The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Macrina, I am responding to your political comments here in red.[/color] Hope you understand that Christians in America don't need a man's name translated to know he is an Islamic supporter. C an you tell us why you believe Obama to be an "Islamic supporter?" It is true that the Republica...

Good answer, Ephrem. After the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the Apostolic community, the Church, was guided in the way of all truth in a manner that did not fully exist within the community previously. The proper implications of this scripture must, then, be understood in that historical...

Ephrem, Yet, would we not also say of those heterodox who proclaim Christ as the divine Son of God, and preach the canonical Gospels; [i]"those who are not against you are for you ?" [/i] The Lord said as much about this particular man, who was outside of the Apostolic community. This is o...

I would appreciate hearing a proper Orthodox interpretation of the following holy scripture from the Gospel of St. Luke from our members, please. I am posting this scripture on the "Traditional Orthodox Churches" board because this particular scripture seems possibly relevant to the curren...

Mark, I read a story once about an Orthodox saint and his disciple who attended a liturgy at a church where the priest was known to be a sinful man. The saint observed angels descending upon the altar during the consecration of the eucharist "because of the faith of the people." I do not r...

Well, Mark, your point is well taken, but I would point out that your position seems quite different from the written opinion of the hieromartyr Metropolitan St. Cyril of Kazan vis-a-vis the Sergianist "Church" hierarchy in 1934. Many people in the modern world-- Russians, Greeks, and even...

This is an excellent exposition by Father Steven Allen. Illuminating, to say the least. I think I am finally beginning to grasp the historical significance of the "Cyprianism" issue for the ROCOR Synod of the 1990s and beyond. As I recall, Father Alexey Young was still doing Orthodox missi...