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December 22, 2021
Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Death and Dying, Jurisdictions, Masks / Facial Coverings, OCA, Parish Life

Not So Bold Leadership from Archbishop Michael of NY and NJ

Our society is in freefall. At Christmas, as we celebrate the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, we need hope in our Churches, not masks and fear.

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December 16, 2021
American Life, Contact the Bishops, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Protests, Western Civilization

Bold Orthodox Leadership is Necessary to Avoid the COVID Backlash

The pandemic is over. People are rejecting the COVID narrative. A major backlash is brewing among an angry populace. Will Orthodoxy also suffer?

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December 1, 2021
Abortion, American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Covid Vaccine Safety, Death and Dying, Ecumenism, Jurisdictions, Parish Life, Prayer and Spirituality, Roman Catholic Church, Theology, Vaccine / Informed Consent

Orthodox Christian COVID Heroes

For American Orthodox Christians, it often seems that all of our bishops accept/enforce the COVID narrative. There are heroes that don’t.

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November 11, 2021
Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Ecumenism, Greek Archdiocese, Greek Archdiocese Canada, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church

It’s Time to Go

After years of misbehavior by the Ecumenical Patriarch and Archbishop Elpidophoros, a former Anglican explains leaving his Greek parish.

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November 10, 2021
Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Jurisdictions, Parish Life

Where Have We heard These Promises Before?

Mankind has fallen for the lie before that we can save ourselves and improve on what God has provided through our own efforts.

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November 5, 2021
Abortion, American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Vaccine Safety, Culture War, Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Orthodox International Relations, Parish Life, Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church, Vaccine / Informed Consent

Is the Patriarchate of Constantinople an Enemy of the American People?

The Patriarchate of Constantinople and GOARCH are openly aligned with policies that are alienating and harming tens of millions of people.

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November 2, 2021
American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Greek Archdiocese, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Parish Life

The New Heresy

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in the Greek Archdiocese, here comes a whole new heresy – Religious Covidism.

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October 21, 2021
American Life, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Vaccine Safety, Jurisdictions, Parish Life

The Gatekeepers Let in What They Are

The gatekeeper lets into the sheepfold what he is. Gatekeeping is done from the inside, not the outside, spiritually speaking.

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September 21, 2021
Canada Single Spoon Communion Petition, Communion, Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Parish Life

Appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarch to Correct Archbishop Sotirios of Canada on Proper Communion

A Greek Canadian pleads with Patriarch Bartholomew to restore traditional Holy Communion to Canada with a single spoon.

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September 20, 2021
Corona Virus / CoVID-19, Covid Persecution, Death and Dying, Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, Theology, Vaccine / Informed Consent, Vaccine Mandate Essentials, Western Civilization

COVID Vaccine Mandates: Is Elpidophoros on the Wrong Side of Patristic Tradition?

Archbishop Elpidophoros is wrong. There is a religious exemption for the COVID vaccine mandates. Without free will, there is no Orthodoxy.

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