Archimandrite 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...
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...
View ArticleTextual Interpolations in Damasine and Gennadian Texts in Favour of the Filioque
Introduction A question that has not seen much public discussion is: “To what extent are the texts we have of the Latin Fathers interpolated in favour of later Filioquist teachings?” It seems that...
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Resumption of Communion Between the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia and Sister...
Over the past year, discussion were held between the Bishops of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia and the Churches of Metropolitan Anghelos of Avlona and Metropolitan Seraphim over the question of...
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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 ArticlePaschal Epistle of Metropolitan Nicholas of Cincinnati
TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA Web: www.tocamerica.org Email: bishop@tocamerica.org 101 Main Street, PO Box 106 Addyston, OH 45001 Pastoral Letter HOLY PASCHA 2021 Phone: 513-467-0400 +NICHOLAS By the...
View ArticleAbp Elpidophoros (GOARCH) Declares There Will Be No Vaccine Exemptions Granted
In absolute consistency with being Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Archdiocese (New Calendar), Archbishop Elpidophoros declared that the Greek Archdiocese of America would absolutely not grant any...
View ArticleUPDATED: Moscow Patriarchate to take in HUNDREDS of Alexandrian Clergy over...
UPDATE: This Interfax-Religion English article, as opposed to a translation, says “hundreds” of clergy are joining, which substantially changes the import of the article. (Source) (Source 2) Hundreds...
View ArticlePatriarch Kirill declares Patriarch Bartholomew “lapsed into Schism”
(Source) In an official press release issued by the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, Patriarch Kirill, head of the Moscow Patriarchate, stated: “And we humanly very much...
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ROAC Elevates Two New Bishops During Hierarchical Synod
(Source for Information and Images) Two new Bishops were elevated for the ROAC last week, one in the territory of the Russian Federation and one in Bulgaria. Bishop Irinarch of Tula and Bryansk was...
View ArticleMinor Tech Updates: Gab and Telegram Sharing
Just for those interested in whether this is the moment NFTU comes back to life, God willing, it is. We have been making small adjustments to how we handle the changing web landscape, and are looking...
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Hats off to Gab!
We’d like to take a moment to thank @gab for existing for a number of reasons: 1) Free Speech, obviously 2) We are now using Gab to micropost to create complete articles 3) When we lack an image for an...
View ArticleMetr Hilarion Alfayev’s Freefall Continues
(Source: nexta.tv) Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfayev) of the Moscow Patriarchate has been accused of sexually harassing his 18-year-old cell-attendant, Georgy Suzuki.
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