Author: Fr George Dimopoulos Source: Orthodox Sermons for all the Sundays of the Year – Volume I Publisher: Christian Orthodox Editions   “Let a man so account of us, as of the Ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God” (1 Corinthians 4:1). In the Church there is to be an order of things. St Paul writes, in …

Date – August 2, 2013 Shrouded in white cloth, their names and home towns carefully printed on the fabric in black pen, the bodies lay side-by-side on the floor at a field hospital in Cairo’s Nasr City. Their deaths — five of the 72 supporters of the deposed Muslim Brotherhood-led government killed this week at the hands of Egyptian security …

By Rod Dreher • May 9, 2013, 11:32 AM Two weeks after the Bush-Laghi meeting, on March 19, 2003, Operation Iraqi Freedom commenced. Shortly after combat operations concluded on May 1, the real conflict began. Amid the chaos and sectarian violence that followed, Iraq’s Christians suffered severe persecution. Neither the military nor the State Department took action to protect them. …

JIHAD AGAINST EGYPT’S CHRISTIANS: THE U.S. MUST SPEAK OUT John Stonestreet, BreakPoint Wednesday, August 21, 2013 In his recent book Fleeing Herod, the Australian writer James Cowan retraces the steps of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt following Joseph’s dream warning him about Herod’s intentions toward the infant Jesus. Cowan admits in the prologue that current events in Egypt made …

And why supporting Syria’s rebels may extinguish Christianity in its oldest environs. By Andrew Doran • May 9, 2013 http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/how-the-iraq-war-became-a-war-on-christians/ The recent dedication of George W. Bush’s presidential library in Texas briefly rekindled debate about the defining event of his presidency, the Iraq War. The visceral hatred of many for the war and the man having substantially diminished, a more …

POPE FRANCIS RENEWS CALL FOR PEACE IN SYRIA In this Sunday’s Angelus prayer, the Pope spoke out against “the increase in violence in a war between brothers” vatican insider staff Rome After the recitation of the Angelus, Pope Francis renewed his call for peace in Syria. “It is not confrontation that offers hope to resolve problems, but rather the ability …

Author: Metropolitan Kallistos Ware Published by Conciliar Press, 1988 (Source: http://thechristianactivist.com) Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk, writing in eighteenth-century Russia, has this to say about our Orthodox attitude towards the Holy Scriptures: “If an earthly king, our emperor, wrote you a letter,would you not read it with joy? Certainly, with great rejoicing and careful attention. You have been sent a letter, …

Orthodox Archbishop of Albania urges calmness and respect for the rule of law 22 Aug 2013 The Christian Orthodox Church of Albania has condemned the violent ousting of clergy and believers from a temple in Premeti, during the celebrations for the Assumption of the Virgin Mary on the 16th of August, by private security guards and municipal authorities. Worshippers and …

Author: Fr George Dimopoulos Source: Orthodox Sermons for all the Sundays of the Year – Volume I Publisher: Christian Orthodox Editions “Courage! It is I, do not be afraid” (Matthew 14:22-34). The spiritual as well as the material supper with which Christ had fed the multitudes who had followed Him was over. Five thousand men (not counting women and children) …

Ilias Sourdis asks whether or not a lack of values, family love and a taught respect has created a generation of liars and cheats… (Source: Neos Kosmos – 16 Aug 2012) Many of my generation were born long before electricity had reached our rural areas and started our lives with many beautiful human values such as respect for self and …