Entering the Mystery of the Holy Trinity
A patristic introduction to the Mystery of the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit confessed by Saint John, the Cappadocians, Saint Symeon, and Saint Gregory Palamas.
Category Patristic Orthodoxy
Essays on patristic discernment, living Tradition, spiritual authority, and the difference between Orthodox confession, ideology, and religious mythology.
Patristic Discernment
True Orthodoxy
Essays on patristic criteria, living Tradition, and the discernment between confession, ideology, and religious mythology.
Core Article
What Does “True Orthodoxy” Mean?
Four patristic criteria for judging tradition, authority, and spiritual fruit soberly.
The Ascension of the Lord: Why Christ Departs and Yet Remains With Us
A patristic reading of the Ascension: Luke 24, Acts 1, Ephesians 4, human nature in glory, Pentecost, and Christian hope.
Two Hearths, One Prayer: Sihăstria Putnei and Neamț Monastery in the Hesychast Century of Moldavia
Sihăstria Putnei and Neamț Monastery: two hesychast hearths of eighteenth-century Moldavia, from the Putna Saints to Saint Paisius Velichkovsky.
The Creation of the World in the Theology of Saint Basil the Great. The Homilies on the Hexaemeron
Saint Basil the Great and the Homilies on the Hexaemeron: creation out of nothing, light, firmament, stars, providence, and man as priest of the cosmos.
How the Platina Monastery Passed from ROCOR to the Serbian Patriarchate
How did St. Herman of Alaska Monastery at Platina, founded under ROCOR with St. John Maximovitch, end up under the Serbian Patriarchate? Documented account.
The Layman and Discernment in the Church: A Duty of Baptism
A patristic answer to “Who are you to judge?”: lay discernment, the royal priesthood, receptio, and the responsibility received in Baptism.
The Case of Gleb Podmoshensky and the Preparation of Father Seraphim Rose’s Glorification: What the Orthodox Reader Should Know
A documented Orthodox analysis of Gleb Podmoshensky, Platina, ROCOR and the questions surrounding Father Seraphim Rose's glorification/canonization.
Beauty — A Name of God
A patristic reflection on beauty as a divine name, uncreated light, the restored image of man, and the goal of Christian life.
Why are there only three Theologians in the Orthodox Church?
Why has the Church called only Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, and Saint Symeon the New Theologian by the rare title Theologian? A patristic clarification of prayer, vision, and theology.
Obedience in the Family
A continuation of the article on obedience: husband, wife, and children in the Christian order of the family, according to Scripture and the Holy Fathers.