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Comment on Fr. John Whiteford Asks: What is the Mainstream Orthodox View on Homosexuality? by Larrenz

Larrenz — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:09:03 +0000

In reply to Fabio L Leite. If only I could reach back in time a decade and warn you, and tell yhow right you were and what was to come...

Comment on Frontier Orthodoxy by Ronda Wintheiser

Ronda Wintheiser — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 02:22:02 +0000

Where is Fr. Oliver now? Does anyone know?

Comment on Russian Orthodox launch the St. Gregory Nazianzus Foundation by Hans

Hans — Sat, 08 May 2021 13:25:00 +0000

Wonderful, they even got an oligarch on board to pay! Remember, ecumenism is still heresy, and heresy still leads to perdition.

Comment on Three Trojan Horses: Insider Attempts to Disorient the Orthodox by Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 05:52:33 +0000

Globohomo agenda at work. The perverts are coming for your kids. Those 3 people should be immediately kicked out of the church. They are a cancer and it will only get worse keeping them around. If not then get rid of the weak leaders who keep them.

Comment on Texas Orthodox Clergy Speak Out on Gay Marriage and the “Rebellion Against God’s Created Order” by Mariam Visagio

Mariam Visagio — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:32:10 +0000

BRAVO Orthodox clergy!

Comment on Dachau 1945: The Souls of All Are Aflame by Mariam Visagio

Mariam Visagio — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:29:34 +0000

In reply to Gavin James Campbell. Are you accusing St. Nikolai of being a Nazi sympathizer and a racist?

Comment on Three Trojan Horses: Insider Attempts to Disorient the Orthodox by Fr. Benedict Holy Mountain

Fr. Benedict Holy Mountain — Thu, 28 May 2020 20:08:02 +0000

It’s too bad I came across this article belatedly; I was doing a search for a related topic and, by chance, stumbled upon this masterpiece of Orthodox apologetics. Love the tenor of this writer. May God bless Fr. Alexander.

Comment on An Orthodox Appraisal of Political Correctness, Sexual Anarchy, Cultural Deconstruction and Conforming the Church to the World by Bill Porter

Bill Porter — Mon, 11 May 2020 17:42:36 +0000

In reply to Una McManus. I am quoting mostly from the New International Version, sometimes from the new King James

Comment on An Orthodox Appraisal of Political Correctness, Sexual Anarchy, Cultural Deconstruction and Conforming the Church to the World by Una McManus

Una McManus — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:04:52 +0000

Dear Father: What version of the Bible are you quoting from? I find it very readable and accessible. Thank you for such a thorough article.

Comment on Debate: Does Atheism Poison Everything? Christopher Hitchens vs. David Berlinski by Fr. Johannes Jacobse

Fr. Johannes Jacobse — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 15:55:47 +0000

In reply to Jack L.. Jack, can you name any other "form of communism" that tolerated other ways of thinking? The problem with communism is that it is a closed system. It is a self-referencing, which is to say that it denies any authority except the ideology itself. It makes the authority of the state its god. It's greatest threat is God, which is to say the Christian because the Christian will not, in the end, swear fealty the state. That's why Lenin's first target was the Church. Two essays that discuss this (I am the author): Christians Who Pray to ‘St. Marx’ are Building the Next Gulag The Artist as Vandal: Culture and the desecration of religious symbols

Comment on Debate: Does Atheism Poison Everything? Christopher Hitchens vs. David Berlinski by Jack L.

Jack L. — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:54:39 +0000

“The Soviet block countries were founded upon atheism.”

Wrong, Eliot. The Soviet Union was built on communism. Stalin’s version of communism did not tolerate any other ways of thinking, which resulted in oppressing religions, as well as other opposing secular views; the Communist Party even oppressed other communist views; just see it’s ban on factions in the Communist Party in 1921. And we know where this lead to.

In short: the problem is not atheism; the problem is intolerance towards opposing views. And we can see this problem in Spain during the Spanish Inquisition, the Middle-East under ISIS, Chili under Pinochet and indeed, the Soviet Union.

Comment on 12 Sayings of Elder Porphyrios by Viorela

Viorela — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 01:54:27 +0000

Excellent comment Eliot Ryan.

Thank you. Thank you all of you who help us of a better understanding of all is about our religion.

God bless you.

Comment on Dachau 1945: The Souls of All Are Aflame by Austin

Austin — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 18:58:17 +0000

In reply to Gavin James Campbell. Gavin, could you please provide some references or directions to where one can learn about these statements from St Nikolai. This topic should be of interest to everyone. From my personal experience and with information provided by a recent article by Inga Leonova (in The Wheel, I believe) there is a need to sort these things out.

Comment on John G. Panagiotou is the first Orthodox Christian Theologian to Receive a Doctorate at Erskine Theological Seminary by William Congdon

William Congdon — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 15:26:30 +0000

Congratulations, Fr. John! Well deserved!

Comment on Wesley J. Smith: Hospice, Defend Yourself! by Dr Lani

Dr Lani — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 14:22:46 +0000

Thank you for your devotion to God’s principles! Many of us suffer from moral injury after witnessing less than compassionate care…I have become petrified of Western medicine.