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.
Category True 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 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.
To Whom Should We Offer Obedience?
Confessor, spiritual father, and the layman's obedience in the Tradition of the Fathers: what obedience is, where its limits are, and why it is not blind submission.
Seraphim Rose Canonized by ROCOR: What Happened in Munich and What Remains Unclear
Seraphim Rose canonized by ROCOR? The Munich decision opened preparations for glorification, but did not yet complete the act.
Elder Ephraim of Arizona — The American Period
Elder Ephraim of Arizona: his sanctity, the apparatus built around him, ROCOR, Passias, money, victims, and Orthodox discernment.
What Does “True Orthodoxy” Mean? Four Patristic Criteria for Discernment
What does true Orthodoxy mean? Four patristic criteria for discernment: apostolic continuity, catholicity, holiness, and Eucharistic communion.
Cleopa, the Last Saint of Romania
Saint Cleopa Ilie, glorified in 2025, as a patristically verifiable Romanian Orthodox elder: life, teaching, humility, gifts, and fruits.