Source: American Orthodox Institute By Archpriest Alexander F. C. Webster In A Christmas Carol, a seasonal favorite that Charles Dickens wrote in 1843, the miserly misanthrope Ebenezer Scrooge is privileged, thanks to the silent, ominous Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come, to glimpse his miserable future and lonely demise. Before he turns to read the […]
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What Mrs. Monomakhos Knows About Rats
July 28, 2020 by
Speaking of Romeo and Juliet, don’t laugh. In the mid-70s I was a proctor of a rat lab. Now, I don’t like rats but I had a problem. I didn’t want to take languages, because my high school French teacher humiliated me for being unable to conjugate a verb so I had to get a […]
A Tale of Two Bishops
May 17, 2020 by
In Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, we are told from the beginning that “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was […]
So Define “Essential”
April 16, 2020 by
I’m going to ask everybody’s forbearance today. Ordinarily, we shut the blog down on Holy Tuesday. But this Holy Week, like this entire Lent, hasn’t felt like a Holy Week. I realize of course that that is probably my fault, in that I’m not spiritual enough; you know, the chief of sinners thing and all […]
Exposing the Unfruitful Works of Darkness
January 3, 2020 by
The other day, we published an insightful piece on the “re-start-up” of the St Nicholas Shrine by a correspondent close to the scene. I, for one, got the feeling that there was “something more” going on, that it wasn’t all hunky-dory. Well, as you can read for yourself, with the GOA there is always “something […]
Another Bite Out of the Church
July 19, 2019 by
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water. . . duunn dunnn . . . duuuunnnn duun. . . duuunnnnnnnn dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnn dunnnn Pat. Bartholomew came out with a mouthful while welcoming a large group of students from the Theological Academies […]
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
May 16, 2019 by
It’s human nature, I guess. Just ask David Pecker, the CEO of American Media Inc., the National Enquirer’s parent company. Not surprisingly, Yours Truly has been receiving correspondence from several people inquiring about my recent post entitled, “Dark Clouds Forming Over Phanar”. People are understandably shocked and want to know if I believe it is […]
Another Way to Know When You’re Winning an Argument
September 1, 2018 by
The Digital Apocalypse has been temporarily postponed. Last week, President Trump (peace be upon him!) threw down the gauntlet at the oligarchs of Silicon Valley. And not a moment too soon. He told them that the censorship has got to stop. Now. Or else they run the risk of being turned into public utilities and […]
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