About the “Moscow Patriarchate” by Archbishop Averky

About the MP About the “Moscow Patriarchate” It’s terrible when we consciously step back from the Truth, deliberately take the path of lies and build our whole life, all our activities on a false basis, trampling on the truth of…

О «МОСКОВСКОЙ ПАТРИАРХИИ»

Архиепископ Аверкий (Таушев) Страшно то, когда мы сознательно отступаем от Истины, сознательно становимся на путь лжи и строим всю свою жизнь, всю свою деятельность на ложном основании, попирая Христову истину, хранимую лишь Единой Святой Соборной и Апостольской Церковью (т. 1, стр. 50).…

A Crowned Wrestler – Archbishop Theophan of Poltava

  A Crowned Wrestler – Archbishop Theophan of Poltava    From the lives of the desert-fathers, we see tangible evidence of the existing reality of the aerial realm. Armed with long hours of prayer and rigorous fasting, these saints manfully withstood the…

St. Olga

Apolytikion in the First Tone Giving thy mind wings with the knowledge of God, thou didst soar beyond visible creatures, seeking the God and Creator of all things; and having found Him, thou didst receive rebirth by baptism. Since thou…

Are the Terms “Christian” and “Orthodox” Accurate For Our Times?

UNTIL RECENTLY (written in 1975), the concepts and terms “Christian” and
“Orthodox” were unambiguous and meaningful.
Now, however, we are living through times so terrible, so filled with
falsehood and deception, that such concepts and terms no longer convey
what is significant when used without further clarification. They do not
reflect the essence of things, but have become little more than deceptive
labels.

TRUE ORTHODOXY

BY ARCHBISHOP AVERKY True Orthodoxy by Archbishop Averky of Blessed Memory Few people today know that the Orthodox Church is nothing less than that Church which has preserved untainted the genuine teachings of Jesus Christ, the very teachings delivered to…