For more information on the author, as well as resources on the Orthodox view of the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family …
By Valerie Protopapas There’s a song in the film/play Finnian’s Rainbow explaining the consequences of “(W)hen the idle poor become the idle rich.” At this point, according to the lyricist, “… you’ll never know just who is who or which is which.” Much the same can be said of today’s villains of every size and …
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”— Ephesians 6:12 I concluded my previous essay “Armed & ready at the gate” about the planning of the Ludwell Orthodox Fellowship inaugural conference by eluding to …
Conrad Franz and Dmitriy Kalyagin are co-hosts of the preeminent geopolitical podcast World War Now. The weekly show tackles current events by looking at their metaphysical implications and symbolism, and digs into political-religious realignment through a postmodern Orthodox lens and from the perspective of Saintly Christian prophecy and rising multipolarity. Franz is a member of …
For more information on the author, as well as resources on the Orthodox view of the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the Southern family …
By Walt Garlington Lee’s tormentorsLack none of the demonic rageOf past persecutors –Dismembering him and his steedPiece by piece, as they alsoCut Christ’s martyrs apartOne joint at a time;Heating the furnaceTo infernal degreeLike Nebuchadnezzar’sDisgraceful menFor the Three Holy Youths.Defying their hatred,His face glowed in the fireWith sad nobility –Foolish souls! You have confounded yourselves,Making manifest …
I sometimes cross-publish my children’s essays when I think they’re worthy of my readers’ time. This is such a work: an excellent book review from my eldest son from a while back when he was age 15. Enjoy! By Houston Lee DillinghamAugust 2022 Although some historical inaccuracies and controversies have arisen from the book over …
Christy McKenzie is co-conspirator, business manager, and publisher of Flip City magazine. In early 2020, together with her husband Scott, they began printing and distributing their expression of dissent against controlled media narratives, censorship, and woke cancel-culture as a physical comic satire magazine. McKenzie recognizes the importance of providing a release valve for the pressure …
“Don’t be deceived regarding the knowledge of what will be after your death: what you sow here, you will reap there. After leaving here, no one can make progress. Here is the work, there the reward; here the struggle, there the crowns.”— St. Barsanuphius the Great That truism of the Orthodox way is one of …
Rev. Dr. Ignatius Lozano is the priest in charge of St. Andrew the First-Called Orthodox Church in Lockhart, Texas. After growing up a Roman Catholic and serving as an Anglican priest for several years, Fr. Ignatius (or Fr. Iggy as he is usually known) came home to Orthodoxy a little more than a decade ago …