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GENETICS, UFOS AND THE BIRTH OF THE ANTICHRIST
A discussion of possible links between modern scientific experiments in gene manipulation, Genesis chapter 6, stories of abduction of Unidentified Flying Objects and the Birth of the Antichrist
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A Life of Archbishop Theophan of Poltava
A biography of perhaps the greatest theologian of the twentieth century, confessor against heresy and spiritual father of the Royal Family.
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IS HELL JUST?
Several arguments against the eternity of the torments in gehenna are examined and rejected in the light of Divine Revelation.
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METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM AND SALVATION IN HELL
A Critique of the Article of Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston, "Sleepers Awake!", in which he argues that those who have not encountered True Orthodoxy in their lifetime will be given a second chance after death.
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ДИАЛОГ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ХРИСТИАНИНА С МАНИХЕЕМ О БРАКЕ
Критика взглядов о. Григория Луръе о Браке
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THE ENGLISH DEBATE ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
A Review of the Main Ideas in the Debate between Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine.
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THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY
An Examination of God's Purpose in Exiling His People to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar
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Интервью чтеца Владимира Мосса, церковного публициста и историка Церкви, православному альманаху “Романитас”
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BISHOP ARTEMIJE AND TRUE ORTHODOXY
A Discussion of Three Temptations that Prevent Critics of Ecumenism, such as the recently banned Bishop Artemije of Kosovo, from joining True Orthodoxy.
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IMPERIA I ANTI-IMPERIA
A Rebuttal of Neo-Soviet Claims to true Imperial Status
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A LIFE OF METROPOLITAN PHILARET OF NEW YORK
A biography of the life, repose and miracles of the holy Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York, who died on Novembe 8.21, 1985. Special attention is paid to the holy hierarch's preaching against the heresies and heretics of his time.
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Диалог между Православным и Экуменистом о Теле и Крови Христовых
A Dialogue between a Believer and a Sceptic on the Question of Whether the Bread and Wine of the Eucharist changed into the Body and Blood of Christ
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CAPITALISM, CALVINISM, WAR AND JEWISH BANKERS
How the links between Calvinism and Jewry in England and Holland created the modern world
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TO JUDGE OR NOT TO JUDGE
A discussion of the different meanings of the word "judge", and when and where it is legitimate to judge others, especially in the context of the debate over ecumenism.
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1945 AND THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE'S "THEOLOGY OF VICTORY"
An Exposure of Patriarch Cyril of Moscow's Glorification of the Soviet Victory in World War Two as if it were a Sacrifice Blotting out the Great Purges of the 1930s
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ГЕНЕТИКА И РОЖДЕНИЕ АНТИХРИСТА
How the devil will seek to imitate the Virgin Birth of Christ in the Antichrist
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THE NATIONS, NATIONALISM AND THE RUSSIAN IDEA
An Exploration of Nationalism especially in the context of the Russian National Idea
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CROMWELL'S PROTECTORATE
A short account of the years of the English Republic under Cromwell
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THE GREAT PURGES AND THE RUSSIAN CHURCH
A Brief Account of Stalin's Purges of 1937-18, including its Impact on the Russian Church
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HAS THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST BEGUN?
An Examination of the Question Whether the Reign of the Antichrist has Begun in view of the appearance of several technologies employing the number 666.
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THE RIVER OF FIRE REVISITED
A CRITIQUE OF ALEXANDER KALOMIROS' ARTICLE "THE RIVER OF FIRE"
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AN OPEN LETTER ON CYPRIANISM
An open letter to Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna and Bishop Auxentius criticizing their ecclesiological position.
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"FLEE FORNICATION"
Different Approaches to the Question: What's Wrong with Fornication?
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DEATH AND THE TOLL-HOUSES
A Defence of the traditional Orthodox Doctrine of the Soul after Death against the Teaching of Archbishop Lazar Puhalo.
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HIEROMARTYRS AETHELRIC AND AETHELWINE, BISHOPS OF DURHAM
A Short History of the Brother- Bishops, who suffered martyric death for their opposition to William of Normandy.
