How Autocephalous Churches Came Into Being
How Orthodox Churches became self-governing, who granted their autocephaly, and why there is still no single procedure accepted by all.
Category Orthodox History
Studies on Orthodox history, hesychasm, the Russian diaspora, ROCOR, the Philokalia, canonical ruptures, and the living transmission of Tradition.
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Orthodox History
Studies on the transmission of Orthodoxy through time: hesychasm, the Russian diaspora, ROCOR, the Philokalia, canonical ruptures, and continuity of Tradition.
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The Burning Bush of Antim Monastery
A major Romanian episode of twentieth-century hesychasm, where culture, monasticism, and the prayer of the heart meet.
Romanian Orthodoxy in North America
How Romanian laymen founded the first parishes in North America, how communism produced the break between two dioceses, and why the separation continues today.
What Service Did Romania Bear in Orthodoxy, from Stephen the Great to King Michael? The Gate, the Founding, and the Hearth
If Moscow bore the wall that restrained lawlessness, what did the Romanian Lands bear? The gate of Christendom, the patronage of the East, and the hearth of prayer.
Saint Tsar Nicholas II and His Family. What Russia Lost on the Night of 17 July 1918
On the night of 16–17 July 1918, in the cellar of a merchant's house in Ekaterinburg, the last Orthodox tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, was put to death, together with the Empress Alexandra, their four daughters — Olga, Tatiana, Maria,…
Saint Neagoe Basarab, Voievode of Wallachia — The New David of the Romanian Land
Saint Neagoe Basarab, persecuted under three princes, chosen by the people, founder of Curtea de Argeș and Athos benefactor, author of the Teachings.
The Life of Gleb (Herman) Podmoshensky: Between Zeal and Delusion
The life of Gleb (Herman) Podmoshensky, co-founder of Platina: zeal, fall, schism, and prelest through a patristic lens.
Ivan Kireevsky and the Mind That Prays
Ivan Kireevsky, the Russian critic and philosopher trained under Hegel and Schelling, who found at Optina Monastery the integrality of the mind and the living tradition of the Holy Fathers.
Saint Nikolai Velimirović in America: The Exile, the Last Liturgy, and the Death on His Knees
Saint Nikolai Velimirović in America: the exile after Dachau, his ministry at Libertyville and Saint Tikhon’s, the last Liturgy, and his death in prayer.
Byzantine Chant — The Music from the Monastery That You Don’t Sing in Your Parish
What is psaltic music, and why do Orthodox parishes sound so different? A history of Byzantine chant, the Oktoechos and Saint John Koukouzelis.
The Bogomoljci Movement: The Great Lay Awakening of Serbian Orthodoxy in the Twentieth Century
The Bogomoljci movement, the great lay awakening of Serbian Orthodoxy, under Saint Nikolai Velimirović and in continuity with the patristic tradition.