Quo Vadis, Domine?
The Quo Vadis tradition is the story of St. Peter’s flight from the Emperor Nero’s persecution of Roman Christians in the first century. As legend has it, Peter decided to flee Rome at the outbreak of the persecution, perhaps in…
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Foreigners and Exiles
St. John Chrysostom, an esteemed Early Church Father, embodies the spirit of the epistle of St. Peter, which declares, “Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul” (1…
A Last Will and Testament that Expresses a True ROCOR’s Bishop Beliefs Concerning the Moscow Patriarchate
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell The Last Will and Testament of Archbishop Antony of Los Angeles The Lord has destined us to live…
From the Ordinations of Aleksandar Radunovic to the Diaconate and Priesthood
On Saturday the 5th/18th of May, 2024, the layman Aleksandar Radunovic was tonsured a reader and subsequently ordained a subdeacon in the morning orthros service, before being ordained to the holy diaconate during the divine liturgy on the same day.…
The Paschal Martyrdom of Neomartyr Panagiotis (+ 1820)
Below is an account of the Englishman Joseph Wolff, an eccentric missionary to the Jews, who relates that when a young man named Panagiotis, in his ignorance of Islamic law entered the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem (the Dome of the…
Paschal Epistle of 1922 of Metropolitan Antony
Christ is Risen! Brethren, Russians, and all Orthodox Christians, beloved in Christ! The grace-filled day of the resurrection of Christ has arrived, when our faith is strengthened, hope increases, and holy love shines forth. On this day, even the wicked…
It is the Day of the Resurrection! And St. Mary Magdalene and the Red Egg.
It is the Day of Resurrection! Let us be radiant, O people! Pascha! The Lord’s Pascha! For Christ our God has brought us from death to life, and from earth unto heaven, as we sing triumphant hymns! Let us purify…
The Life-Giving Fount – Friday of Bright Week
Beyond Constantinople, towards the locale of the Seven Towers, there was in old times an exceptionally huge and most lovely church named to pay tribute to the Theotokos; it had been worked about the center of the fifth hundred years…
The Paschal Sermon of Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople
If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in…