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THE WORST EVIL
An Exhortation to the True Orthodox Christians to Red Themselves of the Worst of all Evils - Heresy.
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A VERY SHORT EXPOSITION OF THE LORD'S PRAYER
A Short Explication of the Lord's Prayer.
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ST. CONSTANTINE'S NEW CONCEPT OF THE STATE
Christianity introduced a new concept of the nature and purpose of the state, and St. Constantine, the first Christian emperor, introduced a new concept of the relationship of the Christian state to the rest of the world.
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THE TIANANMEN MASSACRE
An Analysis of the Causes and Consequences of the Events of 1989 in Peking
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THE ORTHODOX TEACHING ON MIXED MARRIAGES
The Holy Fathers and Holy Canons on Mixed Marriages
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THE SACRIFICE FOR SIN
An attempt to explicate the deeper meaning of the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord by reference to its pivotal role between the Old Testament sacrifices and the New Testament Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross.
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ON FREQUENCY OF COMMUNION
An Examination of the Arguments for and against the Reception of Communion at every Liturgy.
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THE POWER OF ANATHEMA
A Discussion of the Nature and Validity of Anathemas in General and Certain Anathemas in Particular, against the Teaching of the Cyprianites
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A DIALOGUE ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH
A Discussion of Several Issues on the Relationship between Orthodoxy and other Faiths
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THE MOSCOW COUNCIL OF 1917-18
An Account of the Major Decisions of the Church Council of 1917-18
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THE DORMITION AND WOMEN PRIESTS
An Exploration of the Reasons Why Women can never become priests in conjunction with the Mystery of the Mother of God.
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ON THE CONDEMNATION OF HERETICS
A Critique of the Cyprianite Teaching that a Bishop remains a Bishop even after he preaches heresy publicly provided he has not been condemned by an Ecumenical Council.
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WHY DID STALIN TRIUMPH OVER TROTSKY?
A Probe into the reasons why Stalin, and not the seemingly more eligible Trotsky, rose to supreme power at the end of the 1920s.
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Open Letter to Protopresbyter Valery Lukianov
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WHAT IS THE LOCAL CHURCH?
The Orthodox Church is organized on the principle of territoriality. However, little trace of that principle is found today. This article discusses how this came about, and how the traditional concept of the Local Church can be restored.
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THE SAROV DAYS
An Account of the Glorification of St. Seraphim of Sarov in July, 1903 and its Significance in the History of the Russian Empire
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NIETZSCHE, GERMANY AND THE ANTICHRIST
An Examination of the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche in the Context of His Time.
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THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENT
A Study of the two Main Philosophical and Cultural Movements of the Eighteenth Century.
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THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
An examination of the Abrahamic Covenant as it applies to the relationship between the two peoples of the Covenant, the Christians and the Jews.
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1812. NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF RUSSIA
A Brief Account of Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in its political and religious aspects.
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THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
A Summary of the Causes and Consequences of this Vast Conflict, which took place from 1918 to 1921.
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Размышления иностранца об Освященном Соборе РИПЦ
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THE HERESY OF ECCLESIASTICAL ELITISM
A Critique of the Cyprianites' Response to the 10 Demands put to them by the True Orthodox Church of Greece.
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THE PHENOMENON OF FALSE ELDERSHIP
The phenomenon of false eldership in contemporary Orthodoxy is discussed. The Holy Fathers are cited to show that the strictest form of elder-disciple relationship, involving absolute obedience, is not given to our times.
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TO BIND AND TO LOOSE
An examination of the Nature of the Sacrament of Confession.
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THE CALENDAR QUESTION IN BRITISH HISTORY
A Brief Account of the Schism between the Roman and Celtic Churches over the calendar in the seventh century, and of the change of calendar in Britain in 1752
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LETTER TO A PAPIST
A Discussion of the differences between Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism.
