Silent Night

Silent Prayers Met With Divine Silence

Psalm 45:10

Be still, and know that I am God.

The Power Of Prayer

On God's Involvement In The Big Bang

Hypothetically speaking, of course...

Russian Orthodox Crusade Against The Wicked West

The Apostolic Canons
28. We command that a bishop, or presbyter, or deacon who strikes the faithful that offend, or the unbelievers who do wickedly, and thinks to terrify them by such means, be deprived, for our Lord has nowhere taught us such things. On the contrary, “when Himself was stricken, He did not strike again; when He was reviled, He reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not.”

I couldn't help but notice the Kremlin's ever-increasing employment of Chechen Muslim troops, in Russia's special military operation against its sovereign Orthodox neighbor. Perhaps someone should inform Rasputin that Jihad has never been an Orthodox tradition.

In its ostensive desire to fight the west, Russia has become just like it, crusades being a product of the schism, which, ironically enough, even westerners themselves have long since repudiated.

Lessons In Agronomy: On The Importance Of Cereals

Russia and the Ukraine are among the world's largest grain producers:

John 12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you: Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say: How are the dead raised up ? And with what body do they come ? 36 Thou fool ! That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die; 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but mere seeds, perchance of wheat, or of some other grain.

Weather Forecast

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Official Eastern Orthodox Stance On Pride Parades

Genesis 19:24

Then it rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

Lessons In Misguided Optimism

What atheism, Holocaust denial, and Russian war propaganda have in common:

John 20:25 Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Women's Ordination

Episcopa Sophia


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Why I Would NEVER Embrace Scientific Atheism

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Or Why Are There So Few Women In S.T.E.M. Fields ?

It's Just Another Skeptic Sunday

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Lies We Can Believe In !

Perfectly Rational Explanations

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...And Other Psychological Coping Mechanisms

Designed To Protect The Human Mind From Accepting The Unthinkable

The Uncreated Light, And Other Outdated Concepts

Edison vs. Palamas

...as if St. Peter celebrated the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and saw the Uncreated Light while chanting the Jesus Prayer. You don’t even have to go back that far in the timeline to conclude that this is nonsense.

Arturo Vasquez, Why I Didn’t Become Orthodox

With their antiquated medieval notion of an uncreated light having been long since outshone by the advent of modern electricity (unknown in fourteenth century Byzantium), and seeing their traditional long-held beliefs of heaven and hell being gradually challenged and subsequently replaced by the exasperated postmodern quest for finding an earthly Paradise, what are the poor Orthodox to do, but pray ?

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas...

Black Lives Matter !

( The only question is : To whom ? )
The differences between various denominations, be they religious, political, philosophical, or ideological, are usually much subtler than one would otherwise be inclined to either suspect or expect. Thus, for instance, if the traditional Easter greeting is “Christ is risen !” (notice the brazen exclamation mark at the end), intellectually enlightened forms of atheism or agnosticism would not necessarily counter this statement by boldly, and rather ostentatiously, affirming its opposite (followed, presumably, by an even greater number of exclamation marks; say, three: one for each person of the Holy Trinity), as one would, somewhat understandably, be tempted to believe; but rather by subversively having its ending replaced by a question mark, as in “Christ is risen ?”. Similarly for the well-known response “Truly He is risen !” being made to read “Is He truly risen ?” instead. Indeed, it would be a very welcome change to see unbelievers greeting each other in the streets with “Christ is born, glorify Him ?” during the winter holidays, rather than resorting to their usual unimaginative quips, such as “This season, celebrate reason !”, as if Christians, who, following the very first verse of Saint John's Gospel, profess Christ to be the Incarnation of God's divine Logos (which is where the word logic, a synonym for reason, comes from), don't do just that; but I digress... The same observation also applies to countless other slogans as well, including the one under discussion. Black (or unborn) lives may indeed matter; but to how many, and how much, remains to be established... (and the odds do not appear to be in their favor).

The Friend Zone

John 15:15  Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

Gender Pronouns

A (Wo)Man's Right To Choose

Let The Children Come To Me...

Orthodox Catechism 101: The Holy Angels

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The Jesus-Myth Theory

A.
A1. The French revolution took place in 1789. The French are a Romance population of Latin descent.

A2. The Romanian revolution took place in 1989. The Romanians are a Romance population of Latin descent.


B.
B1. Leonhard Euler died on September 18^th, 1783. He was a deeply religious man, as well as a famous mathematician.

B2. The owner of this blog was born on September 19^th, 1983. He is a religious man, and a mathematician.


C.
C1. Trajan, the famous Roman Emperor who conquered Dacia (modern-day Romania), was born on September 18^th, 53.

C2. I'm a Romanian, my father's name is Traian, he was born in '52, and my birthday falls on September 19^th.


From this undisputed data, we clearly conclude the following facts:
1. I do not exist, and -by extension- neither does this post. The fact that you're `reading` this right now clearly means that you're a clinically insane individual currently experiencing a hallucination, and most likely in need of some serious psychiatric treatment. Any person supposedly `confirming` the so-called `existence` of this post is either severely deluded as well, suffering from what specialists might call folie a deux, or else simply being polite, perhaps even afraid of your possible reaction, or probably only jesting, thinking that you are merely joking as well.

2. All the suffering that I've endured in my entire life has been nothing more than an illusion: I never existed, and neither did my pain. The tragedy and horrific events which took place in the winter of '89, and which plague my country until the present day, never happened. The tears, the blood, the martyrs, the fear, the terror, the torture, the killings, the slaughter, the bullets: mere figments of the dreams (and nightmares) crafted by the wild imagination of a non-existent and illusory being, akin to that of the main character of the 2009 movie Mr. Nobody, and reminiscent of the main ideas expressed in such successful Hollywood productions and big screen blockbusters as Inception and the legendary Matrix trilogy. There truly is no spoon.

Religion As The Cause Of All Evil

When John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in order to impress the living Hollywood legend Jodie Foster, no one in his right mind dreamed of accusing the famous actress of being in any way involved in -let alone responsible for- the unfortunate tragedy. But when people commit atrocities in the name of Christianity, the same logical courtesy is not extended...

Religion, Democracy, and Education

For all sane people everywhere, these three notions are among the purest of all possible concepts, which -by the very virtue of their noble nature- could never be joined together with that which is brutal, barbaric, degrading, disgusting, impure, inferior, ignoble, savage, repugnant, or in any way less than sublime. Like murder, for instance. After their illustrious forefathers have slain countless lives in the name of the former, today's `civilized` Westerners have no qualms in smearing the name of the latter two by bombs and abortions. Apparently, war begets peace, and actual gun-powder is what's really needed to ignite the `explosion` of freedom and prosperity throughout the world. Not to mention the mandatory trip to the abortuary, which every self-respecting Western woman owes to herself and to her future career... probably one as an English teacher, instilling in her future pupils high moral values, like sacrificing oneself for others (as opposed to sacrificing others for oneself, or for one's own interests: such as, say, taking the life of an unborn child for the sake of furthering one's career...) Or perhaps that of an accomplished poet or musician, delighting the hearts and ears of her audience with surreal sounds and lyrics, resplendent of a heavenly beauty which lies in stark contrast and direct opposition to that of the darkness of her ugly deed...