Christ is risen! Indeed He is risen! is our Paschal greeting. It is the message your flocks need to hear immediately, to counter the months of fear whispered in their ears by politicians and the mass media. It is the message the world needs to hear. The Christian message has been muzzled by months of fear, sanctions, and a state-imposed chaos on par with a world war.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/why-are-the-orthodox-fiddling-while-earth-burns-an-open-letter-to-bishops-and-priests/

If you are concerned about taking a vaccine, and are facing some kind of mandate that requires vaccination, here are two suggestions for getting an exemption – medical and religious. As an Orthodox Christian, you qualify for a religious exemption to the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. (Assuming the law / regulations where you are recognize freedom of religion. If not, a medical exemption is a good back-up plan.)
https://orthodoxreflections.com/exemptions-to-covid-vaccines-for-orthodox-christians/

A bishop must NEVER, under any circumstances, convey fear. He should stride into our churches with the manly majesty of an Apostle, gather God’s People into his arms, press them to his pastoral breast, and protect them from the social and political demons that are currently destroying the Church.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/faith-over-fear-apostolic-boldness-in-the-age-of-covid/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled that businesses can compel their employees to get vaccinated, and may fire those who refuse. However, must allow for medical exemptions and “offer reasonable accommodations based on religion or disability.”
https://orthodoxreflections.com/exemptions-to-covid-vaccines-for-orthodox-christians/

Fr. Mark Hodges has now become a international story. We have already called the diocese to share our support. Please call and/or email.
Diocese of the Midwest
5037 W 83rd St
Burbank, IL 60459
Phone: +1 (312) 202-0420
chancery@domoca.org

CNN takes down its death counter. WHO recognizes false positives on PCR and changes guidelines 1 hour after Biden takes over. Lock downs are getting negative press coverage. Biden acknowledges he can’t stop a virus. Face it - we were played.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/orthodox-bishops-accept-you-were-duped-on-covid-and-move-on/

With the suspension of Fr. Mark Hodges being attributed to "guilty by association," are we seeing the birth of an Orthodox cancel culture? What would happen if we applied that standard not only to priests, but to bishops?
https://orthodoxreflections.com/guilty-by-association-the-persecution-of-fr-mark-hodges/

To read St. Dionysius’ Paschal Encyclical (261 AD) describing the Church’s response to the persecution and the plague that followed is to be confronted with the tragic reality that the Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church, in responding to the virus, have followed the path of the heathens, not the Christians, as described in St. Dionysius’ Encyclical.

To read St. Dionysius’ Paschal Encyclical (261 AD) describing the Church’s response to the persecution and the plague that followed is to be confronted with the tragic reality that the Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church, in responding to the virus, have followed the path of the heathens, not the Christians, as described in St. Dionysius’ Encyclical. https://orthodoxreflections.com/st-dionysius-paschal-encyclical-orthodox-faith-in-time-of-plague/

Why did Gamestop happen? Why is the stock market completely untethered from the real economy? Why is income inequality accelerating as money pools at the top while middle and working class families struggle? One word - inflation. #GME
https://orthodoxreflections.com/the-theft-that-theologians-always-overlook/

An group of OCA clergy provides a devastating, insider critique of the bishops’ leadership during the past year. All Orthodox Christians in the United States and Canada should read this article today, and share it with everyone they know.
https://orthodoxreflections.com/orthodox-priests-joining-the-fight-will-change-everything/

Either man is made in the image and likeness of God, in which case his well-being is cosmically important and he possesses some measure of inalienable rights, or he is simply a clever ape with no more value or rights than any other beast in the jungle.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/only-orthodox-christianity-can-defend-human-freedom/

Masks and social distancing as policies are predicated on the danger of “asymptomatic” spread.
Before things went crazy, asymptomatic spread had never been taken seriously as a driver of transmission.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/orthodox-bishops-join-politicians-in-covid-hypocrisy/

All of our blog contributors (representing families with 10 kids) cancelled Disney+. Last straw.
#CancelDisneyPlus

The first major financial collapse in North American Orthodoxy is now happening and churches are up for sale. Orthodox Christians and leaders need to shake off complacency as our spiritual heritage is at stake.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/defend-the-orthodox-faith-or-go-broke/

Now is absolutely not the time to tell the Faithful to blindly “trust the bishop” concerning a high-profile priestly suspension.

https://orthodoxreflections.com/fr-mark-hodges-and-orthodox-transparency/

Climate change is real. Just not caused by man's activity. Despite record cold and the mounting evidence of a cooling Earth, believers in the religion of climate change can't let go of their models. "Science" was not meant to be a religion.
https://orthodoxreflections.com/orthodoxy-belongs-in-religion-not-science/

Saint Theophan regarded the Jesus Prayer stronger than all other prayers by virtue of the power of the Holy Name of Jesus. It is a weapon against the demons and a key to unceasing prayer.
https://orthodoxreflections.com/how-and-why-the-jesus-prayer/