The Ten Commandmentsby Anonymous I. -Have thou no other gods but me, II. -And to no image bow thy knee. III. -Take not the name of God in vain: IV. -The sabbath day do not profane. V. -Honour thy father and mother too; VI. -And see that thou no murder do. VII. -Abstain from words and deeds unclean; VIII. -Nor steal, though thou art poor and mean. IX. -Bear not false witness, shun that blot; X. -What is thy neighbor’s... Read more

Apr. 25 (CWNews.com) – Two weeks ago, at the height of the Gospel of Judas mania, a Google News search of “Elaine Pagels” plus “expert” scored 157 hits; she was the media’s prime go-to person for a scholarly read on the import of the Coptic manuscript … The Gnostic Gospels, like those portions of Pagels’s later work with which I am familiar, is chock-full of tendentious readings and instances where counter-evidence is suppressed. The example of “creativity” here discussed may... Read more

The following is taken from an old book, “The Most Useful KNOWLEDGE for the Orthodox Russian-American Young People,” compiled by the Very Rev’d Peter G. Kohanik, 1932-1934. During Easter Day the egg stands as symbol of the resurrection of Christ, and is universally used as means of Christian greeting and present. The symbolical and church significance of the egg has its roots in the greatest antiquity. Long before Christianity, all the cultured nations of antiquity held the egg to be... Read more

Penza, April 25, Interfax – Parishioners of the church of the Holy Trinity at the Stary Balovay village 200 kilometers away from Penza became witnesses on Easter eve of an extraordinary phenomenon as myrrh poured down and blood exuded from their icons. HERE. Read more

Not every member of the congregation will approve, but at least it solves the problem of who will play the organ. The Hymnal Plus, a karaoke-like machine with a repertoire of almost 3,000 hymns and psalms, is becoming a must-have item at churches around the country. As well as traditional songs of praise, the British-made machine can play a disco version of Amazing Grace and a jazzy adaptation of The Lord’s My Shepherd. Church-goers who struggle to remember the words... Read more

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“Suddenly, everyone wants to be Catholic — if only so they can retain their politically correct credentials while bashing the Church. It’s sort of like Jews’ using their religion as an excuse to tell “Abe and Sol” jokes … or black rappers’ arguing that the n-word’s not racist when they use it …” It’s about Roman Catholics, but translates — in surprisingly different ways — to Orthodoxy:H E R E (caveat lector). Read more

Here follows a long but timely & worthy read by Protopriest Valentin Asmus of the Moscow Patriarchate.In the remote past of the 1960’s and 1970’s, we knew little of the Russian Church Abroad, but what we did know was all good. Jordanville’s publications reached us—prayer books, the works of the Holy Fathers… The very appearance of these books bore witness that over there, pre-Revolutionary Russian traditions were preserved. Soon, the voice of the contemporary bishops and priests abroad also began... Read more

Hot Moms? HT: MereComments But, hey … wouldn’t you really rather be Catholic? Hic, snort!HT: LJThen there’s THIS. Read more

by Flavia Nakagwa His Eminence Jonah Lwanga, Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda … “The source of human calamities is separation from God. The independence of our life from God, or the dependence on creatures produces calamity,” he said, adding, “What will man gain if he wins the whole world, but loses his life? There is nothing he can give to regain his life except through Jesus Christ.” Lwanga said through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the world needed to... Read more