St. Mark the Eugenicus: "I will never do this whatever may happen." [On the table: "Terms of Union of Latins and Orthodox. In Florence in 1439."]

July 1444

To All Orthodox Christians on the Mainland and in the Islands.

From Mark, Bishop of the Metropolis of Ephesus—Rejoice in Christ!

To those who have ensnared us in an evil captivity—desiring to lead us away into the Babylon of Latin rites and dogmas—could not, of course, completely accomplish this, seeing immediately that there was little chance of it. In fact, that it was...

So often defenders of the present course of ecumenism cite St. Mark of Ephesus BEFORE the council or DURING the council with the Latins, always omitting what St. Mark had to say AFTER the council, especially as he approached his departure from this world.

It...

Given the role that the Orthodox Church of Georgia is likely to play at the Pan Orthodox Council, this little video is a timely introduction for all of us:

The Faith of the Republic of Georgia

~ It was famed novelist John Steinbeck, who while traveling through the Soviet Union in 1947, referred to Georgia as a kind of second heaven. No, we are not talking about the state in the U.S., but the Republic of Georgia! Once part of the Communist empire and often called the “Riviera of the Soviet Union” the country of Georgia nestles between the Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea. With the help of Georgian cameraman Giorgi Shermazanashvili and Henrick Weber, CBN News Senior International Correspondent George Thomas brings us this unique view of one of the world’s oldest Christian countries where culture, tradition and faith in Jesus Christ run deep. ~

Let us all pray that the Patriarch and the Holy Synod will remain immovable in their rejection of the unorthodox texts submitted for approval by the Council.

These are the true theologians of the Church today, men of prayer. Listen to what they have to say about the approaching "Pan"-Orthodox Council (which has excluded most Orthodox, bishops and clergy alike):

Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἰουστίνος ὁ Πόποβιτς ἔγραφε τό 1971, πρός τήν Ἱερά Σύνοδο τῆς Ἱεραρχίας τῆς Σερβικῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας, μεταξύ ἄλλων, καί τά ἑξῆς:

«...Εἰς τήν Ἐκκλησίαν, διά τήν ὁποίαν ὁ Θεάνθρωπος εἶναι τό πᾶν καί τά πάντα, οὐδέν ἐπιτρέπεται νά ρυθμίζεται “κατά ἀνθρωπον”, “κατά τήν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, κατά τά στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου καί οὐ κατά Χριστόν”... Ἐάν καί τά σύγχρονα προβλήματα τ