What is the true nature of Orthodox Christianity, and is the faith compatible with Oriental practices such as Zen Buddhism?| Orthodox Reflections
Many traditionalists tout a return to Roman Catholicism to renew a declining Western world. Returning to a non-Apostolic faith will not help.| Orthodox Reflections
NOTE: I have continually updated this article as I have received more information or had new thoughts occur to me. For Orthodox Christians, what do California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC have in common? They all have major relics of Orthodox saints that American Orthodox Christians largely don’t […]| Orthodox History
Orthodox Christian military regularly attend Roman Catholic mass. No Orthodox chaplains, and no local parish either. We must do better.| Orthodox Reflections
The pontificate of Leo XIII (1878-1903) was marked by a flurry of encyclicals addressing the Christian East, which naturally received a great variety of Orthodox responses. Here on Orthodox History we have already published a response to Urbanitatis Veteris published by the official journal of the Russian Orthodox in America in 1901, and a response […] The post New Translation: St Raphael Against the Papacy appeared first on Orthodox History.| Orthodox History
The new Pope of Rome, Leo XIV, has made it clear that he chose his name in honor of his predecessor Leo XIII. This is especially interesting to me as an Orthodox historian, since Leo XIII took a particular interest in Orthodoxy, and at the turn of the last century, Orthodox leaders and scholars (including […] The post Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical to Greece, and an Orthodox Response appeared first on Orthodox History.| Orthodox History
In 1894, Pope Leo XIII issued a papal encyclical on the “Eastern Rites” — that is, the Uniates, those groups who use traditional Orthodox liturgical rites but submit themselves to the Pope of Rome. In 1898, St Raphael Hawaweeny, then an archimandrite in New York, published a response to the papal encyclical in a periodical […]| Orthodox History
SEEK 47 – Being Catholic Question: Why my family is Catholic, and I am a Christian? Bible Reading: Hebrews 10:1-18 Text: “For by one sacrifice he has made perfect for ever those who are being m…| TheWeeFlea.com
Fr. Charlie Gallagher writes, "In this third week of Lent, I would like for us to focus on the Lenten practice of fasting. In the Gospel from Ash Wednesday Jesus said, “When you fast, do not look gloomy” (Matthew 6:16). Jesus said “when you fast” and not “if you fast.” Our Lord expected that fasting was going to be a normal part of the spiritual lives of those who followed Him...."| Catholic Information Center
Here is a Lenten meditation from CIC Assistant Chaplain Fr. Paul Kais, “A Wake-Up Call to Conversion: Lessons Learned from the Rich Young Man” from the Gospel of Matthew.| Catholic Information Center