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The Cause and Idol of War
A bit ago, my wife came upon an audio version, in Russian, of a work by St. Nikolia Velimirovich entitled, War and the Bible. As is her custom, she listens to various audiobooks while doing this or that around the house, many a time small crumbs of audio wisdom waft my way as I am doing whatever it is I may be doing at that time. My ears were much perked as she listened to the above book. I thought, my gosh, he could be speaking about today! I then searched for the book online and found it in a digital print format in Russian.
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
WHAT MUST I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?
Father Spyridon on what we must do to inherit eternal life.
Father Spyridon
The Divine Liturgy Conquers Hades
St. Seraphim reminds us that the only way to rise up from the darkness that surrounds our world and us is through the worship of our Lord Jesus Christ, specifically in the Divine Liturgy. May we, as he exhorts us to do, cling with all our strength to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Rome, Constantinople, Kyiv, and the Union of Man
The “divisions” in global Orthodoxy center heavily around ecclesial events in Ukraine where, in an abrupt and unilateral manner, the Patriarch of Istanbul, Bartholomew, recognized a conglomerate of pseudo-orthodox groups as, in his view, the legitimate “Orthodox Church” in Ukraine. He did this regardless of the fact that Ukraine had an established and canonical Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose lead Hierarch is Metropolitan Onuphry. (For more on this subject click here to read another article of mine that provides more details on this topic.)
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
You may not, not kiss the Icon
Many people are already familiar with the theological teaching behind the use of icons as proclaimed especially in the writings of Ss. John of Damascus and Theodore the Studite. A little while ago, I began seeking to find if there is a proclaimed teaching and tradition of praxis, the how do we properly and physically manifest the theology of icons? For, I thought, surely there is a “right praxis” in the veneration of icons, as there is a “right theology.” Is the practice of venerating an icon negotiable, or is it nonnegotiable together with the theology?
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Father Spyridon
Christianity Transformed into Humanism
As Orthodox Christians living in the 21st century we as traversing through perilous times. The Truth of Christ in His Church is being relentlessly assaulted in a manner no less than that utilized by Godless Communism in the 20th century, although the methodology is not identical. Nonetheless, the diabolical goal to subjugate Eternal Truth to worldly whims is in full swing and very sadly is being championed by those who bear the name of Orthodox, even those in authority. In my previous article, The Unity of Christ and the Collective of Antichrist, I highlight certain aspects of the demonic methodology at work to destroy Christianity from within. Shoot a man in the heart and you have shot him dead.
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
The Unity of Christ and the Collective of Antichrist
On June 5th, of the year 1595, nine Ruthenian Orthodox Bishops gathered in the city of Brest (in modern-day Belarus) to formulate and initiate what is known as the “Union of Brest” – a formula of union with the Roman Pontificate. The guarantees they formulated – thirty-three articles in all – were proclaimed in August of that year by Sigismund III, king of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth. This kingdom was staunchly Roman Catholic. In December of 1595, Pope Clement VIII issues a papal bull, Magnus Dominus, to announce the “union”; in February of 1596, the guarantees of the union were proclaimed in a papal bull, Decet Romanum Pontificem. In October of 1596, the Ruthenian Bishops gathered once again in the city of Brest to proclaim the fully ratified the “Union of Brest.”
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