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RELIGION, RATIONALISM AND THE SCIENTIFIC OUTLOOK
A Discussion of the Relationship between Science and Religion, the difference between the Scientific Outlook and the Religious Outlook, and the difference between Rationalism and each of these.
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MUST AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN BE A MONARCHIST?
A Survey of the Attitude of the Holy Fathers and the Holy New Martyrs of Russia to Monarchism, Democratism and Communism
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND A GENUINE SEEKER ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH
Various objections raised against the Orthodox Faith are refuted in dialogue form.
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QUO VADIS, AGATHANGEL?
A Critique of the Vague and Ambiguous Confession of Metropolitan Agathangel of New York.
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ROMANIDES, DEIFICATION AND THE IMAGE OF GOD
A Refutation of the Teaching of Fr. John Romanides that there is absolutely no similarity or likeness between God and man.
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METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM AND ORIGINAL SIN
A Critique of the Views of Metropolitan Ephraim on Original Sin.
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THE LIMITS OF THE CHURCH: A REVIEW OF THE ARGUMENT
A Critique of the "conservative ecumenist" views of Fr. Georges Florovsky on the Limits of the Church.
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METROPOLITAN EPHRAIM, BLOOD-SACRIFICES AND THE GODDESS NECESSITY
A Defence of the Traditional Doctrine of the Cross against the attacks of the "Romanidean-Kalomiran" Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston.
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THE CESSATION OF DIALOGUE
A Critique of the Cyprianites' Official Justification of the Reasons for the Failed Dialogue with the True Orthodox Church of Greece.
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IN DEFENCE OF THE TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH OF GREECE
A Defence of the Grace and Truth of the True Orthodox Church of Greece (the "Florinites") against the attacks of Fr. Roman Pavlov.
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THE QUESTION OF LITURGICAL COMMEMORATION
A Discussion of the Question whether non-Orthodox Authorities should be commemorated at the Divine Liturgy in the context of an incident that took place on Mount Athos during the Crimean War
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"THERE IS NONE THAT WATCHETH OUT FOR MY SOUL"
Reflections on the True Orthodox Church Today
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THE PELAGIAN ROOTS OF SERGIANISM
An Examination of the Nature of Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky)'s concept of the Church and salvation in the context of an examination of his master's thesis.
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ORTHODOXY, UNIVERSALISM AND NATIONALISM
A Discussion of the Influence of the Twin Heresies of Ecumenism and Phyletism in the True Orthodox Church Today, and of Possible Church Structures that Truly Universalist while being rooted in National Traditions.
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
An Critique of the Philosophy of Human Rights from an Orthodox Christian Point of View
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GOD, SPACE-TIME, THE CHURCH, THE CROSS AND LIGHT
A Study of the Symbolism of Space, Time and Light in relation to God and the Church.
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ORTHODOXY AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION
An Historical Approach to the Question of Religious Freedom in the Orthodox Christian Tradition.
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HOW THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE FELL UNDER THE 1983 ANATHEMA
An account of the development of ecumenism in the Moscow Patriarchate until it was anathematized in 1983
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THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
An Account of how Tsar Nicholas II and his brother, Tsar Michael, lost their thrones in February 1917
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A REPLY TO DAVID BERCOT ON THE HOLY ICONS
A Defence of the Orthodox Teaching on Icons against an Anglican Detractor.
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A REPLY TO DAVID BERCOT ON THE MOTHER OF GOD
A Defence of the Orthodox Cult of the Most Holy Virgin Mary against an Anglican Detractor.
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QUO VADIS, SCIENCE?
A Critique of the Modern Cult of Science as the Arbiter of All Knowledge, with Examples from Modern Physics, Biology and Psychology.
