April 7th, 2022
April 7th, 2022
Outer Distress Protects Inner Joy
Excerpted from Lesson 6: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian, Series 1, by Fr. Peter Heers
April 7th, 2022
ECUMENISM: AN ORTHODOX EXAMINATION
An introduction to the the particular problems with theories of the Church and Church unity which are believed and preached among enthusiasts for ecumenism.
April 7th, 2022
2 Aspects of the Antichrist's Anti-Gospel
2 Excerpts from "Ecumenism: An Orthodox Examination" by Fr. Peter Heers
April 4th, 2022
How God makes Contagious Objects Harmless
By: St. John of Kronstadt
The following divinely-inspired words of wisdom from St. John of Kronstadt bear witness to the devout stance of pious and God-loving Christians who have remained steadfast in defending the Holy Things that have been slandered by the ecclesiastical rationalists of our day for the past two years. As we see from these teachings, it would be utterly inconceivable in the mind of St. John to imagine the...
March 31st, 2022
Archbishop Sotirios – A Torrent of Blasphemy and Lack of Faith
By: Parishioners of the Greek Archdiocese in Canada
A response to his blasphemous speech during the Sunday of Orthodoxy
We just celebrated the First Sunday of Lent celebrating Orthodoxy, the great festival of our Church. It celebrates the one who gave birth to all the saints and martyrs, the “one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church”. It celebrates her glorious victory against the heresy of iconoclasm.
The...
March 29th, 2022
Patriotism & War - Metropolitan Philaret of New York
Excerpt from "On the Law of God"
Naturally, one will love one's own family and the relatives he grew up with, most of all, and secondly, the whole country, the people to which one belongs. One is tied to this people both by state and civil obligations and by culture and customs. One is bound to one's people, to one's own homeland, and one loves them. This love for homeland is that Christian patriotism which cosmopolitanists so strongly...
March 28th, 2022
Τι μου έκανε εντύπωση στον Γέροντα Εφραίμ Αριζόνας - π. Πέτρος Χιρς
Translation: What Made An Impression On Me In Elder Ephraim of Arizona - Fr. Peter Heers
Μου έκανε εντύπωση πως μιλούσε, πως προσευχόταν... Η αγιότητα του φαινόταν στην κάθε κίνηση του.
Είδα έναν άνθρωπο που είχε κυριέψει τα πάθη του, έναν άνθρωπο ελεύθερο εν Χριστώ.
Ένας άνθρωπος που ήταν μέσα στην χαρά της Αναστάσεως, μέσα στην αιώνια Αγάπη του Θεού. π.
Πέτρος Χιρς για τον Μακαριστό Γέροντα Εφραίμ Αριζόνας
Video in Greek, no English...
March 17th, 2022
Development of Ecumenism leading up to COVID
-- Interview with Jay Dyer
From the Editor: Below is the transcript of an interview Jay Dyer hosted with Fr. Peter [original video here]. It took place in 2019, before COVID began, but is all the more relevant today. Notice at the end, the concern Fr. Peter has for the talks, at the time, that were occurring which anticipated an upcoming ecumenical...
March 5th, 2022
The Real Freedom in Christ: The Example of Saint Nikolai of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War
(Excerpted from "The Real Reasons for War": An Orthodox Christian analysis of the real reasons for war - The Extended Orthodox Ethos Podcast, with Fr. Peter Heers)
March 5th, 2022
Homily on the Sunday of Forgiveness
by St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow
Today is called “Forgiveness Sunday.” It received this name from the pious Orthodox Christian custom at Vespers of asking each other’s forgiveness for discourtesy and disrespect. We do so, since in the forthcoming fast we will approach the sacrament of Penance and ask the Lord to forgive our sins, which forgiveness will be granted us only if we ourselves forgive each other. “If ye forgive men their...
March 4th, 2022
The Heart of the Church is Hesychia
(Excerpted from Lesson 3: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian, Series 1, by Fr. Peter Heers)
March 4th, 2022
The Command of "Watchfulness" and Basic Precepts
(Two excerpts from Lesson 1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian, Series 1, by Fr. Peter Heers)
March 4th, 2022
The Church must be lifted up upon the Cross
(Excerpted from Lesson 2: The Revelation of Jesus Christ to the Apostle & Evangelist John the Theologian, Series 1, by Fr. Peter Heers)
March 4th, 2022
