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- GENETICS, UFOS AND THE BIRTH OF THE ANTICHRIST
- A discussion of possible
links between modern
scientific experiments in
gene manipulation, Genesis
chapter 6, stories of
abduction of Unidentified
Flying Objects and the Birth
of the Antichrist
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- A Life of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
- A biography of perhaps the
greatest theologian of the
twentieth century, confessor
against heresy and spiritual
father of the Royal Family.
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- Is Hell Just?
- Several arguments against the
eternity of the torments in
gehenna are examined and
rejected in the light of
Divine Revelation.
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- METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM AND SALVATION IN HELL
- A Critique of the Article of
Metropolitan Ephraim of
Boston, "Sleepers Awake!", in
which he argues that those who
have not encountered True
Orthodoxy in their lifetime
will be given a second chance
after death.
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- ДИАЛОГ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ХРИСТИАНИНА С
МАНИХЕЕМ О БРАКЕ
- Критика взглядов о. Григория
Луръе о Браке
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- Интервью чтеца Владимира Мосса, церковного публициста и историка
Церкви, православному альманаху “Романитас”
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- BISHOP ARTEMIJE AND TRUE ORTHODOXY
- A Discussion of Three
Temptations that Prevent
Critics of Ecumenism, such as
the recently banned Bishop
Artemije of Kosovo, from
joining True Orthodoxy.
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- IMPERIA I ANTI-IMPERIA (in Russian)
- A Rebuttal of Neo-Soviet
Claims to true Imperial Status
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- A Life of Metropolitan Philaret of New York
- A biography of the life,
repose and miracles of the
holy Metropolitan Philaret
(Voznesensky) of New York,
who died on Novembe 8.21,
1985. Special attention is
paid to the holy hierarch's
preaching against the
heresies and heretics of his
time.
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- Диалог между Православным и Экуменистом о Теле и
Крови Христовых
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- To Judge or Not to Judge
- A discussion of the different
meanings of the word "judge",
and when and where it is
legitimate to judge others,
especially in the context of
the debate over ecumenism.
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- 1945 AND THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE'S "THEOLOGY OF VICTORY"
- A Critique of the Latest Stage
in the MP's "Ecclesiastical
Stalinism", its Glorification
of Stalin's Victory in World
War Two.
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- ГЕНЕТИКА И РОЖДЕНИЕ АНТИХРИСТА
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- ОТКРЫТОЕ ОБРАЩЕНИЕ К СВЯЩЕННОМУ СИНОДУ
РОССИЙСКОЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ АВТОНОМНОЙ ЦЕРКВИ
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- HAS THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST BEGUN?
- An Examination of the
Question Whether the Reign of
the Antichrist has Begun in
view of the appearance of
several technologies
employing the number 666.
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- “THE RIVER OF FIRE” REVISITED
- A Critique of Alexander
Kalomiros' teaching on
salvation in his article "The
River of Fire".
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- AN OPEN LETTER ON CYPRIANISM
- An open letter to Archbishop
Chrysostomos of Etna and
Bishop Auxentius criticizing
their ecclesiological
position.
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- "FLEE FORNICATION"
- Different Approaches to the
Question: What's Wrong with
Fornication?
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- Death and the Toll-Houses
- A Defence of the traditional
Orthodox Doctrine of the Soul
after Death against the
Teaching of Archbishop Lazar
Puhalo.
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- THE CYPRIANITE-AGATHANGELITE UNION
- A critique of the position of
Bishop Agathangelus of Odessa
after his union with the
Cyprianite Greek Old
Calendarists.
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-
КИПРИАНОВСКО-АГАФАНГЕЛОВСКИЙ СОЮЗ
- Анализ неправославной позиции
и екклесиологии Епископа
Агафангела Одесского после
его союза с "Киприановским"
Синодом греческих
старостильников.
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- THE SACRIFICE FOR SIN
- An attempt to explicate the
deeper meaning of the Feast
of the Meeting of the Lord by
reference to its pivotal role
between the Old Testament
sacrifices and the New
Testament Sacrifice of Christ
on the Cross.
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- ON FREQUENCY OF COMMUNION
- An Examination of the
Arguments for and against the
Reception of Communion at
every Liturgy.
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- THE POWER OF ANATHEMA
- A Discussion of the Nature and
Validity of Anathemas in
General and Certain Anathemas
in Particular, against the
Teaching of the Cyprianites
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- A DIALOGUE ON ORTHODOXY
- A short dialogue between an
Orthodox and a seeker on the
nature of Orthodoxy, on
salvation and on what
distinguishes it from other
faiths.
