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092. Aug. 16/29,1971 The Holy Napkin
Dear Brother in Christ, Laurence, Thank you for spending the feast day with us. Our services for some reason today took 3 hours, so you were probably to Williams before we finished. With Uspeniye we go on autumn time, and getting up time becomes pre-dawn, as you aptly reminded us. In the last few hours
091. Aug. 13/26, 1971. St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Dear Brothers in Christ [Fr. Panteleimon et al.], Rejoice in the Lord! Thank you for the card and manuscripts (Arkady and Transfiguration). We note that Jordanville celebrates St. Herman on July 27 — but somehow this feast hasn’t caught on with us. What does the monastery do with St. Panteleimon? The Arkady ms raises several
The Heresy of Social Gospel
This heresy was well captured and presented in the writings of Blessed Seraphim Rose and Herman Podmoshenski of Platina Monastery, the spiritual offspring of the Elders from Optina monastery. As some may know, but perhaps most have not learned yet, parts of the written work of these two saintly fathers were censored, books published were
Elder DUMITRU BORDEIANU – His Passion
DUMITRU BORDEIANU V15/28 August 1921 – 3/16 August 2002 The following details presented are excerpts taken from the book “Confession from the Bog of Despair”, written by Dumitru Bordeianu, a Romanian Martyr. We will also try to remember some details from his direct confessions, as Elder Dumitru explained on a Sunday, after the Church service
The Plan of Sealing the People (with the Mark of the Beast) – Part 2
Once that the Christian ecumenism is ‘resolved’ (see the present ‘pan-orthodox synod’ from Crete), another synthesis towards a ‘higher’ inter-religious joining is to happen, which would be the ‘updated’ Judaism, according to Isaac M Wise in his “Triumphant Judaism”, from AJS Review, 1982. The primordial target, in Romania at least, is the Orthodox Monasticism. Aiming
ITS COOL (and soul saving), TO BE OF ORIGINAL CHRISTIANITY: Orthodoxy
Source: http://www.aoiusa.org/russia-and-the-west-have-swapped-spiritual-and-cultural-roles/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork The following extract from an article by Iben Thranholm, is one of the most important journalistic writings of the twenty-first century published in the West. Key points: Russians are returning to Christianity in a “modern and contemporary context” “They are familiar with the bitter fruit of atheism and have no appetite for the
The Challenger Syndrome
Character faults are common enough as we all know, but the higher the position of the person, the more serious are the consequences. We’ll look at three major events, or failures which exemplify something I’ll refer to as the Challenger Syndrome. Most of us remember the tragic explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle, and that
Judas, the “social justice” warrior and how each of us is becoming like him
EACH ONE OF US IS POTENTIALLY A JUDAS A sermon given by Fr. Seraphim (Rose) during Great Lent, 1982 Preface by Orthodox Australia: The level of wisdom and Orthodox understanding reflected in the works of Fathers Seraphim and Herman of Platina are beyond what few could comprehend in their generation of warriors for Christ, let alone in our
Excerpts from the 1903 Epistle of the Russian Orthodox Synod (concerning the non-Orthodox)
“…in its own particular life each autocephalous Orthodox Church must always (as, indeed, it does at present) preserve the memory and consciousness of its union with the other Orthodox Churches, and of the fact that only in communion and agreement with them has it the pledge of truth and of eternal life, or manifests itself
Statement of the Secretariat of the Holy Synod of Antioch
Balamand, 27 June 2016 At the end of the seventh extraordinary session which begun on May 25th 2016, the Holy Synod of Antioch convened on June 27, 2016 in Balamand. The Synod was presided by His Beatitude Patriarch John X, with the participation of the Bishops of the Holy See of Antioch, The fathers congratulated
The Plan of Sealing The People (with the Mark of the Beast) – Part 1
This is a translation of the following article from a Romanian website: https://monahulteodot.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/planul-de-pecetluire-a-oamenilor/ We want to present this very important message about the ongoing spiritual riots, started some time ago. They are so planned and so cunning! This rebellion against God is not new, and the ones who triggered this uprising are very well known…
The Spirit of Antichrist and the Forerunner of Antichrist
By Archbishop Averky http://archbishopaverky.blogspot.com.au/2011/02/spirit-of-antichrist-and-forerunner-of.html From the second chapter of St. Paul’s Second Epistle to the Thessalonians it is clear that the teaching about the Antichrist enters into the content of the earliest apostolic evangelization. After giving a description of the Antichrist in the third and fourth verses of that chapter, the holy Apostle writes further
