The American Life category examines contemporary culture, politics, economics, family life, and social trends through an Orthodox Christian lens. These articles explore the challenges and opportunities facing Americans today, offering spiritual reflection, cultural critique, and practical wisdom rooted in the timeless teachings of the Orthodox Church.
The trustees of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at the World Trade Center plan to honor Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at their second-annual “Beacon of Hope” Dinner in New York in September. Zelensky is neither Greek nor Orthodox nor honorable. He is a thug who has used the Russo-Ukrainian War as a pretext to persecute the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
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Explore an Orthodox Christian vision of agrarian life, organic agriculture, local communities, and spiritual freedom rooted in the theology of the Logos, the teachings of the Church Fathers, prayer, fasting, and the natural order created by God.
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A member of a New Jersey GOARCH parish has filed a criminal complaint with the DOJ and other entities in an attempt to stop the controversial Zelensky dinner in Sept. Read on to find out why, and to see what you can do to help.
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Explore the controversy surrounding St. Nicholas National Shrine in NYC, the pursuit of money and power, and the upcoming Zelensky scandal from an Orthodox Christian perspective, examining church leadership, religious freedom, and the intersection of faith and politics. Sign the petition to protest that this is not done in your name!
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Seek God’s mercy and healing with the Akathist of Reconciliation and Forgiveness. This Orthodox prayer asks Christ to restore broken relationships, soften hardened hearts, grant true repentance, and bring peace, unity, and forgiveness to those who are at odds.
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Explore how the Hebrew Republic shaped America’s founding ideals. Discover the influence of biblical law, covenant theology, and Hebraic political thought on the development of the American republic from an Orthodox Christian perspective.
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Explore an Orthodox Christian critique of Noahide Laws: how rabbinic rulings brand Trinitarian worship of Jesus as idolatry, fueling end-times theological conflict, Antichrist systems, and threats to Christian faith.
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Follow an Orthodox priest’s deeply personal account of living through the COVID era, reflecting on Dr. Fauci, pandemic mandates, the Church, and the difficult path toward forgiveness. Drawing from firsthand experience, this article explores social trauma, spiritual healing, and the Christian call to seek truth, mercy, and reconciliation after one of the most divisive periods in recent history.
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Drawing on his experience as a former intelligence officer, the author examines ideological subversion, the legacy of the Iron Curtain, and the spiritual roots of evil.
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Discover how Orthodox Christians should approach intra-Orthodox theological debates with humility, charity, and faithfulness to Holy Tradition.
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