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- THE MOSCOW COUNCIL OF 1917-18
- An Account of the Major
Decisions of the Church
Council of 1917-18
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- TEN REASONS WHY THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IS NOT ORTHODOX
- A Critique of the Activities
of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate of
Constantinople since 1920.
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- ON THE CONDEMNATION OF HERETICS
- A Critique of the Cyprianite
Teaching that a Bishop
remains a Bishop even after
he preaches heresy publicly
provided he has not been
condemned by an Ecumenical
Council.
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- WHY STALIN?
- A Probe into the reasons why
Stalin, and not the seemingly
more eligible Trotsky, rose
to supreme power at the end
of the 1920s.
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- Open Letter to Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov
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- WHAT IS THE LOCAL CHURCH?
- The Orthodox Church is
organized on the principle of
territoriality. However,
little trace of that
principle is found today.
This article discusses how
this came about, and how the
traditional concept of the
Local Church can be restored.
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- THE FALL OF THE SERBIAN CHURCH
- The Story of how the Serbian
Church fell into the heresies
of Sergianism and Ecumenism
after WW2.
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- NIETZSCHE, GERMANY AND THE ANTICHRIST
- An Examination of the
Philosophy of Friedrich
Nietzsche in the Context of
His Time.
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- THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENT
- A Study of the two Main
Philosophical and Cultural
Movements of the Eighteenth
Century.
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- THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
- An examination of the
Abrahamic Covenant as it
applies to the relationship
between the two peoples of
the Covenant, the Christians
and the Jews.
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- THE SCHISM OF 1054: A SHORT HISTORY
- A Description of the Causes
and Consequences of the
schism of 1054 between the
Roman and the Eastern
Orthodox Churches.
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- Размышления иностранца об Освященном Соборе РИПЦ
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- THE HERESY OF ECCLESIASTICAL ELITISM
- A Critique of the
Cyprianites' Response to the
10 Demands put to them by the
True Orthodox Church of
Greece.
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- THE PHENOMENON OF FALSE ELDERSHIP
- The phenomenon of false
eldership in contemporary
Orthodoxy is discussed. The
Holy Fathers are cited to
show that the strictest form
of elder-disciple
relationship, involving
absolute obedience, is not
given to our times.
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- TO BIND AND TO LOOSE
- An examination of the Nature
of the Sacrament of
Confession.
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- ORTHODOXY, FREUDIANISM AND ORIGINAL SIN
- An examination of the
relationship between
Orthodoxy and Freudianism,
and in particular the
relationship between the
Freudian "id" and original
sin.
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- LETTER TO A PAPIST
- A Discussion of the
differences between Orthodoxy
and Roman Catholicism.
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- RELIGION, RATIONALISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC OUTLOOK
- A Discussion of the
Relationship between Science
and Religion, the difference
between the Scientific
Outlook and the Religious
Outlook, and the difference
between Rationalism and each
of these.
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- MUST AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN BE A MONARCHIST?
- A Survey of the Attitude of
the Holy Fathers and the Holy
New Martyrs of Russia to
Monarchism, Democratism and
Communism
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- A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND A GENUINE SEEKER ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH
- Various objections raised
against the Orthodox Faith
are refuted in dialogue form.
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- QUO VADIS, AGATHANGEL?
- A Critique of the Vague and
Ambiguous Confession of
Metropolitan Agathangel of
New York.
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- ROMANIDES, DEIFICATION AND THE IMAGE OF GOD
- A Refutation of the Teaching
of Fr. John Romanides that
there is absolutely no
similarity or likeness
between God and man.
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- METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM AND ORIGINAL SIN
- A Critique of the Views of
Metropolitan Ephraim on
Original Sin.
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- THE LIMITS OF THE CHURCH: A REVIEW OF THE ARGUMENT
- A Critique of
the "conservative ecumenist"
views of Fr. Georges
Florovsky on the Limits of
the Church.
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- METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM, BLOOD-SACRIFICES AND THE GODDESS NECESSITY
- A Defence of the Traditional
Doctrine of the Cross against
the attacks of
the "Romanidean-Kalomiran"
Metropolitan Ephraim of
Boston.
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- THE CESSATION OF DIALOGUE
- A Critique of the
Cyprianites' Official
Justification of the Reasons
for the Failed Dialogue with
the True Orthodox Church of
Greece.
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- IN DEFENCE OF THE TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF GREECE
- A Defence of the Grace and
Truth of the True Orthodox
Church of Greece (the
"Florinites") against the
attacks of Fr. Roman Pavlov.
