I must see it with my own eyes. I want to stand in that place for hours (days?) and imagine myself as one of Vladimir’s emissaries, not knowing whether he is in Heaven or on Earth. I thought this beauty was simply lost to the world. 13/14

You will know if the word you hear is authentically Orthodox when it is persecuted! If it does not challenge you and only flatters your ears, then do not follow it! — Elder Athanasios Mitilineos

Did you know that God intentionally does not fulfill our prayer when we ask to be delivered from various passions? Elder Ephraim explains this teaching of St. Isaac the Syrian, one of the greatest ascetics of our Church. ☦️

At our Conference held last yr in Texas, Fr Peter Heers Orthodox Ethos connected the dots between lessons learned as a village priest in Greece & lessons for fostering the Faith in Dixie. Link below. ⬇️

How does repentance in Orthodoxy differ from heterodox teachings? How do the Orthodox view "once saved, always saved?" Fr. Peter explains the Orthodox understanding of repentance below 👇

Very good video on the Orthodox view of repentance for anyone who is interested

“A [Southern] Orthodox culture will be developed when we Orthodox become holy, cultivating the virtues, living the ascetic life, imitating the Saints of our day, becoming their disciples directly or indirectly. For Orthodox culture is the: Outward manifestation of the people’s

“…the work of Orthodox mission [in the South], is not and should not be about making Orthodoxy American, but rather making Americans Orthodox. America was never a Christian country and thus making Orthodoxy American will simply make it unorthodox. However, when Americans,

When you have joy, hide it in your heart, so that the devil does not learn of it through your carelessness and steal it from you through some temptation. And in sorrow, do the same, so that he does not increase it once he discovers its cause. When you remain balanced in both joy

The Œcumenical Councils didn’t decide the Faith... they defended it. ☦️ 🎥 From an interview with Ruslan entitled: Orthodox Priest PRESSED on Every Controversial Topic Ever

And the Orthodox Priest is 100% correct.

"Certainly this god in whom the Europeans have believed for years, this god does not exist. He is non-existent. They are right to denounce him. It is only when someone says that the God of the Orthodox does not exist that it should be disputed."