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“The coming age of "peace," "unity," and "brotherhood," if it comes, will be the reign of Antichrist: it will be Christian in name, but Satanic in spirit.” + St. Seraphim Rose †

“Christian compromise in thought, word and negligence in deed have opened the way to the triumph of the forces of the absurd, of Satan, of Antichrist. The present age of absurdity is the just reward of Christians who have failed to be Christians.” - St. Seraphim Rose of Platina…

The Holy Fathers chose the martyrium containing the incorrupt relics of Saint Euphemia as the site to hold their council. They hoped that the presence of the martyr would enlighten them to elucidate the truth and defend the Church’s true teachings.

Patriarch Anatolius, in his letter to Pope Leo in December 451, summarizes the proceedings: “Therefore, with prayer and tears, and with your sacredness being present with us in spirit and cooperating through the most God-beloved men you promptly sent, and having the most holy…

A hagiographic tradition recorded in the 10th-century Synaxarium of Constantinople says that at the time of the Council, the Fathers composed two dogmatic definitions and left them in the tomb of Saint Euphemia for the saint’s consideration. After praying for three days, they…

As Anatolius attests, the unanimity of the Fathers was considered to be a fruit of their prayers to the virgin martyr, which is why the Definition of Chalcedon is celebrated on her feastday. Popular iconographic representations of this event show Saint Euphemia receiving the…

The miracle of St. Euphemia occurred just after the Council concluded when there was still great turmoil in the empire due to the battling factions. arizonaorthodox.com/2022/07/histor… johnsanidopoulos.com/2019/07/histor…

Saint Euphemia and the Definition (Horos) of Chalcedon On the 11th of July, the Church commemorates a dual feast: the holy martyr Euphemia and the dogmatic definition of the Council of Chalcedon of AD 451. 🧵

”Our time is like in many ways the time of Saint Mark of Ephesus in the 15th century…But our time is much worse and considerably more dangerous than his. The union was then forced from the outside, while now the orthodox are prepared in the ‘ecumenical’ melting pot of churches…

You get used to it. 11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake.  12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11-12

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"Seeing the grace of the secret mysteries of God made manifest and clearly fulfilled in the Virgin, I rejoice; and I know not how to understand the strange and secret manner whereby the Undefiled has been revealed as alone chosen above all creation, visible and spiritual.

LETTER OF ST. PHILARET OF NEW YORK TO METROPOLITAN EPIPHANIUS OF KITION On September 20, 1975, St. Philaret wrote to Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kition, the leader of the Old Calendarist Church of Cyprus, with whom he continued to have friendly relations even after the Matthewite…

The American Metropolia has received its autocephaly from the Moscow Patriarchate, which does not have a true succession from his Holiness, the Pat. Tikhon, ever since the time when Met. Segius, later called the Pat., broke his obligations toward the Locum Tenens. Met. Peter, and

“Wherefore, brethren, let us stand on the rock of the Faith and the Tradition of the Church, not removing the boundaries which our Holy Fathers have established, not giving ground to those who wish to innovate and destroy the edifice of the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of…

They are using liberal media to discredit the Trump/Putin Chabad connection. politico.com/magazine/story….

"And in the last days before Christ's coming it will be preserved in the following form: one Orthodox Bishop, one Orthodox priest, and one Orthodox layman. I'm not saying that there won't be any churches at all - maybe there will be - but Orthodoxy itself will be preserved only…