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- THE REBIRTH AND DEATH OF THE SOVIET UNION
- A Survey of Totalitarian
Tendencies in Russia, China,
the United States and the
European Union, and the
Prospects for the Destruction
of Totalitarianism in Russia.
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- "THERE IS NONE THAT WATCHETH OUT FOR MY SOUL"
- Reflections on the True
Orthodox Church Today
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- THE PELAGIAN ROOTS OF SERGIANISM
- An Examination of the Nature
of Metropolitan Sergius
(Stragorodsky)'s concept of
the Church and salvation in
the context of an examination
of his master's thesis.
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- ORTHODOXY, UNIVERSALISM AND NATIONALISM
- A Discussion of the Influence
of the Twin Heresies of
Ecumenism and Phyletism in the
True Orthodox Church Today,
and of Possible Church
Structures that Truly
Universalist while being
rooted in National Traditions.
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- ORTHODOXY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND MARXISM
- An Analysis of the
Anti-Christian Philosophy of
Human Rights, its Origins, and
its Relationship to "Cultural
Marxism".
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- ORTHODOXY AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION
- An Historical Approach to the
Question of Religious Freedom
in the Orthodox Christian
Tradition.
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- HOW THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE FELL FROM GRACE
- A Historical Account of how
the official Church of Russia,
the Moscow Patriarchate fell
away from the Truth and God's
Grace in the period 1925-37.
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- THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
- An Historical Account of the
Revolution of February, 1917
in Russia from an Orthodox
Christian Point of View.
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- A REPLY TO DAVID BERCOT ON THE HOLY ICONS
- A Defence of the Orthodox
Teaching on Icons against an
Anglican Detractor.
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- A REPLY TO DAVID BERCOT ON THE MOTHER OF GOD
- A Defence of the Orthodox Cult
of the Most Holy Virgin Mary
against an Anglican Detractor.
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- QUO VADIS, SCIENCE?
- A Critique of the Modern Cult
of Science as the Arbiter of
All Knowledge, with Examples
from Modern Physics, Biology
and Psychology.
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- DIALOGUE ON MARRIAGE (English)
- A Dialogue between an Orthodox
and a Manichaean on the Nature
of Marriage and Sexual
Relations within Marriage
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- ДИАЛОГ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ХРИСТИАНИНА С МАНИХЕЕМ О БРАКЕ (in Russian)
- A Dialogue between an Orthodox
and a Manichaean on the Nature
of Marriage and Sexual
Relations with Marriage
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- "THE MASTER AND MARGARITA": A PARABLE OF SOVIET REALITY
- An Examination of the
Significance of the famous
Soviet novel, "The Master and
Margarita"
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- HEAVEN, HELL AND THE CYPRIANITES
- The Cyprianites' recent
publication of a modernist
article on heaven and hell by
Metallinos raises fears that
they have been "penetrated" by
the Romanidean heretics.
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- THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY
- An Account of the Origins of
Freemasonry in Early Modern
Europe until the Beginning of
the French Revolution.
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- ON NOT ROCKING THE BOAT
- An Argument in Favour of the
Intervention of the Lower
Ranks of the Church in the
Struggle for Orthodoxy and
Canonicity when the Bishop
Fail in Their Duty.
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- THE JEWS, THE MASONS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
- A Discussion of the
Emancipation of the Jews in
1791, the Civil War among the
Masons, the rise of Napoleon
and his Relations with Jewry.
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- IVAN THE TERRIBLE: SAINT OR SINNER?
- An Attempt to Assess the Pros
and Cons of the Reign and
Personality of Tsar Ivan the
Terrible.
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- THE RUSSIAN TIME OF TROUBLES
- An Account of the Period of
Chaos in Russian History from
1598 to 1613
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- THE SCHISM OF THE OLD RITUALISTS
- An Account of the Schism of
the Old Ritulalists in
Seventeenth-Century Russia
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- THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS
- An Examination of the
Controversies Surrounding the
Emancipation of the Serfs by
Tsar Alexander II in 1861.
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- KING ALFRED THE GREAT, THE ENGLISH DAVID
- An Account of the Life and
Achievements of the English
King Alfred the Great (+899)
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- NAZISM AND SOCIALISM: THE BROTHER IDEOLOGIES
- An Examination of the Close
Relationship between Nazism,
Fascism and Socialism
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- ROME, BYZANTIUM AND THE OTTONIAN DYNASTY
- An Account of the Relationship
between the German Ottonian
Dynasty and Rome and Byzantium
in the Tenth Century
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- ST. SAVVA AND OUR TIME
- A Comparison between the State
of Orthodoxy in the Thirteenth
Century, the Age of Savva, and
our Time
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- THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
- A Brief Account of the Main
Issues Surrounding the American
Civil War from an Orthodox Point
of View
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- BOLSHEVISM AND THE JEWS
- An Examination of the
Question: Why was the
Leadership of the Russian
Revolution largely Jewish
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- ST. DAVID OF WALES, THE CELTIC CHURCHES AND EASTERN ORTHODOXY
- A Discussion of the
Relationship between the
Celtic Churches and Eastern,
especially Coptic Orthodoxy in
the Context of the Life of St.