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DIALOGUE ON MARRIAGE
A Dialogue between an Orthodox and a Manichaean on the Nature of Marriage and Sexual Relations within Marriage
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RUSSIA AND THE JEWS, 1856-1917
An Account of the Relationship between the Tsarist Government and the Jews until the October Revolution
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FRANCIS BACON AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
A Brief Account of the Beginnings of Modern Science and the Real Significance of the Quarrel between the Popes and the First Scientists
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1968: FROM PARIS TO PRAGUE
A Brief Review of the Pivotal Events that Took Place in Western and Central Europe in 1968, Presaging the Collapse both of Western Liberalism and Soviet Socialism
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"THE MASTER AND MARGARITA": A PARABLE OF SOVIET REALITY
An Examination of the Significance of the famous Soviet novel, "The Master and Margarita"
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HEAVEN, HELL AND THE CYPRIANITES
The Cyprianites' recent publication of a modernist article on heaven and hell by Metallinos raises fears that they have been "penetrated" by the Romanidean heretics.
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THE ORIGINS OF ECUMENISM
The Origins of the Greatest Modern Heresy in Early European Paganism and Heretical Christianity
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ON NOT ROCKING THE BOAT
An Argument in Favour of the Intervention of the Lower Ranks of the Church in the Struggle for Orthodoxy and Canonicity when the Bishop Fail in Their Duty.
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THE JEWS, THE MASONS AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
A Discussion of the Emancipation of the Jews in 1791, the Civil War among the Masons, the rise of Napoleon and his Relations with Jewry.
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HOW THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE LOST GRACE
An Historical Account of the Early Years of the Sovietized Moscow Patriarchate, during which it fell into captivity to the Soviet State and became its tool
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SOLZHENITSYN, DETENTE AND APPEASEMENT
An Examination of the Impact Made on the West by the Ideas of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in the 1970s.
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PATRIARCH NIKON AND THE CRISIS OF THE MUSCOVITE AUTOCRACY
The Struggle between the Church and the State in mid-seventeenth century Moscow
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THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS
An Examination of the Controversies Surrounding the Emancipation of the Serfs by Tsar Alexander II in 1861.
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KING ALFRED THE GREAT, THE ENGLISH DAVID
An Account of the Life and Achievements of the English King Alfred the Great (+899)
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NAZISM AND SOCIALISM: THE BROTHER IDEOLOGIES
An Examination of the Close Relationship between Nazism, Fascism and Socialism
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ROME, BYZANTIUM AND THE OTTONIAN DYNASTY
An Account of the Relationship between the German Ottonian Dynasty and Rome and Byzantium in the Tenth Century
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ST. SAVVA AND OUR TIME
A Comparison between the State of Orthodoxy in the Thirteenth Century, the Age of Savva, and our Time
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
A Brief Account of the Main Issues Surrounding the American Civil War from an Orthodox Point of View
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BOLSHEVISM AND THE JEWS
An Examination of the Question: Why was the Leadership of the Russian Revolution largely Jewish
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TWO CROSSES
An Examination of the Difference between the Cross that Christ took up and the crosses that Christians take up.
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GOD AND TSUNAMIS
A Discussion of the Theological Issues Raised by the South Asian Tsunami
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ORTHODOXY AND THE UNIA IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
The Struggle between Orthodoxy and Catholicism in the West Russian lands.
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BYZANTIUM AND THE JEWS
An Account of the Place accorded to the Jews in the Byzantine Empire
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Кесарь или фараон?
A Paper read at the Chernigov conference in November, 2011 on the attitude of the Russian Catacomb Church to Soviet Power
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ON FAITH AND THE ROOTS OF UNBELIEF
An Examination of What Faith is, What are its Conditions, Why some people receive it and others don't.
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WHY DID CONSTANTINOPLE FALL
A Review of the Possible Reasons for the Fall of the City in 1453
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ROMANIDES, ROMANITY AND THE FALL OF OLD ROME
A Critique of Fr. John Romanides' Theory of Romanity, the Franks and Old Rome.
