KYIV — The Greek ecclesiastical news outlet Romfea reports that the United States played a leading role in the release of Metr. Arseny of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), who was recently transferred to house arrest after nearly two years of detention without trial.

7 years ago, a high school student in Kansas had his cheek swabbed at a bone marrow donor drive after his teacher told the class she had once saved a stranger’s life by donating. He figured they would never call. Months later they did. He was a perfect match for a 10-year-old

When St. Ephrem the Syrian was nearing death in 373 AD, he wrote what is known as his Testament. He did not ask for honor. He did not ask for monuments. He did not ask to be remembered as a theologian. He asked for humility. The man who shaped Syriac hymnography, defended the

husbands everywhere this morning

Exploring Detroit’s Eastern Catholic Community and Its Ancient Traditions youtu.be/cLkOpTgiGQ0?si…

A 42s summary of the Anthropic / OpenAI / Department of Defense drama

I understand that a pope wants peace, but the Catholic Church has adopted a naive and heartless pacifism which allows ppl to remain oppressed with no recourse and no defenders. It demands “dialogue” with an oppressor who vows never to yield while the people suffer.

Triumph of Orthodoxy brings the fire... "To the Masons, occultists, spiritualists, sorcerers, & all who do not believe in one God, but honor the demons, who do not humbly surrender their life to God, but strive to learn the future through the sorcerous invocation of demons,

The love and care of parents for their children does not follow the physical laws. Parental love is not dog food. You don't run out of Puppy Chow. Your capacity to love expands as you love more.

If you have any historical literacy, you see just how much being tied to empire affects the positional phrasing of Patriarchs. Read an Abp. of Constantinople in the centuries of the Roman state or any Pope in the era of the Papal States or Crusades. Now they wax poetic about

KYIV — The situation at the Holy Dormition–Kyiv Caves Lavra continues to escalate, as control of sacred sites shifts from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to the state-backed Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). On February 24, Epiphany Dumenko led a service in the

U.S. Evangelicals are intentionally spreading false information online about Iranian Christians in order to promote more war and bloodshed. There are over 1 million native, Apostolic Christians in Iran (Armenians, Assyrians, Chaldeans), not Evangelicals. U.S. Evangelicals are

Protestants are the best argument against Protestantism

Actual conversation with Grok 5 minutes ago... Grok: Your sentence is technically grammatical according to strict traditional rules, but it sounds stiff, outdated, or overly pedantic to most native speakers today. It's rarely used in everyday language and can even come across as

Here's the thing. The pipeline from Catholic to Greek Catholic (Melkite, Ruthenian, UGCC, et al.) is well known. Heck, the largest influx into Orthodoxy in the 20th century was people leaving the Unia for the Metropolia (thanks Bp. Ireland). What does not work in bringing more

The problem with cry rooms is that they go from a tool for parents to an expectation from the congregation. "Why is this child crying? Isn't he supposed to do that in the cry room?" And it doesn't matter that it was 30 seconds of crying. If you've ever put down a drink to get

People are willing to trade 30 seconds of experiencing smug superiority for years of defenestration out of their jobs, organizations, & the public square. And what is captured online is captured forever. She will be 80 and her cats will see a snippet of this while she doom

Truth.

I thought this was satire at first. Woah.

"God is nonbinary" - The Democrat nominee for Texas Senate