David of Wales
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- GOD AND TSUNAMIS
- A Discussion of the
Theological Issues Raised by
the South Asian Tsunami
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- ORTHODOXY AND THE UNIA IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
- The Struggle between Orthodoxy
and Catholicism in the West
Russian lands.
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- BYZANTIUM AND THE JEWS
- An Account of the Place
accorded to the Jews in the
Byzantine Empire
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- Tsezar ili Faraon (in Russian)
- A Paper read at the Chernigov
conference in November, 2011 on
the attitude of the Russian
Catacomb Church to Soviet Power
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- ON FAITH AND THE ROOTS OF UNBELIEF
- An Examination of What Faith
is, What are its Conditions,
Why some people receive it and
others don't.
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- WHY DID CONSTANTINOPLE FALL
- A Review of the Possible
Reasons for the Fall of the
City in 1453
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- ROMANIDES, ROMANITY AND THE FALL OF OLD ROME
- A Critique of Fr. John
Romanides' Theory of Romanity,
the Franks and Old Rome.
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- ROMANIDES, HOLY SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE
- A Critique of the Ideas of Fr.
John Romanides on Theology,
Holy Scripture and Science
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- ROMANIDES ON ORIGINAL SIN
- A Critique of the Views of Fr.
John Romanides on Original sin
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- ON THE UNITY OF THE RUSSIAN AND SERBIAN TOCs
- A Justification of the Current
Attempts of the Russian and
Serbian True Orthodox Churches
to Achieve Unity and a
Refutation of the Arguments
Against
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- РУССКОЕ САМОДЕРЖАВИЕ И АНГЛИЙСКАЯ КОНСТИТУЦИОННАЯ МОНАРХИЯ: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ
- A Comparison between Russian
Autocracy and English
Constitutional Monarchy with
special reference to the
possible restoration of the
monarchy in Russia today
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- TEN QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINATION OF BISHOP AKAKIJE
- Answers to Ten Questions
Arising in connection with
the ordination of Bishop
Akakije of Serbia to the
Episcopate
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- NEITHER GREEK NOR RUSSIAN
- A Discussion of the History
of Greek Ecclesiastical
Nationalism in the Context of
the Present Dispute between
the Greek and Serbian True
Orthodox Churches
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- RUSSIA, SERBIA AND THE FUTURE OF TRUE ORTHODOXY
- An Examination of the
Implications of the Recent
Ordination of Bishop Akakije
of Serbia
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- AN OPEN LETTER TO BISHOP PHOTIUS ON THE SERBIAN QUESTION
- A Refutation of the Claims of
the True Orthodox Church of
Greece that the True Orthodox
Church of Serbia is Schismatic
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- ROMANIDES ON THE HOLY TRINITY
- The heretical teaching of Fr.
John Romanides on the Holy
Trinity
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- PREDESTINATION, ST. AUGUSTINE AND FR. PANTELEIMON
- A Critique of the Views of Fr.
Panteleimon of Boston on
Predestination
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- THE RISORGIMENTO AND THE FALL OF THE PAPACY
- A Brief Account of the Political
Context and Moral and Dogmatic
Issues Surrounding the Vatican
Council of 1870
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- SHOWDOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO
- A Brief Description of the
Dispute in the Russian Church
Abroad in San Francisco in 1963
that almost led to a Schism in
the Church
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- THE SPIRIT OF LENINISM
- A Description of the Essence of
Communism
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- PEDAGOGICAL AND RETRIBUTIVE PUNISHMENT
- A Critique of the Pedagogical or
Humanitarian Theory of
Punishment as espoused by
Romanides, Kalomiros and Ware.