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ROMANIDES, HOLY SCRIPTURE AND SCIENCE
A Critique of the Ideas of Fr. John Romanides on Theology, Holy Scripture and Science
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ROMANIDES ON ORIGINAL SIN
A Critique of the Views of Fr. John Romanides on Original sin
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ON THE UNITY OF THE RUSSIAN AND SERBIAN TOCs
A Justification of the Current Attempts of the Russian and Serbian True Orthodox Churches to Achieve Unity and a Refutation of the Arguments Against
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РУССКОЕ САМОДЕРЖАВИЕ И АНГЛИЙСКАЯ КОНСТИТУЦИОННАЯ МОНАРХИЯ: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ
A Comparison between Russian Autocracy and English Constitutional Monarchy with special reference to the possible restoration of the monarchy in Russia today
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WHY THE MODERN WORLD-VIEW MUST BE WRONG
A DEFENCE OF THE RELIGIOUS, ORTHODOX WORLD-VIEW AGAINST THE MAIN THESES OF THE MODERNIST, SCIENTIFIC-SECULAR WORLD-VIEW
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TEN QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINATION OF BISHOP AKAKIJE
Answers to Ten Questions Arising in connection with the ordination of Bishop Akakije of Serbia to the Episcopate
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NEITHER GREEK NOR RUSSIAN
A Discussion of the History of Greek Ecclesiastical Nationalism in the Context of the Present Dispute between the Greek and Serbian True Orthodox Churches
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RUSSIA, SERBIA AND THE FUTURE OF TRUE ORTHODOXY
An Examination of the Implications of the Recent Ordination of Bishop Akakije of Serbia
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AN OPEN LETTER TO BISHOP PHOTIUS ON THE SERBIAN QUESTION
A Refutation of the Claims of the True Orthodox Church of Greece that the True Orthodox Church of Serbia is Schismatic
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ROMANIDES ON THE HOLY TRINITY
The heretical teaching of Fr. John Romanides on the Holy Trinity
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PREDESTINATION, ST. AUGUSTINE AND FR. PANTELEIMON
A Critique of the Views of Fr. Panteleimon of Boston on Predestination
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THE RISORGIMENTO AND THE FALL OF THE PAPACY
A Brief Account of the Political Context and Moral and Dogmatic Issues Surrounding the Vatican Council of 1870
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SHOWDOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO
A Brief Description of the Dispute in the Russian Church Abroad in San Francisco in 1963 that almost led to a Schism in the Church
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THE SPIRIT OF LENINISM
A Description of the Essence of Communism
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PEDAGOGICAL AND RETRIBUTIVE PUNISHMENT
A Critique of the Pedagogical or Humanitarian Theory of Punishment as espoused by Romanides, Kalomiros and Ware.
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TRUE ORTHODOXY AND THE VENERATION OF THE SAINTS
ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VENERATION OF FALSE SAINTS IN WORLD ORTHODOXY
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ST PHILARET AND THE HERESY OF ECUMENISM
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE WAGED BY ST PHILARET OF NEW YORK AGAINST THE HERESY OF ECUMENISM
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THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION OF THE ROMANIAN OLD CALENDARIST CHURCHES
An Examination of the Evidence for the Apostolic Succession of the Two Romanian Old Calendarist Synods (Slatioara and Tekuch)
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RUSSIA AND THE BALKANS, 1878-1913
An Account of the How, and at What Cost, the Balkans Liberated Themselves from the Turkish Yoke, until the Balkan Wars of 1912-13
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1922: THE ASIA MINOR CATASTROPHE
A Brief Account of the Greeks' Defeat at the Hands of the Turks in 1922 from both a political and an ecclesiastical point of view
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AT THE GATES OF CONSTANTINOPLE
A Description of the Main Events and Issues relating to the Great Eastern Crisis of 1876-78
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GREECE, RUSSIA AND AMERICA
An Examination of the Significance of Recent Close Contacts between Russia and Greece in the economic and ecclesiastical spheres
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THE SOCIALIST DOGMA OF EQUALITY
A Critique of the Modern (Post-1776) Theory of Equality, with Special Reference to Trans-Gender Issues
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ORTHODOXY AND WORLD WAR ONE
An Account of the Significance of World War One in the History of the Orthodox Church
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THE BALFOUR DECLARATION
An Account of the Origins and Consequences of the Balfour Declaration of 1917
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RUSSIAN AUTOCRACY AND ENGLISH MONARCHY: A COMPARISON
A Comparison between the true monarchy of the Russian autocracy and the pseudo- monarchy of English constitutionalism.
