If a man lives in sin, away from the Church and its sacrament of confession, his soul becomes burdened with the cumulative weight of his transgressions. Simply put, he feels…
How To Respond When Someone Attacks, Cheats, Or Slanders You
Saint John of Kronstadt was a parish priest who was intensely familiar with interpersonal problems between relatives, neighbors, and friends. In the following passages from My Life In Christ, he…
Why Homosexuals Make The Tastiest Dishes
In 2019, during my road trip across the United States, I visited restaurants all across the country. I noticed that the more gay flags a restaurant had, the tastier its…
What Is Spiritual Warfare?
Saint John Of Kronstadt is a highly esteemed Russian saint and miracle worker who died in the early 20th century. He was a chosen vessel that healed scores of people…
Are You Poisoning Your Family And Friends With Lawlessness?
There is no greater validation to our ego than for someone to copy our ideas or behaviors. If a man wants to get drunk at a party, he will aggressively…
The Life Of The Godless Man Is Pointless
In the 19th-century book A Hero Of Our Time, Russian author Mikhail Lermontov describes the life of a selfish, nihilistic Casanova who can’t seem to satisfy his itch for adventure…
3 Reasons Why Intimate Secular Relationships Are Easy
Compared to maintaining an Orthodox relationship (i.e. courtship or marriage), secular relationships are easy. They’re so easy that even I was able to maintain many for varying lengths of time…
Have Catholics Become More Like Protestants?
That’s one of the arguments given by revered Orthodox priest Father Josiah Trenham in his book Rock and Sand, which gives a history of Christendom through an Orthodox lens, focusing…
3 Crafty Methods Of Christian Persecution
The persecution of Christians is more subtle than in Roman times, when it was absolutely clear that you were being killed for your faith. Satan has become reluctant to send…
Americans Pay Money To Subject Themselves To Vile Blasphemies
Father George Calciu was a saintly Romanian priest who was tortured in Romania’s worst communist prison, Pitesti. He was eventually released and sought asylum in the United States where he…
What Is The Coronavirus Vaccine Doing To People’s Blood?
A recent documentary titled Died Suddenly confirms what many of us already know: the coronavirus vaccine is deadly. The documentary shows that the likely mechanism by which it causes injury…
Why Did God Create Human Beings In His Image?
A book that answers many Orthodox theological questions in a plain-worded manner is Orthodox Dogmatic Theology by Michael Pomazansky. While technically an introductory textbook (for students at Holy Trinity Orthodox…
The Best Podcast In The World
Now that I got you to click on such an enticing headline, I must deliver the goods or else you will be upset with me. Before I share with you…
Why Do Bad Things Happen To Christians Who Faithfully Worship God?
The Sunflower by Saint John of Tobolsk is an excellent book that helps us understand why God does the things He does, and how we can align our actions to…
17 Worldly Consolations That Decrease My Faith
When I’m tired, irritated, sick, or merely experiencing a lull in the day, I can choose to console myself in one of two ways: through a worldly comfort or by…
