Out From the Catacombs: An Interview with Archbishop Lazar (Zhurbenko) (+2003)
August 11, 2015 NFTU: Archbishop Lazar (Zhurbenko) was, arguably, the founding hierarch of the Synod now known as “RTOC“. He was known in the Catacomb Russian community, having joined the Catacomb...
View ArticleOpinion: RTOC Reasoning on GOC(K)-SiR Union
August 13, 2015 Hieromonk Enoch Introduction In the past year, since the GOC(K)-SiR Union, a great many voices have been for and against it. The arguments have been gone over and over. However, in...
View ArticleMonophysites, Muslims, Papists, and World “Orthodox” at Athens Ecumenical...
September 04, 2015 (Source: http://www.spc.rs/eng) NFTU: The Serbian Patriarchate lauded the mass ecumenical demonstration, as well as touted its cooperation with the Ecumenical Patriarchate,...
View ArticleRetired OCA Bishop Matthias Sues OCA Metropolitan Tikhon
October 09, 2015 (Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com) [Originally reported on Oct. 8] The former Chicago bishop of the Orthodox Church in America who was asked to retire amid allegations of sexual...
View ArticleFinnish World ‘Orthodox’ Priest and ‘Gay Rights’ Activist Becomes General...
October 15, 2015 (Source: http://orthodoxpost.com) [Originally reported on Oct. 13] The Conference of European Churches is pleased to announce the appointment of Fr Heikki Huttunen, Orthodox Church of...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarchate Intends to Hand Over Church Belonging to Patmos...
(source) The Patriarchate of Constantinople is forcing the monastery in Patmos to give one of its churches to the Latins… The unbelievable and unprecedented events which have recently transpired on the...
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Ecclesiastical Witness Concerning Single-Handed Consecration
by Hieromonk Enoch. A short article concerning the history and practice of single-handed consecrations. The foundation of Orthodox Christian Canon Law is the Apostolic Canons. The Apostolic Canons, by...
View ArticleFr. Raphael Johnson Trial: Here are the Details
The ecclesiastical court held on September 17th (NS) / 4th (OS), on the case of Fr. Raphael Johnson was concluded this past Saturday. The verdict of the court was to remove the defendant (the former...
View ArticleSt. Nektarios of Aegina on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
[Source] They who reduce man to the ranks of the irrational animals and who liken man’s soul to that of the animals deny the soul’s grandeur, the soul’s unique qualities and spiritual powers, and man’s...
View ArticleArchimandrite Maximos Karavas: Patriarch Bartholomew is “the greatest...
[Source] Mocking our Lord: Commemorating Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew by Archimandrite Maximos Karavas The occasion for me to write this article arose from the grief I feel whenever I hear the...
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St. Maximus of Turin [+423AD] on the Baptism of Christ
Your holiness remembers, brethren, that on the day of the Most Blessed Epiphany we said that the Lord was Baptized in the Jordan, and we further said that He wished to be consecrated by this Mystery...
View ArticleCanons, Commemoration, Chaos, and Churches: Thoughts and Unpopular Propositions
A somewhat free-wheeling overview of controversial issues. Breaking Communion: Public and Private Teaching Canon 15 of the First-Second Synod of Constantinople in 861 states the following: “The rules...
View ArticleTomos of Synod of Blachernae in 1285 Against the Filioque
Source: http://www.oodegr.com/english/oikoumenismos/filioque_beccus.htm?fref=gc By the most holy and ecumenical Patriarch, Lord Gregory of Cyprus, who was attacked by certain individuals, and for whom...
View ArticleSt. Gregory Palamas on the Holy Transfiguration
For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its truth, it is necessary for us to turn to the very start of today’s reading from the Gospel: “Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James...
View ArticleSt. Leo the Great on the Holy Transfiguration
The Gospel lesson, dearly beloved, which has reached the inner hearing of our minds through our bodily ears, calls us to the understanding of a Great Mystery, to which we shall by the help of God’s...
View ArticleSt. Ephraim the Syrian on the Holy Transfiguration
Sermon on the Transfiguration of our Lord and God and Saviour, Jesus Christ. From the land comes the joy of harvest, from the vineyard fruits that give food, and from the Scriptures teaching that gives...
View ArticleFirst Homily of St. John Damascene [+749AD] on the Dormition
Source The memory of the just takes place with rejoicing, said Solomon, the wisest of men; for precious in God’s sight is the death of His saints, according to the royal David. If, then, the memory of...
View ArticleFr Theodore Zisis on Breaking Communion with Heresiarchs
(Source: OrthodoxEthos) Fr Theodore Zisis, a well known traditionalist author and speaker in the New Calendar Church of Greece, recently lectured on the question of Canon XV of the First-Second Synod....
View ArticlePublication of RTOC Decisions from October 2017: New Bishop for Western...
[Source] From October 18 to October 20, 2017 in the city of Azov, Rostov Region, the session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian True Orthodox Church was held. The Synod of Bishops adopted the...
View ArticleThe Universal Importance of the Anathema Against Ecumenism: Why the 1983...
NFTU received the following request from the commenter “Diakrisis Dogmaton”: “Please consider posting the attached PDF as an article on NFTU. It deals with a crucial topic, the official Anathema...
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