Not possible. Way too many moving parts (as it were). Sorry to break it to you all but that country is not going to be united any time soon. Or peaceful. Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall and as they say “all the king’s men and all the king’s horses couldn’t put him back together […]
Damascus Has Fallen
Ordinarily, Gail and I try not to post any stories on Sundays, especially before Church. Today is an exception. As you may know by now, Islamic rebels have overrun Damascus and forced President Bashir al-Assad to flee. As this post is being written in real time, we still can’t be sure about the situation on […]
The True Pastor of His Flock
I’m speaking of the man pictured to the left, Bishop Ephraim Maalouli of Aleppo. According to Fr Emmanuel Lemelson’s Twitter feed, Syrian jihadists (re: CIA/Mossad cutouts) are threatening to behead His Grace. https://x.com/Lemelson/status/1863722356213973173 “He reportedly responded by courageously saying he was not afraid and would not leave Aleppo or abandon the city’s Christians.” I anxiously […]
“Russia Is Europe” (as Europe Used to Be)
The country is under attack despite being part of European culture, Patriarch Kirill has said (https://www.rt.com/russia/608062-patriarch-kirill-christianity-russia/). FILE PHOTO: President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visit the Orthodox Russia Exhibition Forum. © Sputnik / Vyacheslav Prokofyev The US and its allies have ganged up against Russia because it has taken […]
Memo to Mike Huckabee: Please Watch this Video
As you all know, Gail and I are extremely happy with the results of the recent election. In fact, we’re ecstatic. We are not naive however. Some of Donald Trump’s appointments have left us asking some questions (to say the least). One of them is Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel. Huckabee by all accounts, […]
Why Can’t Bartholomew Stay Out of Ukraine?
Patriarch Bartholomew sent a delegation to Ukraine to see about bringing the UOC, temporarily, under his omophorion, whatever that means. Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Archbishop Elpidophoros, and Metropolitan Tikhon are involved somehow. Something about a teensy bit of time as an exarchate. Hasn’t he done enough? That this is coming at the conclusion of the war […]
Would I Lie to You, Baby? Nope.
Movie: The Greatest Show on Earth 2 You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that things are dangerously out of whack. Very little of what we see makes any sense. It’s like we’ve reached maximum chaos. Honestly, if anybody can shed some light on who is actually running the country, I’m all […]
The Blood of Christians Is the Seed of the Church
Just when things can’t get any bad for the Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, the Rada finally did what they promised to do: outlaw the canonical Orthodox Church. You can read this late-breaking story from our friends at Helleniscope here: https://www.helleniscope.com/2024/08/20/democracy-of-ukraine-bans-uoc-the-church-followed-by-70-of-orthodox-ukranians/ So much for “religious freedom.” It’s a sad story, not only because Ukrainian Christians are […]
The Troubles Begin –in Britain
“The Troubles” was the slang term for the decades-long insurgency in Northern Ireland. The Irish Republican Army against the Ulster Volunteer Force; the Irish against the Scots-Irish; the Catholics against the Protestants. Imagine now the irony as this term is being revived to describe the racial, ethnic and religious riots that are erupting in England. […]