Contra-Zelensky Roundup
Here is my recap of the Zelensky dinner, based on available reports and on my weeks of monitoring the subject for Orthodox Reflections.
Read more →The Christian Persecution category documents the suffering, endurance, and witness of Christians facing discrimination, violence, imprisonment, and martyrdom throughout the world, with particular attention to the experiences of Orthodox Christians. These articles examine historical and contemporary persecution, religious freedom, anti-Christian violence, government oppression, war, cultural hostility, and the challenges confronting the Church in an increasingly secular and unstable world. Drawing on Holy Scripture, the lives of the saints, and the enduring witness of the martyrs and confessors, this collection highlights the courage of those who remain faithful to Christ despite hardship while providing thoughtful analysis of the political, social, and spiritual forces driving persecution. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the global challenges facing Christianity and the Orthodox response of steadfast faith, hope, prayer, and perseverance.
Here is my recap of the Zelensky dinner, based on available reports and on my weeks of monitoring the subject for Orthodox Reflections.
Read more →This article examines the 2018 Tomos that created the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, analyzing the newly published Kyiv chronicle, the role of Patriarch Bartholomew, Poroshenko, Georgios Frangakis, and alleged political pressure and corruption surrounding the Unification Council.
Read more →Michael Gianakos, a Greek Orthodox Christians, joins Nicholas of Orthodox Reflections to discuss the controversy over the Beacon of Hope Award for Zelensky, alleged persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, U.S. involvement in Ukraine, Orthodox Church politics, religious freedom, and calls for accountability.
Read more →A practical guide for Orthodox Christians protesting the Beacon of Hope Award to Zelensky in New York, with advice on signs, messaging, chants, media, answering objections, and keeping the focus on religious freedom for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The advice works for any protest by Orthodox (and non-Orthodox) Christians conducting any protest.
Read more →Explore the life and nationalist teachings of Ion Mota, a leading figure in Romania’s Legionary Movement and Iron Guard. This article examines Mota’s ideas about sacrifice, national identity, Christian faith, political activism, and pan-European nationalism.
Read more →Explore the growing threat to free speech and religious liberty in America, and learn why jury nullification may be a crucial last defense against political prosecution and government overreach.
Read more →A powerful Orthodox appeal exposing the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the OCU controversy, and GOARCH’s planned Zelensky “Beacon of Hope” award while calling Orthodox Christians to defend the persecuted Church.
Read more →Ukrainian Orthodox Church persecution continues with monastery seizures, pressure on the Pochaiv Lavra, attacks on UOC clergy, and forced mobilization of priests in Ukraine.
Read more →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.
Read more →Explore how Estonia’s legal actions against the Orthodox Church raise serious concerns about religious freedom, church autonomy, and the rule of law.
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