Rating: 8,2|Votes: 5

“If Only We Would Take Seriously Our Spiritual Lives, We Would All Be Saints:” A Conversation with Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

Part 2

Jesse Dominick, Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

While visiting Moscow during the month of June, Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg), rector of the Sts. Cyril & Athanasius Institute for Orthodox Studies in San Francisco and an Archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, visited Sretensky Monastery for an interview with Pravoslavie.ru. This is the second part of our interview with Father Irenei, which focuses chiefly on the state of Orthodox scholarship and sanctity.

UNESCO Backs Jordan as Jesus' Baptism Site as Debate Goes on

A spot on the eastern bank Jordanian side of the Jordan River believed to be the location of the baptism of Christ has been deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Rating: 10|Votes: 3

“The Only Voice with Which Any Orthodox Christian is Entitled to Speak is the Voice of the Church:” A Conversation with Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

Part 1

Jesse Dominick, Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg)

While visiting Moscow during the month of June, Archimandrite Irenei (Steenberg), rector of the Sts. Cyril & Athanasius Institute for Orthodox Studies in San Francisco and an Archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, visited Sretensky Monastery for an interview with Pravoslavie.ru. This is the first part of our interview with Father Irenei, which focuses on the nature of the human person and several of the challenges facing modern society.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

Metropolitan Isaiah (Greek Archdiocese) on Recent SCOTUS Decision on Same-sex Marriage

Metropolitan Isaiah of Denver

The fact that the First Amendment of our United States Constitution prohibits our government from interfering with the free exercise of religion means that no human law on the part of any of the three branches of government can negate or nullify or rise above the teachings and dogmas of our Judeo-Christian history of more than two thousand years. Any attempt by our government to do this would totally fail, as it did in Communist Russia and in Nazi Germany.

Rating: 10|Votes: 2

Have You Lost Your Soul?

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The soul is our life and is the proper anchor of our existence. The consumer-self is ill-equipped for true existence. The loss of choices and its incipient narcissism plunge the consumer-self into despair. People in the modern world often shop in order to treat their depression.But the soul is our true life. It is only in the soul the the inherent suffering of the world makes sense. The consumer-self cannot bear suffering and supports every false hope that promises relief from suffering.