The last thing we’ll comment on concerning recent events: The cult apparatus of a self proclaimed “comedian” declaring heresies and black listing laypeople upon his own authority (along with clergy he keeps in his back pocket to grant him justification of his behavior) is antithetical to the hierarchy and, in turn, spirit of Orthodoxy. It is up to spiritual fathers, bishops, and synods of the Orthodox Church to discipline such individuals if they deem fit, let alone if they’re doing anything wrong at all. A disagreement on theological perspective and evangelization does not warrant a response that supersedes the hierarchy of the Church and the guidance of the Saints. This repeated behavior towards good willed individuals and organizations (including clergy and whole archdiocese in the past) is representative of a spiritual rot and malice that supports not God’s people, but circular self-gratification that labels those who could share the chalice with them as outsiders. Our organization will not be bullied or hounded upon into ending our mission of providing much needed funding and distributing the wisdom of clergy/monastics of the Orthodox Church, just as we understand that persecution for the sake of truth is what Christ foretold us of during His earthly ministry.

Well since someone asked… De-celebertize it. No more personality cults or cliques that survive off vibes or click-bait or “owning” in debates, but who present the Saint’s teachings unadulterated and explained with sobriety. The human element of Orthodox digital apologetics as done nothing but feed the ego and hard heartedness of 90% of the clergy AND laity who have attempted to become leaders in it. Humility has become a thing of the past, and guidance in the spiritual life has taken a back seat to becoming vipers towards those who the thought leaders of this new religion (because it is not any Orthodoxy I recognize) declare ανάθεμα with no right or structure to do so. Eccumenist shills, money loving pharisees who have been completely and totally ruined by avarice, so called “traditionalists” biting at the heels of our bishops and bordering on schism with the old calendarists, self-insisting thought leaders and academics who throw the weight of their own lofty insight towards even the slightest criticism or inquiry as a weapon… they’re all modernists, all of them doomed to be condemned by Saints at their judgment to inherit the exact opposite behaviors and ambitions. The point is that you need none of them. You need your church, the saints (PRIMARY SOURCES), the sacraments, and a well developed life of prayer, fasting, humility, gentleness, and community. Anything more or less than that kind of Orthodoxy will send you to a pit that you’ll never see the outside of once you get in it. But that’s not as fun as money or attention or being a part of some greater earthly trend, so no one will listen.