by Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol –
Not all roads lead to heaven, and “not all that glitters is gold.” Truth and Christ are synonymous words. [Read more…]
Moral issues
Challenges of Orthodox Parents Raising Children in Increasingly Secularized and Hedonistic Times
by Fr. Alexis Miller –
Orthodox Christian parents cannot afford to be wimps. You have to be militant against our culture to be successful at raising kids these days.[Read more…]
Scrooge Syndrome, A Christmas Carol About Us
by Polina Zhukova –
We are used to thinking of Scrooge as a villain, but Dickens was writing about the tragedy of loneliness. How an icy heart learns to beat again [Read more…]
Honoring the Memory of Charlie Kirk, a Witness for Christ and Truth
by Fr. Peter Heers –
Charlie Kirk was speaking the days, the hours, the minutes leading up to his assassination, about the things that are blessed, things that are good in terms of the Gospel and Jesus Christ and moral life and all the rest. [Read more…]
Charlie Kirk’s Example is a Lesson for All Orthodox Christians
by Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) –
What is especially admirable about Charlie Kirk is his willingness to go and speak about the Kingdom of Heaven, about traditional values, about conservative principles in the very places that seemed most unsuitable. [Read more…]
Extinguish Anger Before it Consumes Us
by Fr. Pavel Gumerov –
It’s not without reason that the Holy Fathers compare the passion of anger, like lust, with fire, flames, a conflagration. “A spark will ignite a flame.” Beginning with a small flash, anger can engulf the soul in a matter of minutes and lead to irreparable consequences. [Read more…]
Humility is the Root of Everything in Christian Life
by St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea –
Humility is a great gift of God. And every step along the path of Christ brings us closer to it. When a man’s heart is humble, the Holy Spirit comes to abide in it. What great happiness it is to be humble, and how difficult this is. [Read more…]
The Rainbow is Sign of God’s Promise, Not Symbol for Pride and Sexual Immorality
by Allen Jackson –
The rainbow is not a symbol of personal identity or political ideology. It was never meant to celebrate human pride. The rainbow belongs to God. [Read more…]
The Moral Heresy of Sexual Immorality
by Fr. Zechariah Lynch –
Orthodoxy has always spoken against sexual perversions, fornication, adultery, homosexuality, and all other sexual depravities. Why? Because It understands that these sins will destroy a person. [Read more…]
Three Criteria to Help Us Recognize Modern False Prophets
by Fr. Geoffrey Korz –
There exists today a great deal of material that purports to be Orthodox and Christian. Books from major publishing houses abound, new articles pop up daily online. A plethora of channels offer opinions which—but for the garb and kitschy coffee cup of the presenter—are indistinguishable from secular, activist opinion commentaries, despite using the word “Orthodox” in their name. [Read more…]