July 15, 2026, in the first article of this series, I argued that the greatest challenge facing Christianity in America is not simply bad theology. It is a way of seeing the world. Every culture teaches its people how to think about truth, authority, freedom, and even God. These ideas become so familiar that[…]
June 25, 2026 THE LARGER THE PARISH, THE WEAKER THE BONDS People often say, “Our parish is one big family.” To which one might reasonably reply: either it is not very large, or it is not quite a family. In a village parish, where the priest knows his flock personally and shares much of[…]
June 22, 2025, Fr. Jesse Rimshas, Rector of St. Jacob of Alaska Mission (ROCOR) in Marquette, MI gives us a word about the inception of the Orthodox Church in the United States as part of the All Saints of North America Feast Day. To learn more about our supported priests, please visit. To learn more[…]
(How America Began to Think Differently: Part One) July 11, 2026, every civilization is anchored to something. Every nation has a way of seeing the world. It has beliefs about what is true, what is good, and what it means to be human. From those beliefs come its laws, its customs, its schools, and[…]
The Nativity of John the Baptist is the first joy sent down by God to the human race, the beginning of its deliverance from the power of the devil, sin and eternal death. — St. John Maximovitch June 24, 2026, “today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most unusual and important people in[…]
Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Isaiah 43.18 In Christ we are a new creation: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new (2 Corinthians 5.17). God is the ever-flowing fountain of life: For with You is[…]
