003 Aug. 28/Sept. 10, 1963
orthodoxaustralia Dear Nina , It has been just about a year since your visit, and already we are almost strangers to each other. That is of course primarily my fault, since…
002 Monday, July 15, 1963
Dear Alison, I received your letter Friday on returning from Church, where I had received Holy Communion. And so it seems that in these few years our roles have been…
001 June 14, 1961
Liebe Eltern, A hot day — too much like summer for San Francisco. I finally finished the thesis and turned it in last Friday, but they don’t get around to…
Chronicles of the St. Herman Brotherhood and St. Herman of Alaska Monastery: 1960s
NS. 13 Aug, 1964: Yesterday a young Greek, John Karris, came to us, expressing his love for true Orthodoxy and his bitterness over the faithlessness and opportunism of Greeks in…
May 28 2016?
Could May 28 2016 be the day? The internet is abuzz with rumors that this may be the day the plug is pulled on the US dollar. Whether this is…
Church attacked by ISIS during Palm Sunday Orthodox service
Would this not inspire Orthodox Christians to continue confessing our Faith? What else would? https://youtu.be/60kru7bc2g8
Point 10 on the Pan Orthodox Synod agenda
What happens if the Pan-Orthodox Synod in the end gets to reject point 8 (the communion with heretics) but still passes point 10 (The contribution of local Orthodox Churches in…
The New Covenant
“This is a moment in history, today you are signing a new covenant” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. It is indeed a “new covenant”, and people have no idea how…
The chiliastic end of the upcoming Pan-Orthodox Synod
While everyone is focusing on point 8 of the upcoming Pan-Orthodox synod (the inter-confessional relations), an equally important issue is being completely overlooked, but it is just as important, if…
All labor, every square inch of ground, every grain of wheat… A Prophecy from 15th Century
“Each person will be registered; not only every facet of his affairs and his life, but his every word, every movement of his mental faculties will be under constant surveillance…