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- TRUE ORTHODOXY AND THE VENERATION OF THE SAINTS
- ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE
VENERATION OF FALSE SAINTS IN
WORLD ORTHODOXY
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- ST PHILARET AND THE HERESY OF ECUMENISM
- AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE WAGED
BY ST PHILARET OF NEW YORK
AGAINST THE HERESY OF ECUMENISM
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- THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION OF THE ROMANIAN OLD CALENDARIST CHURCHES
- An Examination of the Evidence
for the Apostolic Succession of
the Two Romanian Old Calendarist
Synods (Slatioara and Tekuch)
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- RUSSIA AND THE BALKANS, 1878-1913
- An Account of the How, and at
What Cost, the Balkans Liberated
Themselves from the Turkish
Yoke, until the Balkan Wars of
1912-13
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- THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RASPUTIN
- A Brief Life of the Evil Genius
of the Late Russian Empire
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- AT THE GATES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
- A Description of the Main Events
and Issues relating to the Great
Eastern Crisis of 1876-78
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- GREECE, RUSSIA AND AMERICA
- An Examination of the
Significance of Recent Close
Contacts between Russia and
Greece in the economic and
ecclesiastical spheres
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- ARE ALL MEN CREATED EQUAL?
- A Critical Examination of the
egalitarian dogma of the human
rights movement, and an
Exposition of the Christian
Understanding of Equality
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- ORTHODOXY AND WORLD WAR ONE
- An Account of the Significance
of World War One in the History
of the Orthodox Church
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- THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
- An Account of the Origins and
Consequences of the Balfour
Declaration of 1917
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- RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY AND ENGLISH MONARCHY: A COMPARISON
- A Comparison between the true
monarchy of the Russian
autocracy and the pseudo-
monarchy of English
constitutionalism.
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- DID THE CHURCH BETRAY THE TSAR IN 1917
- A Discussion of "the sin of
February" and the prospects for
its final expiation
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- THE DAY TRUE ORTHODOXY SAVED THE WORLD
- In 1962, at the height of the
Cuban crisis, two True Orthodox
bishops were called to pray for
the averting of nuclear
destruction...
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- KING ALEXANDER I OF YUGOSLAVIA
- A Biographical Account of the
Life of King Alexander, who was
killed in 1934
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- THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND THE NEW CALENDAR (1918-1939)
- An account of how the new
calendar was introduced into the
Russian, Greek, Finnish, Polish
and Romanian Churches and on
Mount Athos.
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- CHRISTIAN ROME AND THE WESTERN BARBARIAN KINGDOMS
- A Demonstration of the High
Cultural and Spiritual Level of
the Western Orthodox Kingdoms
before 1054
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- ИСТОРИЯ ПАДЕНИЯ РПЦЗ, 2000-2007
- Istoria Padenia Russkoj
Pravoslavnoj Zarubezhnoj Tserkvi
to 2000 goda do ee prisoedinenia
s Moskovskoj Patriarckhiej v
2007 godu.
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- 1945 год и "богословие победы" в Московской патриархии
- Kul't koschunstvennogo prazdnika
9-maia v Moskovskoj Patriarkhii
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- CELTIC MONASTICISM
- An Outline of the History of
Celtic Monasticism and its
special characteristics
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- IS THERE A SECRET RULER OF THE WORLD?
- A Discussion of the Possibility
that the Antichrist is already
in existence.
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- ROMANIDES AND HOLY BAPTISM
- A Refutation of the Teaching of
Fr. John Romanides that the
Purpose of Holy Baptism is not
primarily the remission of sins.
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- THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE CREATION OF MAN
- An Examination of the Symbolic
Significance of the Elements of
Earth, Water, Air and Fire in
Relation to the Nature of Man
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- THE BIG THREE, THE JEWS AND WORLD WAR TWO
- An Examination of the Moral
Dilemmas confronting the western
leaders in World War Two.
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- THE BALKANS IN WORLD WAR TWO
- A Short Account of the History
of the Balkans under Fascist
Occupation and after the Triumph
of Communism.
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- IS THE SERBIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH SCHISMATIC
- A Defence of the Canonicity of
the Consecration of Bishop
Akakije of Serbia in 2011
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- TRANSPLANTS AND THE GENERAL RESURRECTION
- Recent experiments on organ
transplants and gene therapy
have raised the question of
what is natural and what is
unnatural. This question is
discussed in the context of
the doctrine of the Orthodox
Church on the general
resurrection.
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- THE CATHOLIC ASSAULT ON RUSSIA
- A brief historical overview
of Orthodox-Catholic
relations in Eastern Europe
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- THE MONASTIC REVIVAL OF TENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
- A Brief History of the
Monastic Revival of Tenth-
Century England, led by
Saints Dustan of Canterbury,
Aethelwold of Winchester and
Oswald of York, together with
King Edgar the Peaceable.
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- FAITH, SCIENCE AND DOUBTING THOMAS
- A Discussion of the true
relationship between faith
and science
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- THE CATHOLIC ASSAULT ON RUSSIA
- A brief historical overview
of Orthodox-Catholic
relations in Eastern Europe
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