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Category: Prayer and Spirituality

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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September 5, 2025
Comparative Religion, Culture War, Prayer and Spirituality, Roman Catholic Church, Western Civilization

Roman Catholicism and Hopes for Western Renewal

Many traditionalists tout a return to Roman Catholicism as a way to renew a declining Western world. Returning to a deficient, non-Apostolic faith will not help.

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August 11, 2025
Prayer and Spirituality, Theology

Animals in the Resurrection?

How does one comfort children whose beloved pets have died? Do animals have immortal souls? Perhaps there are better ways to talk to children than a Theological discourse.

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July 23, 2025
American Life, Christian Persecution, Politics and Christian Governance, Prayer and Spirituality, ROCOR

A False Martyr and a True Martyr

Americans often believe their country is the Christian Church and Lincoln is a righteous martyr. A little comparison to reality proves both points are false.

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July 18, 2025
Culture War, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, LGBTQ+, OCA, Prayer and Spirituality, Theology

Experience, Prophetic Faithfulness, and Orthodoxy

Christian Doctrine comes foundationally through promise, revelation, and dominical word, and is confirmed through sober ratification in the community.

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May 28, 2025
American Life, Prayer and Spirituality

Memorial Day Declares: The Folk Religion of the US is Pleasure and Mammon

A day to remember fallen soldiers has turned into a celebration of American consumerism. Is America even capable of keeping a holy day unspoiled?

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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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April 10, 2025
Christian History, Comparative Religion, Prayer and Spirituality, Western Civilization

The Fandom Menace and The Early Christian Church

If the early Church of the 1st to 4th Centuries was actually Evangelical, what would we expect to see in the historical record?

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March 25, 2025
Christian Persecution, Palestinian Rights, Prayer and Spirituality, Technology

The Gulag Is Being Prepared in the US by the Left and the Right

Freedom of speech is under attack from both ‘sides’ of the political spectrum. Will A.G.I. emerge as the arbiter and enforcer of acceptable speech?

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February 19, 2025
American Life, Communion, Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Parish Life, Prayer and Spirituality

Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate

The Divine Liturgy is essential to Orthodox Christianity. When the enemy seeks to delude faithful Orthodox Christians, he always starts with attacking the liturgy. What we have received, we are obligated to preserve and pass on.

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