First of all, I want to thank everybody for the kind words regarding the recent passing of my father-in-law. The obituary I wrote didn’t do him justice. Fortunately, his eternal salvation is not dependent upon my foolish words. He stands before the True Judge who alone knows his faith and works. If I could prove […]
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Another Reason Why I’m Against Gay “Marriage”
I could’ve predicted this. Actually, anybody with two active neuronal synapses could have predicted this. My only question now is, can we expect a pastoral exposition on this from Frs Arida, Bobosh, and Vinogradov? Perhaps something along the lines of “polygamy is not a sin because monogamy is not a virtue”? Will doctoral-candidate Dunn likewise […]
A Gauntlet from Archpriest Alexis Vinogradov, Wappingers Falls, NY
Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster is a retired military chaplain and colonel. When he served in the Army Reserve, he visited Orthodox troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on a dozen month-long deployments. He is also a moral theologian, writer, and archpriest in the OCA. Fr. Alexander wrote the response posted below to Fr. Alexis Vinogradov’s […]
Let Your Yea Be Yea and Your Nay Be Nay
Some people say just what needs to be said. Here Sergey Khudiev takes on some of Fr. Robert Arida’s ideas in his essay “Response To Myself.” Note that Mr. Khudiev is from Russia which tells us that interest in this debate extends far beyond the USA. (I had 41 visits from Russia last month, 17 […]
Cleaning House…
Obviously, Nicholas Chancy’s article and Fr. Robert Arida’s essay are attracting much attention. As most everybody knows, I allow free and robust discussion. Unlike OCANews, I don’t censor or prevent antithetical opinions from being seen on this blog. Monomakhos is glad to provide a forum to discuss the hotly-debated issue of corruption in the Church. […]
Same-Sex Marriage and the Revolt Against Metropolitan Jonah
By Nicholas Chancey After doing this research, some things have become clear. There is a movement within the Orthodox Church in America to mainstream homosexuality. There are priests, bishops, and academics that are sympathetic to this movement. Some are providing quiet assistance. + + + + + + + + + Note: All links open […]





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