Editor's Introduction: St. Cyril (fellow missionary with St. Methodius) was only named Cyril later in life when he was tonsured into monasticism. Most of his life, he was named Constantine. His life is an impressive tale and in 1963, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary published a piece about this saint in its quarterly, written by Roman Jakobson. The crown jewel of the article is the translation of the poetic prologue that St. Cyril wrote for the Slavs and introduc

From Fr. Seraphim Rose Fr. Seraphim (Rose) Never has there been such an age of false teachers as this pitiful 20th century, so rich in material gadgets and so poor in mind and soul, Every conceivable opinion, even the most absurd, even those hitherto rejected by the universal consent of all civilized people–now has its platform and its own “teacher”…. As a result, philosophy has a thousand schools, and “Christianity” a thousand sects. Where is the truth to be found in all thi

Repost from the Jordanville Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary website. Bright Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Ecumenists propose that heretics and schismatics who have separated themselves from the Church have somehow remained her members and that the Body has not been divided. However, it is forbidden according to the Holy Fathers to allow those outside the Church to receive the Mysteries. Any decision contrary to this is arbitrary and violates the vow made by clergy to preserve

by Richard V. Desrosiers, Ph.D. The following address was delivered at· the Commencement Exercises of Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary in June of this year. Dr. Desrosiers, a convert to Orthodoxy, is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Professor of Classics at the University of New Hampshire. “Why do nations so furiously rage and peoples imagine a vain thing?” Prophet and King David With these words, king David, the Ancestor of Our Lord and Savior, b

Read the two-part introduction to the "Pearls from the Pedalion" series here. From the Orthodox Ethos: Canon 23 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council, and the accompanying interpretation and footnote from St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite, clarify that it is forbidden for clergy to require payment in exchange for the Mysteries, and those who do so should be deposed. St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite Canon 23 of the Quinisext Ecumenical Council [OE1] Concerning the rule that no one, whether

A Tribute to Elder Joseph of Roscoe, New York by Metropolitan Saba (Isper) Originally posted on the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America's website (here) on Friday, April 24, 2026. His Eminence, Metropolitan Saba Editor's introduction: On Bright Friday (April 17), Geronda Joseph, the abbot of St. Nektarios Greek Orthodox Monastery in Roscoe, New York, reposed in the Lord. He came with Geronda Ephraim from Philotheou and then in 1999, St. Nektarios Monast

From Orthodox Life , "Concerning Feast Days, and How One Should Celebrate Them" by St. Simeon the New Theologian. Concerning Feast Days, and How One Should Celebrate Them By St. Simeon the New Theologian 1) He who knows well and understands that he is created from nothing, and that he entered this world naked, will know his Creator also, and will fear and love Him alone, and will serve Him alone with all his soul, not placing any visible thing before Him. Being convinced f

~ By St. Athanasius of Paros Vol. I: A Defense of the Christian Faith Vol. II: On the True Philosophy Vol. III: Antidote to Atheism Pre-Order Now at Discounted Price! • Regular Retail Price is $95 • Limited Quantities Available — Introductions to each book by Fr. George D. Metallinos (†2019), Dean of the School of Theology of the University of Athens. Solidly based on the Holy Scriptures and the Fathers, he exposes the ideals of the Enlightenment as serpentine lies that l

Beloved, even if the fasting is over, let the piety remain. Even if the time of the holy quarantine [forty-day fast] is gone by, let us not put aside the memory of it. Let no one feel displeasure at this exhortation; for I do not say it to impose on you another period of fasting, but because I wish you both to relax and to display now a more exact kind of fasting--but the true one. For it is possible for one who is not fasting to fast. How is this? I shall tell you. Whi