Articles tagged: sacraments
The Foundations of Orthodox Ecclesiology
Excerpted from ECUMENISM: AN ORTHODOX EXAMINATION, by Fr. Peter Heers
The Holy Fathers Forbid Prayer with the Heterodox
Excerpted from ECUMENISM: AN ORTHODOX EXAMINATION, by Fr. Peter Heers
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...
Fr. Ioannis Drongitis on Covidism
Interview in Four Parts
If you are in Fr. Demetrios Carellas’ email group, you will have noticed a four-part presentation of interviews by Fr. Ioannis Drongitis from October 3rd to October 7th. These reveal, to the English-speaking world, this priest who was not known before but we now hear boldly and “as one having authority” (cf. Matthew 7:29) confessing the truth of the spiritual matters on which many...
A Return of Evil Signs
by Archpriest Geoffrey Korz; re-post from Orthodox Reflections on October 4, 2021
I would like to speak to you about three signs: one from a hundred years ago, one from ninety years ago, and one from today. These signs are not signs of prophecy – but they are signs of the times. Evil signs.
The first sign, from one hundred years ago, is a sign that was found on the doors of restaurants and stores throughout the United...
An Essential Epistle on the Greatest Blasphemy of Our Days
By George Karras, “Orthodox Heritage” editor, May 27th, 2020.
MESSAGE OF THE MONTH (May 2020)
Today, at the end of the most tragic Lenten and Paschal season His Bride has ever lived, we celebrate the Apodosis of Pascha and tomorrow Orthodoxy observes His Holy Ascension. Sadly, most Orthodox churches shall remain either closed or with limited (at best)...
COMPLETE LECTURE SERIES LINKS! Russia's New Martyrs & The Catacomb Church: A Type of the End Times
Today in Russia tomorrow in America.
VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS from Blessed Elder Athanasius of Grigoriou in a Time of Delusion and Apostasy
Emulate the Saints to Attain their Same End: Perfection and Holiness
Introduction:
The Saints were men and women who exemplify the perfection of the Christian life through holiness and virtue we should strive to emulate. In what follows from the life of the Blessed and clairvoyant Geronda Athansius of Gregoriou Monastery (Mt. Athos), we find three valuable life lessons we need to hear and implement during these days in which...
1) The Locust Swarm vs The Saints
“In the village of Voultisa, which is in the coastal area of Pieria east of Veria, Grigoriou Monastery had a metochion which it had bought in 18557 from a certain Turkish bey. One time the steward, very upset, sought for help from the Monastery. He requested that they send him a devout priest and holy...