THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD

published in Orthodox Life magazine 1960 (4) by Archimandrite Constantine Zaitsev THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CONTEMPORARY WORLDIntervene, save, have mercy, and preserve us, O Lord, through Thy grace.     As an epigraph, I have used the appeal of a liturgical prayer,…

FREEMASONRY, ECUMENISM AND THE 2020 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

By Dr. Vladimir Moss       During the eighteenth century, in spite of the spread of Enlightenment ideas, the old despotic order still reigned in Europe; and with rulers such as Frederick the Great in Prussia and Catherine the Great in…

St. Columba of Iona

St. Columba of Iona Our venerable and God-bearing Father Columba of Iona, Enlightener of Scotland (December 7, 521 – June 9, 597) (also known as Columcille, meaning “Dove of the Church”) was an Irish missionary who helped re-introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of…

“I Will Not Tell Thy Secret to Thine Enemies”

THE CATACOMB CHURCH IN THE SOVIET UNION by Ivan Andreyev The All-Russian Church Council in Moscow in 1917-1918 gave the Russian Orthodox Church a firm canonical basis for the life of the Christian Church in an anti-Christian state. Patriarch Tikhon…

Fasting

CONCERNING FASTING

bySaint Ignatius Briantchaninov Reprinted from Orthodox Life -Vol.2 Number 2 – March/April 1951 The head or chief of the virtues is prayer; their foundation is fasting. Fasting is constant moderation in food with prudent discernment in its use. Proud man!…