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They do not want to examine things and are carried away by phantoms to which the delusion of a depraved heart willingly imparts some probability – St. Theophan the Recluse
[Acts 4:13–22; John 5:17–24]. Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard (Acts 4:19–20). Thus spoke…
Do Schismatics (or Even More So Those for Years in Communion with Heretics) have the Grace of the Holy Spirit?
“Such a schism, ( a long-lasting one)” says Saint Basil, is “already in all things like unto heresy, and one must treat such schismatics as one would heretics, not permitting any communion with them.” St. John Chrysostom says, “Thou sayest,…
Strictness in Confession of Faith and Obedience to the Holy Church: An Affirmation For Future Clergymen of the Western European Diocese of the RTOC
UPDATE SEP 20/OCT 3, 2022: Please note that the following affirmation is: A work of His Grace Bishop Philaretos of Pallini and Western Europe, and the decision to make use of such an affirmation in the Diocese, and to publish…
Let Them Defend the Church as They Can
From the life of St. Sophia of Kiev Being a true offspring of the Optina Elders, with whom she was in constant contact, she soberly discerned the true nature of the Soviet Revolution and knew what to expect from it.…
On the Sunday of St. Gregory Archbishop of Thessaloniki Palamas
By Reader Timothy St Gregory Palamas, whom the Church celebrates today, the second Sunday of Lent, was heavily persecuted in his lifetime. The persecution came, as it often does, as a result of an apparently very learned individual who had…
We forbid all the clergy who adhere to the Orthodox and Ecumenical Synod in any way to submit to the bishops who have already apostatized or shall hereafter apostatize.
CANON III OF THE THIRD AND HOLY ECUMENICAL COUNCIL IF any of the city or country clergy have been inhibited by Nestorius or his followers from the exercise of the priesthood, on account of their orthodoxy, we have declared it…