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For the generation of Russian émigrés who lived through the diaspora of the 20th century, many of the saints of recent decades were their pastors, confessors, and friends. In this special audio recording, we share a rare oral history from…
A Testimony for Our Times Introduction In 1924 the Romanian Orthodox Church adopted the new (Gregorian) calendar, causing widespread confusion and scandal among clergy and faithful who wished to remain faithful to the Julian calendar—the calendar of the Holy Fathers,…
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the…
Translated from the Arabic by Elias Khoury Father Youssef (Joseph) Muhanna Al-Haddad, whose full name was Youssef, son of Gergis Mussa, son of Muhanna Al-Haddad, was a distinguished Orthodox priest from Beirut whose heart belonged to Damascus. Often introducing himself…
In the vast mosaic of Christian history, the early Church Fathers stand as monumental figures whose lives and teachings have profoundly shaped Orthodox Christianity. Among these revered teachers, St. Ignatius the God-bearer of Antioch, St. Justin Martyr, and St. Irenaeus…
No one was more hated by the Moscow Patriarchate than Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) who organized ROCOR when the Russians found themselves outside of Russia and they willingly cut off all ties with the Sergianistic “Patriarchate”. Metropolitan Anthony’s work on Redemption…
A Special Thanks to the Orthodox Archive Org Please note that this letter was written in 1925 just a year after the calendar change. Please also read ALL the footnotes (and especially footnote #8!) which explain a lot of the…
Протопресвитер Виктор Мелехов Несколько месяцев назад на сайте «Австралийско-Новозеландской епархии РПЦЗ» епископ Андрей Эрастов опубликовал статью «Троянские кони», в которой делает несколько сомнительных и вводящих в заблуждение утверждений. Хотя он соглашается, что допустил серьезные канонические ошибки при создании своей новой…
SERMON ON THE SUNDAY OF THE HOLY FATHERS (THE SUNDAY BEFORE NATIVITY) BY HIS EMINENCE ARCHBISHOP TIKHON FIRST HIERARCH OF THE RUSSIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH 2022, Omsk, Siberia The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the Son of David,…
-John W. Gardner