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Category: Parish Life

December 22, 2025
American Life, Greek Archdiocese, Orthodox Missions, Parish Life, Western Civilization

Looking for Christ at Christmas

For Evangelicals, it can be very hard to find Christ at the church Christmas program – whatever that happens to be in any given year.

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September 29, 2025
American Life, Jurisdictions, Parish Life

Christian Men: You Must Defend Your Own Churches

An effective 911 response to an active shooter can take far longer than a determined psychopath needs to kill multiple innocent men, women, and children. The resources to protect the parish need to already be at the parish.

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September 16, 2025
American Life, Culture War, LGBTQ+, Orthodox Missions, Palestinian Rights, Political Activism, Roman Catholic Church, Syria and the Middle East, Western Civilization

The Battle Over the Legacy of Charlie Kirk

Following his brutal murder, Charlie Kirk has passed to his eternal reward. Now begins the brutal battle over his legacy.

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September 8, 2025
American Life, Orthodox Ministries, Orthodox Missions, Podcasts, Prayer and Spirituality, Technology

Orthodox Resources for the Military: War Priest Podcast and the Faithful Centurion

Exciting new resources are now available for American Orthodox military personnel, with even more coming soon.

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August 21, 2025
American Life, Orthodox Missions, Western Civilization, Western Rite

The Kingdom of … Beaver Cleaver? Overcoming Christian Nostalgia

As American Orthodox Christians, do we seek to truly evangelize our nation? Or, are we distracted by nostalgic dreams of a by-gone past?

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August 6, 2025
American Life, Orthodox Ministries, Orthodox Missions, Roman Catholic Church

American Orthodox Soldiers Deserve Better

Orthodox Christian service members regularly attend Roman Catholic mass due to lack of Orthodox chaplains, and the remoteness of many military installations from the nearest Orthodox parish. We must do better.

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May 30, 2025
American Life, Culture War, Orthodox Missions, ROCOR, Western Civilization

A Message to Orthodox Hierarchs on Masculinity from Three Orthodox Christian Men

An Orthodox bishop finally responded to the ongoing slew of MSM articles casting aspersions on the growth of the Orthodox Church, especially among young men. Unfortunately, he is a bishop in the wrong country focusing on the wrong message.

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May 14, 2025
Economics & Finance, Greek Archdiocese, Parish Life, ROCOR, Theology, Western Civilization

How Involved Can Orthodox Christians be in Moneylending and Modern Finance?

If usury is a sin, but our entire modern economy is based on it, how are Orthodox Christians to live godly lives?

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May 8, 2025
Communion, Greek Archdiocese, Health Care, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Parish Life

The Latest Attack on Orthodoxy by Archbishop Elpidophoros

Secularization is declining as millions of Americans are seeking an authentic encounter with the transcendent God, and finding it in the Orthodox Church. A state of affairs Elpidophoros is paid to stop.

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May 5, 2025
American Life, Communion, Parish Life, Prayer and Spirituality

Maybe Frequent Communion was a Mistake

Frequent communion has come to be viewed as normal, perhaps even almost treated as a “right”. But this was not the case for most of the history of the Church. Perhaps we should think about the implications of receiving the Eucharist so often.

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