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DID THE CHURCH BETRAY THE TSAR IN 1917
A Discussion of "the sin of February" and the prospects for its final expiation
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THE DAY TRUE ORTHODOXY SAVED THE WORLD
In 1962, at the height of the Cuban crisis, two True Orthodox bishops were called to pray for the averting of nuclear destruction...
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KING ALEXANDER I OF YUGOSLAVIA
A BiographY of King Alexander, who was killed in 1934
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THE ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND THE NEW CALENDAR (1918-1939)
An account of how the new calendar was introduced into the Russian, Greek, Finnish, Polish and Romanian Churches and on Mount Athos.
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CHRISTIAN ROME AND THE WESTERN BARBARIAN KINGDOMS
A Demonstration of the High Cultural and Spiritual Level of the Western Orthodox Kingdoms before 1054
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ДИАЛОГ ПРАВОСЛАВНОГО ХРИСТИАНИНА С МАНИХЕЕМ О БРАКЕ
A debate on the nature of sexual love in the context of Christian doctrine
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1945 год и "богословие победы" в Московской патриархии
Kul't koschunstvennogo prazdnika 9-maia v Moskovskoj Patriarkhii
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CELTIC MONASTICISM
An Outline of the History of Celtic Monasticism and its special characteristics
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IS THERE A SECRET RULER OF THE WORLD?
A Discussion of the Possibility that the Antichrist is already in existence.
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ROMANIDES AND HOLY BAPTISM
A Refutation of the Teaching of Fr. John Romanides that the Purpose of Holy Baptism is not primarily the remission of sins.
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THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND THE CREATION OF MAN
An Examination of the Symbolic Significance of the Elements of Earth, Water, Air and Fire in Relation to the Nature of Man
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THE BIG THREE OF WORLD WAR TWO
An Examination of the Moral Dilemmas confronting the western leaders in World War Two.
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THE BALKANS IN WORLD WAR TWO
A Short Account of the History of the Balkans under Fascist Occupation and after the Triumph of Communism.
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THE LESSONS OF ROCOR'S FALL
An Examination of the Main Reasons Why the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia Fell into the Hands of the Moscow Patriarchate in 2007
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TRANSPLANTS AND THE GENERAL RESURRECTION
Recent experiments on organ transplants and gene therapy have raised the question of what is natural and what is unnatural. This question is discussed in the context of the doctrine of the Orthodox Church on the general resurrection.
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ORTHODOXY AND FALLING IN LOVE
An exploration of the moral ambiguities of falling in love, examining the phenomenon from a psychological as well as a spiritual point of view.
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THE MONASTIC REVIVAL OF TENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
A Brief History of the Monastic Revival of Tenth- Century England, led by Saints Dustan of Canterbury, Aethelwold of Winchester and Oswald of York, together with King Edgar the Peaceable.
