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November 30, 2025

Orthodox Akathists

Akathist to Holy Three Youths: Ananias, Azarias and Misael

Experience the profound Akathist to the Holy Three Youths—Ananias, Azarias, and Misael—venerated in the Orthodox Church as the righteous young men who walked unharmed in the fiery furnace. This beautiful hymn of praise and intercession includes the full text, troparia, kontakia, and traditional Orthodox prayers, perfect for personal devotion, parish use, or deepening your understanding of these Old Testament saints and their connection to the Nativity of Christ.

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November 13, 2025

Comparative Religion, The Western Series: How Western Beliefs Changed the Original Gospel Message

Part VI of the Western Series: Love, Faith, Works and Destiny

In a world of fragmented faith, Orthodoxy calls us to integrate love (agape), faith (pistis), and works (erga) into a single path of ascent—lest we build on sand, as warned in the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders (Matthew 7:24-27).

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April 2, 2025

American Life, Culture War, Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Greek Archdiocese, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, LGBTQ+, OCA, Orthodox International Relations, Palestinian Rights, ROCOR, War in Ukraine

The National Security War on Orthodox Christian Unity

For decades, a unified and healthy Orthodox Church has been seen by the U.S. National Security State as a threat to be dealt with.

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February 5, 2025

Christian Persecution, Orthodox International Relations, Palestinian Rights

Who are the Palestinian Christians?

Are the Palestinians, particularly the Christians, really Arabs? They speak Arabic and have many Arabic customs, but is that really who they are?

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December 10, 2024

Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions

Who Will be our St. Nicholas vis-à-vis Archbishop Elpidophoros?

Who will slap, hopefully metaphorically but maybe literally, US Archbishop Elpidophoros in the face, the next time he spews out another heresy?

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October 28, 2024

Abortion, American Life, Culture War, Greek Archdiocese, Jurisdictions, Leftist Infiltration of the Orthodox Church, LGBTQ+, War in Ukraine

Fr. Saša’s Warning: Elpidophoros ‘Leads His Entire Archdiocese to Spiritual Destruction’

In the most stunning public rebuke to date of Elpidophoros, Fr. Saša Petrović of America’s midwestern Serbian Diocese criticizes the head of the Greek Archdiocese for his ongoing undermining of the Orthodox Church. In a comprehensive speech, Fr. Saša cites Elpidophoros’ support of blatant sins and his disregard for Orthodox faith, practice, and doctrine as evidence that he “is not an Orthodox bishop.”

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April 25, 2024

American Life, Culture War, Online Orthodoxy

Yosemite-Sam Orthodoxy?

An Orthodox professor of Theology felt it was appropriate to label the beliefs of an Orthodox priest as “Yosemite-Sam Orthodoxy.” What did he really mean, and is that “kind” of Orthodoxy really such a bad thing?

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April 23, 2024

American Life, Culture War, Ecumenism, Fordham Orthodox Christian Studies Center, LGBTQ+, Orthodox International Relations, Podcasts, Western Civilization

The Michael Sisco Show: The Regime’s Obsession with Russia & Orthodoxy Explained

Nicholas from Orthodox Reflections sits down with Michael Sisco to discuss the regime’s obsession with Orthodoxy, and the troubling trend of “labeling” Orthodox Christians with words that the National Security State now associate with “potential terrorism”.

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January 24, 2024

Contact the Bishops, Greek Archdiocese, Petitions, Political Activism, War in Ukraine

Help Robert Amsterdam Save the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

International lawyer Robert Amsterdam is fighting to save the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He needs our help. The Ukrainian propaganda operation is so powerful, that all of us need to learn more and get involved. Now.

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November 17, 2023

American Life, Orthodox International Relations, Palestinian Rights, Theology, Western Civilization

Orthodox Christianity and Zionism are Morally Incompatible

Despite efforts to “link” the two faiths via the phrase “Judeo-Christian”, Orthodox Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism are incompatible religiously, morally, and culturally. As is Orthodoxy with “Christian Zionism”.

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