The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Well, Pravoslavnik, I think these angles are really necessary to examine. Maybe after discussion, there will turn out to be no reason for alarm at the new Met of the OCA. But look at the other side of the coin. If there IS something fishy there, it's better to be alert and aware and able to watch ca...

A few more items. From the OCA biography, copied respectfully onto wikipedia: "He subsequently joined Valaam Monastery as a novice, coming under the spiritual direction of Archimandrite Pankraty (Zherdev), the monastery's abbot (now a titular bishop of Troitsk, believed to be close to Patriarch...

What a fabulously insightful post, very balanced as well. The author does not succumb to paranoid jumping to conclusions. Yet he lays out a very clever case, about what I myself had been borderline suspicious. That also stood out like a red thumb to me that Jonah, then James, had sought out the MP p...

Look, everybody! I was remembering that post of Pravoslavnik's and quite agreeing. Finally, today I found this very refreshing article - unusual anywhere, especially in the mainstream - or relatively so - Western press. I felt great relief that his role was discussed clearly and specifically in repo...

Why not focus on the good in what this man said instead of preaching to him a huge sermon?! Clothes ARE important as statements of where our souls are. After all, those who follow modern fashion trends are those very attached to the world. People who choose black, a timeless color, or dark colors fo...

Very intriguing! And finally a livening up of the moribund discussion activity here, too! Which places are you thinking of entering as a monastic? You don't need to say if you want to keep it personal. Well, what has propelled you to make this decision? Are you still weighing it out, or pretty much ...