incident of the Phanar’s non-canonical encroachment into the affairs of the Local Orthodox Churches. A clear example of an attempt to substitute an Ecumenical Council with the court of the Patriarch of Constantinople is found in the councils of the Greek-speaking Churches in 1993 and 1994.
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 6,7|Votes: 112
At one time people spoke of Westernization, in the 1960s Americanization, today it is globalization. It is all the same. It means infecting the world with the Viking spirit of piratry and pillage.
Fr. Barnabas Powell
Rating: 5|Votes: 33
This month marks the 35th anniversary of repose of one of the most visionary priests of the twentieth century, Fr. Alexander Schmemann. And rather than relate biographical details, I’ll tell about him by reflecting on a key element of his preaching and teaching.
Priest Mikhail Ulanov
Rating: 9,7|Votes: 28
This position fully explains the canonical nihilism of Constantinople. Since the canons do not provide opportunities for primacy, they are rejected.
Archpriest Igor Ryabko
Rating: 9,8|Votes: 22
This story describes the lives and podvig of the martyrs and confessors of Zaporozhye; these are the true heroes, and their example inspires the faithful in these troubling times.