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FAITH, SCIENCE AND DOUBTING THOMAS
A Discussion of the true relationship between faith and science
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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX -ROMAN CATHOLIC RELATIONS: A SHORT HISTORY
A short account of Catholic - Russian Orthodox Relations over the last 1000 years in view of the recent meeting of Pope and Patriarch in Havana
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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
An Examination of the Roots of the American Revolution from both a political and a religious point of view
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THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
An Examination of the Meaning of the Feast of Tabernacles and the possible meaning of its future Christian fulfilment
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KHOMIAKOV ON SOBORNOST
The Teaching of the Russian Slavophile Alexei Khomiakov on the Catholicity or Conciliarity of the Orthodox Church
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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHISM: A SHORT HISTORY
A short account of how and why the Roman Church fell away from Holy Orthodoxy
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THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR
A Brief Account of the Russian Civil War and the Church's part in it
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ORTHODOXY AND THE DEATH PENALTY
A Defence of Capital Punishment from an Orthodox point of view
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ECUMENISM AND NATIONALISM
An examination of the relationship between the two main, seemingly opposite, heresies afflicting Orthdooxy today
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THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST
A Reflection on the Decline of Orthodox Christianity after the Holocaust of the 1920s and 30s
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SCIENCE,ART AND THE SHROUD OF TURIN
An examination of recent argument, both scientific and historical, over the authenticity of the Shroud
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A CRITIQUE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY
An Examination of the Views of two leading liberal thinkers, John Stuart Mill and Francis Fukuyama
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A UNIVERSAL FAITH FOR A GLOBALIZED WORLD
The Pitfalls of Trying to Oppose Globalism while Betraying the Universalism of Orthodoxy
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THE LIVING TEMPLE OF GOD
A meditation on the feast of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple
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THE MYSTERY OF ROYAL ANOINTING
An Account of the Origin and Significance of the Sacrament of the Anointing of Kings
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CЕРГИАНСТВО КАК ЭККЛЕСИОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ЕРЕСЬ
Why Sergianism is not just a schism, but also a heresy
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THE WEST, THE REST AND ORTHODOXY
The Clash of Western, Chinese, Islamic and Orthodox Civilizations
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PROTESTANT RATIONALISM AND ITS FRUITS
A Brief Examination of the Essence of Protestantism, Rationalism, and its Fruits in Western History
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A DIALOGUE ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH
A Discussion of Several Issues on the Relationship between Orthodoxy and other Faiths
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ST. VLADIMIR, THE UKRAINE AND THE FUTURE OF EUROPE
An Analysis of the Issues at Stake in the Present Conflict on the Streets of Kiev
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EVOLUTION AND THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST
A Critical Examination of Some of the Main Arguments for Evolution in the light of Holy Tradition
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ON FAITH AND WORKS
An exploration of the theme of the relationship between faith and works in our salvation
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WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR RUSSIA?
An Examination of the Present State of Putin's Regime, Citing Biblical and Russian Prophecies about the Future of Russia
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HOMOSEXUALITY, EVOLUTION AND THE NATURAL ORDER
An Examination of the Nature, Causes and Effects of Homosexuality
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THE LIVES OF ST COLUMBA OF IONA AND THE SAINTS OF IONA
The Lives of the Apostle of Scotland and the Saints of his Monastery
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TOWARDS THE EIGHTH ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
A Discussion of the Rivalry between Moscow and Constantinople in preparation of the forthcoming Pan- Orthodox Council
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DAVID BERLINSKI AND THE DELUSIONS OF SCIENCE
David Berlinski's critique of modern physics
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THE CHURCH AS THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
An Attempt to Explore the Nature of the Church through the Metaphor of Marriage
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BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS
An Examination of the Protestant-Messalian Doctrine of Baptism
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THE TWO KINGDOMS OF CHRIST
The Difference between the Kingdom of this world and the Kingdom that is not of this world, in relation to the Ukrainian situation
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ALEXANDER DUGIN AND THE MEANING OF RUSSIAN HISTORY
An Examination of the Eschatology and General World View of Putin's Adviser, Alexander Dugin
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THE PROBLEM OF ECCLESIASTICAL AUTOCEPHALY
A Brief Discussion of the Problems Facing the Attainment of Unity in the Orthodox Church over the Creation of New Autocephalous Churches
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HOW TO BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY
A Meditation on the Lord's conversation with the Samaritan Woman in John 4
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THE BEAST AND THE WHORE
An Interpretation of the Symbolic Figures of the Beast and the Whore of Babylon in the Book of Revelation
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THE INSTITUTION OF THE CHURCH
A Meditation on the Nature of the Church
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THE SPIRITUAL STATUS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
A Discussion on whether the Russian Federation should command the loyalty of True Orthodox Christians or not
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THE SERGIANIST CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM
An Account of the Events that led up to the Seizure of the Monasteries of ROCOR in the Holy Land in 1997
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THE KALLINIKITE UNIA - CONTINUED
A Review of the First Six Months of the Unia between the GOC of Greece and four other Churches
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WHY ORTHODOXY AND EVOLUTIONISM ARE INCOMPATIBLE
A Review of the Arguments against Evolutionism
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE: SAINT OR SINNER?
