St. Hormisdas [+420] and the Persian Martyrs
From Book V, Chapter 38, of St. Theodoret of Cyrus’ “Ecclesiastical History”: Of the Persecutions in Persia and of them that were Martyred there. At this time Isdigirdes [Yezdegerd I, son of Sapor...
View ArticleThe Left, the Right, and Orthodox Christianity by Vladimir Moss
Original article here: http://www.orthodoxchristianbooks.com/articles/833/-left,-right-orthodox-christianity/ “In a US newspaper article last week,” writes Janet Daley, “an apologist for the new...
View ArticleArchaeologists Solve 13th Century Russian Mystery
Source: https://phys.org/news/ Rescue archaeology work conducted in the city centre of Yaroslavl prior to installing a new sewer system has turned up an ancient leaden seal from the turn of the 13th...
View ArticleFirst Homily of St. John Damascene [+749AD] on the Dormition
Source The memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal David. If, then, the memory of...
View ArticleSermon on Law and Grace by St. Hilarion, Metropolitan of Kiev [+1055AD]
[Source] Concerning: the Law given by Moses and the Grace and Truth which came by Jesus Christ. And: how the Law departed, and Grace and Truth filled all the Earth, and Faith spread forth to all...
View ArticleFr. Seraphim (Rose) on Ecumenism, Mysteriological Grace, the Moscow...
NFTU: It was suggested to NFTU to publish the following pdf extract from Fr. Seraphim’s writings on some of these issues: Hieromonk Seraphim of Platina on Zealotry
View ArticleA Reply on the NFTU post “Official Old ROCOR Views on the MP, OCA,...
NFTU: This was left as a comment in reply to the previous NFTU post “Official Old ROCOR Views on the MP, OCA, Ecumenism,and more.” That post itself was a taken from a comment consisting of a...
View ArticleBreaking Communion With Heretics and the 15th Canon I-II Constantinople by...
NFTU was asked to post the following paper on the subject of cessation of communion. The document was composed by the Romanian speaking Moldovan Non-Commemorator Brotherhood of St. Ignatius...
View ArticleA Review of “Aldhelm: The Prose Works”
The translation of St. Aldhelm of Sherborne’s existing prose works in “Aldhelm: The Prose Works”, made by Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Latin scholars Michael Lapidge and Michael Herren, helps provide much...
View ArticleTextual Interpolations in Damasine and Gennadian Texts in Favour of the Filioque
Introduction A question that has not seen much public discussion is: “To what extent are the texts we have of the Latin Fathers interpolated in favour of later Filioquist teachings?” It seems that...
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