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. […]