Part 1: Reminisces of Clergy and Monastics “Everyone in Our Family Were Prepared to Suffer and Die For Christ” by Archpriest Vladimir Pravdolyubov, the Reverend Rector of St Nicholas Church in Kasimov, Ryazan Oblast Some New Martyrs and Confessors in our Family I was born in 1931 into an Orthodox family, within which were a…
Thus begins a new translation project for myself. My goal is to translate piecemeal the book Православные христиане в СССР: голоса свидетелей published in 2018 and to my knowledge never translated into English. As we Orthodox attempt to live and practice our faith in an unchristian society I think we can find solace and advice…
Readings: Mark 8:34-38 34 “And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the…
The following is an essay I wrote for a class on Dostoevsky and “Russia and the West” and which I wanted to share here since I have not been writing much else and I am proud of the level of work I put into this thing. Dostoevsky is considered the eminent Russian Christian author of…
Why does everything need romance? “Well,” you may begin to say, “you actually don’t need romance and media that is absent it is actually better,” to which I’d say you are the king of fools and I will momentarily be drawing, quartering, and dragging your innards through the streets behind my car.
“Well, of course, the laws of nature, the conclusions of natural science, mathematics. Once it’s proved to you, for example, that you descended from an ape, there’s no use making a wry face, just take it for what it is. Once it’s proved to you that, essentially speaking, one little drop of your own fat…
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