The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Hi, No matter how hard I try, I can't listen to their material (ancient faith radio). Why is that? I apologize for being cryptic but I wonder what you think first. Now originally, there was a time when I could listen to their material. I am not quite sure how to interpret my reluctance now. I look f...

It may be that the Novus Ordo, and the World Orthodox, are more judgmental respectively of traditionalist Catholics and TOC members, than vice-versa; that the latter are concerned about the way the truth is expressed but more understanding about it, whereas the former are a bit uncertain, not wantin...

A theme I have found in Fr. Seraphim Rose's works is, opposition to a kind of hardness that he noticed. Here is an example of his views: http://youtu.be/jnQgN1mjqi0?t=32m33s He thought it was excessive to question whether or not the Church within Russia 'had grace'. He was concerned that the 'super-...

Thank you for your informative and helpful reply! So, the nutshell of it is, the calendar-indifferentists are missing the point. Any argument that 'the calendar doesn't matter' is a wrong-headed argument, because it is the associations and intents that the calender makes clear. I found myself being ...

I have a brief thought about the Calendar. But first, a suggestion: You might want to open an inquirer section. My posts, and those of other inquirers, aren't really about the TOChurches themselves. Now my observation. From this article: http://www.oodegr.com/english/ekklisia/sxismata/gianakop1.htm ...

Okay, thank you all very much for the kind encouragement.

If you don't mind I'll delete my earlier post here, in which I was just rambling about different topics. When I have a specific question, I'll post that.

One must pray and make an informed choice.

Hi, I am persuaded of the truth of Orthodoxy, and have been praying with Orthodox books for some time now. I have a nice selection of icons as well. I've paid some visits to Orthodox parishes, all of which were mainline. My main difficulty is that it is hard for me to evaluate the branches and detai...