We desperately urge you to share yet another Urgent Communique. Targeted and crippling taxes against the religious entity of the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem are being unjustly levied. This crushing threat can become a precedent set against ALL Christian Communities of Jerusalem

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur: Palestinians are being killed by Israel, and we are not even allowed to talk about it in Germany.

⚡️Five Israel military reservists have been indicted for the torture of a Palestinian held at Sde Teiman prison. Read the description of their actions from the Israeli indictment and remember the riots staged by Israelis supporting the soldiers who raped the Palestinian man. 🔽

What is the Gospel? I often find that people who should be able to answer this basic question seem to struggle with it. Hope this helps.

"I personally think that one of the aspects of Antichrist's rule will be such formal 'correctness' (probably even his 'icons' will be in good Byzantine style!) but without the heart of Orthodoxy-love, compassion, self-distrust, humility, Christ Himself." ——Seraphim Rose

In other words, Israel routinely takes Palestinians HOSTAGE.

“Israel is not even trying to hide the fact that it is committing genocide.” “They are proud of it. They are boasting about it. They relish it. They mock every child, woman, and man killed.” —Norman Finkelstein

"We who are pious Christians ought to love our enemies and forgive them. We ought to offer them food and drink, and entreat God for their souls. And then we should say: 'My God, I beseech Thee to forgive me, as I have forgiven my enemies." ——Kosmas Aitolos

I recall Marc Maron once saying in a discussion with a podcast guest, about whether acting can be taught or not, something to the effect: "To a big extent, either you're born with the talent or you're not. You can't teach someone to act like Gene Hackman." RIP Gene

The Holocaust is often considered the defining, unique act of evil for people in the West. Lesser known are the many other genocidal escapades of Western governments — in Pankaj Mishra's new book, and the latest episode of CHR, we dive into the hidden genocidal history of the

"If you are critical of others, self-confident about your correctness, eager to quote canons to prove someone else is wrong, constantly "knowing better" than others—you have the germs of the "correctness disease." These are signs of immaturity in spiritual life." ——Seraphim Rose

"Those who perform deeds of charity and of righteousness will have fulness of life; but those who commit sin are the enemies of their own lives." Tobit 12:9-10

[The Son of God] was not tempted with Evil but with Good; with inferior forms of good, that is, pressing in upon him, while the higher forms of good held themselves aloof, biding their time, that is, God's time...the devil tempted him to evil, but not with evil. —George MacDonald

An Israeli source told ABC News that "the Israeli decision to halt aid into Gaza was coordinated with the Trump administration." abcnews.link/DyZ95q3

"To forgive a brother who repents, works towards our own repentance. To forgive even when no sorrow has been offered in return works an even greater repentance." ——Stephen Freeman

Today, my baby's surprise gets me off to a good start for Lent.

"...God has no need of prayers, prayer ropes, prostrations, fasting and all such things—we do! When these are absent, evil finds the opportunity to enter our soul. When a person does not take his medicine, he suffers a more severe relapse." ——Epder Ephraim of Arizona