Heresy, the sin against the Holy Spirit
In todays Christianity the questions of whether various denominations have grace or not, and to what degree, are being asked more than ever. Let us therefore try to put out a simple argument on why there is no grace outside the Orthodox Church. There are many Holy Fathers stating this exact position, but there are
Open letter to the Holy Pan Orthodox Synod of 2016*
Holy Hierarchs of the Pan Orthodox Synod, Let us start by remembering our Holiness Metropolitan Paul Saliba of the Antiochian Orthodox Church of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines. Let us also remember the founders of our Holy Mission, Holy Metropolitan Philaret of New York, Fr Vladimir Evsukoff, Archbishop John Maximovic the founder of the
About the Universe and the fall of Man
“He laid the foundations of the earth that it never should move at any time”. Where do the Bible and the teachings of the Holy Fathers fit in with the observation of today’s science? The “missing link” may be found in the falling of the universe (of the whole of Creation) due to sin of
Pope Francis likens Jesus to ISIS
The perverted Christian understanding could not be more prevalent today than is in what the Pope just said. He speaks of “Christian roots of Europe”, but does not tell you Western Europe has lost touch with true Chriatianity in 1054 when it separated from Orthodoxy and adopted a new doctrine soon after (Pope Gregory VII
Contemporary Fathers on the Pan Orthodox Council
The Pan Orthodox Council today is no different to the Council Of Florence in the 15th century. Those who were opposed to it then (and they were few, only one Bishop – St Mark of Ephesus) were right, and justified by later synods. Those who oppose the Pan Orthodox Synod today are right as well,
090. August 13/26, 1971. St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
Dear Brother in Christ, Dimitry, Rejoice in the Lord! We were very glad to receive your letter and read it with great interest. We were touched at your defense of such “unpopular” ones as we. However, it would probably be best to discount a good part of what is said about our dire straights. Our
089. August 10/23, 1971. St. Laurence the Archdeacon
Dear Brother in Christ, Laurence, You have told us of your willingness to drop everything and come to join us here as a full-fledged brother; and you have expressed your doubts. Now it is for us to tell you what you can expect and what we expect of you when and if you join us,
088. Aug. 10/23, 1971. St. Laurence the Archdeacon
Dear Brother in Christ Laurence, Congratulations on your namesday! May God grant you to grow with each year in Christian virtues and attain in the end to His eternal Kingdom! Enclosed is our official epistle to you to help you make up your mind about joining us. What does it say to your heart? Fr.
087. Aug. 3/16, 1971. St. Anthony the Roman
Dear Brother in Christ, Laurence, Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ. Rejoice in the Lord! Congratulations with the namesday child. We are sending him an inscribed copy of vol. 6 of the OW, so he can clearly see what we are doing. The calendar has been sent to Nicholas Mabin, airmail. Time is fast approaching
086. July 7/20, 1971. St. Thomas of Melea
Dear Father in Christ, Panteleimon, Evlogeite! On looking over our file of letters to you since our “crisis” began in January, I note that we have sent you a “progress report” about every two months; and another one is now due! And so I send you this brief report, even though there is very little
085. June 23/July 6, 1971. Vladimir Mother of God
Dear Father Panteleimon, Evlogeite! This is solely a “Publication Question Sheet”; a letter will follow shortly. Thanks be to God, we are well and in good spirits. 1. Life of St. Mamas: safely received with many thanks. It will go in the May-June issue, as Vladika John will have to be our saint for March-April!
084. May 8/21, 1971. St. John the Theologian St. Arsenius the Great
Dear Father in Christ, Panteleimon, CHRIST IS RISEN! Evlogeite! It was very good to talk to you, and one only regrets that the time was so short. We do hope you will be able to visit us the next time you are out on the West Coast, and we can discuss many things more thoroughly.
083. May 6/19, 1971. Righteous Job
CHRIST IS RISEN! Dear Father in Christ Neketas, Evlogeite! Please forgive our long silence. Somehow, since the Canonization last year our correspondence with you has slowed to a trickle, which is unfortunate, as our common mission of English-language Orthodox enlightenment would profit by more intercommunication, not to mention the mutual encouragement which is often so
