Open Letter: TO OUR BELOVED HIERARCHS, BROTHER CONCELEBRANTS, AND OUR FAITHFUL FLOCKS
From the Burning Bush Brotherhood
Father Savvas the Athonite answers questions on fear and the fear of God (Part 1)
Greek Audio - English Subtitles
Father Savvas is a hieromonk in the Monastery of Holy Trinity, Edessa, Macedonia, Greece. He has a degree in Dentistry and in Theology.
...A Letter to an Abbess Concerning the Vaccines (English Translation)
By Elder Efthymios of Kapsala, Mt. Athos
Too long has our people been plagued with this painful coronavirus affair. Let them at last leave every one free to act according to his judgement, without pressure.
Elder Efthymios of the Cell of the Resurrection in Kapsala on Mt. Athos, a disciple of Saint Paisios of Mt. Athos, more than a year after his first letter, now writes a second letter concerning mandatory vaccination in response to questions from an abbess (dated 20 June 2021).
Venerable...
Geronda Philotheus of Karakallou Monastery (Mt. Athos) Speaks Out Against C0v!d and V@x
"I see that behind the back of all these events stands the devil, acting as their participant and secret mastermind."
(The following more accurate and updated translation has been provided by Fr. Zachariah Lynch):
"The Igumen of Karakallou monastery on Mt. Athos, Archimandrite Philotheus, shared some of his thoughts about the corona-virus:
“We have a very clear inner sense, that this pandemic has come about not by random chance but has been intentionally created. And then the...
St. Peter Zverev's Sermon on the 1910 Cholera Pandemic
"But this is our grief – we have invented all the wrong means by which we think to be saved from this terrible sickness that has mercy on no one." - St. Peter Zverev
“There are still reports being received from various places that infectious disease is spreading across our country, and that it is carrying away to the grave many thousands of people. It is not surprising that in the face of this frightful phenomenon people are brought to anxiety and are striving to think of any means whereby they may avoid the impending thunderstorm. But this is our grief –...
A MUST READ! St. Paisios of Mt. Athos on the Blasphemous Treatment of Holy Things, God's Wrath, and Trusting God
"Even if one has some phobia about getting sick, Christ will help if one makes the sign of the Cross with faith." - St. Paisios
“Her priests have violated My law and profaned My holy things; they have not distinguished between the holy and unholy, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.” - Ezekiel...
St. John of Kronstadt and the 1903 Siberian Plague
Whom do we run to and put our trust in first during times of danger?
"The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?" - Psalm 27:1
"I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? IMPORTANT! New lecture from Constantine Zalalas! Topics discussed include: the 1st Ecumenical Synod, papal Protestantism, Ecumenism, and the mad rush for mass inoculations. . .
Excerpts from the second half of the video:
Very difficult moments for humanity are coming. It seems that these difficult moments are just now starting. When this virus will end in May, other grievances will come; far greater than this one... Therefore, we will need even more patience and even more faith. Now we are in the stage of practice, and of exams. These exams will...
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1. Presbyter Fr. P.L., known to the editorial team of our blog, recounts: "My father-in-the-flesh, Presbyter E.L. had just Celebrated the Divine Liturgy in his parish in a village in Halkidiki (Northern Greece). As he finished the katalysis (consumption of the Holy Blood and Body that remained in the Holy Chalice), he wanted to add a little water, as is often the case,...
In October 1953, Archbishop Michael of the Greek Orthodox Church of America, wrote a letter to the National Herald (dated October 5, 1953), in order to clarify questions about the allegedly unsanitary nature of Holy Communion. What follows are excerpts from the letter.
"The first thing that I would like to emphasize is that the Greek Orthodox Church in America is part of the One, Holy, Catholic...
I am an Orthodox mother. I have been Orthodox for the last 30 years and my husband is cradle Orthodox, born and raised in the OCA. We have four children here, and one in Heaven.
In the last three months, I have not heard one bishop, or directive from a bishop, speak about our children. Not one. The ONLY reference to children has been that if they cannot distance themselves properly, they...
May 31, 2020 – Sunday of the Holy Fathers
To our beloved Hierarchs and Clergy of the Orthodox Churches of America and everywhere:
In May of 1848, The Eastern Patriarchs wrote a profound encyclical to the Pope in response to his flawed papal primacy claims. Toward the end of this most...
Over one thousand years later, the ugly wolf of iconoclasm is again growling at the gates of the Orthodox Church. The princes of this world, in fear of the loss of their temporary power and misguided by perverse and strange theologies have influenced the shepherds of the flock of Christ to reject the borders of tradition – just as Leo the Isaurian and Constantine the Dung-named pushed...
IMPORTANT! New Lecture from Constantine Zalalas!
“We will have Modified People...” (Part 1) - A Call to Prayer
Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou
De-mystifying the Vaccine for Corona Virus
Monk Paul of the Holy Mountain, Biologist, MD Molecular Biology and Biomedicine
It is with sorrow and wonder that we are observing an event unprecedented in world history [1]. In the name of “love” for the elderly and the more vulnerable, vaccination is being scheduled for all...
Three Miraculous Events which Show that Holy Communion is Invulnerable not only to bacteria and viruses, but also to everything else!
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HOLY COMMUNION AND GERMS
+ Archbishop Michael of North and South America (Greek Archdiocese
Letter from An Orthodox Mom
Regarding the Response of the Hierarchy and Clergy to the Coronavirus Crisis
To our beloved Hierarchs and Clergy of the Orthodox Churches of America and everywhere
From Your Parishioners
Orthodoxy’s Third Iconoclastic Period: 2020-20XX?
Nicholas Metrakos
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