An Attempt to Assess whether Ivan the Terrible should, as some say, be counted among the saints
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10 REASONS WHY THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE IS NOT ORTHODOX
An Expose of the Heretical and Schismatic Nature of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
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RUSSIA, PUTIN AND CHRISTIAN VALUES
An Examination of the Significance of Putin's Championship of Christian Values
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THE GERMANS AND THE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHISM
An Account of the Influence of the German emperors on the Roman papacy between 962 and 1054
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TOWARDS THE MAJOR SYNOD OF THE TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH
Further examination of the Kallinikite Unia
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AETHELRED THE UNREADY, KING OF ENGLAND
A Life of this English Orthodox King.
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WHY ORTHODOXY AND EVOLUTIONISM ARE INCOMPATIBLE
A Review of the Arguments against Evolutionism
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AN ORTHODOX APPROACH TO ART
AN EVALUATION OF ART, IN ALL ITS FORMS, FROM AN ORTHODOX POINT OF VIEW
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NICHOLAS II AND THE PLOT AGAINST HIS THRONE
An Account of the Masonic Plot against Tsar Nicholas II
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iS METROPOLITAN AGATHANGEL ASSUMING PATRIARCHAL POWER?
A Discusssion of Metropolitan Agathangel's Recent Apparent Bid for Supreme Power in the Russian Church
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THE BYZANTINE SYMPHONY OF POWERS
The Relationship between Church and State in Early Byzantium
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WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR?
An Exploration of the Meaning of the Parable of the Good Samaritan
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THE CYPRIANITES GO MARCHING ON
A Discussion of the Consequences of the Decision of the True Orthodox Church of Greece to create a "Pan- North American" diocese under a Cyprianite bishop
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THE MOSCOW COUNCIL OF 1917-18
.A Brief Account of the Most Important Decisions of the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held in Moscow in 1917-18
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TSAR NICHOLAS I
A Short Account of the Reign of Tsar Nicholas I, including his relations with the Poles and the Jews.
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THE REDISCOVERY OF ROMAN LAW
A Brief Account of the Impact made by the Rediscovery of Justinian's Codex on the Gregorian revolution in the late eleventh century
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHANGE TO THE NEW CALENDAR
A Discussion of the Canonical and Dogmatic Significance of the Adoption of the New Calendar by several Orthodox Churches in 1924
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THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
A Brief Account of the Rise of American Imperialism from the 1880s to the Eve of the First World War
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THE GREAT PURGES OF 1937-38
An Examination of Stalin's Assault on the Russian People in 1937-38, and the contemporary debate on Repentance for those Crimes.
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FREUDIANISM AND CHRISTIANITY
An Examination of Various Aspects of Psychoanalysis in relation to Christianity
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Епископ Авксентий – Троянский конь ИПЦ Греции
A Critique of the Confession of Faith of Bishop Auxentius of Etna and Portland (in Russian)
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THE DECEMBRIST REBELLION
A Short Account of the Rebellion against the Tsar in St. Petersburg in 1825
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ST. DAVID, THE CELTIC CHURCHES AND EASTERN ORTHODOXY
An Exploration of the Kinship between the Celtic Churches and Eastern Orthodoxy as Manifested especially in the Life of St. David of Wales
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PATRIARCH CYRIL, ABORTIONS, GAYS AND THE GODDESS APHRODITE
An Examination of the Hypocrisy of the Patriarch of Moscow in his Excoriation of the Sins of the West
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MOSCOW THE THIRD EOME
A Brief Description of the Development of the Ideal of Moscow the Third Rome from the Fifteenth to the Seventeenth Centuries
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"LEVIATHAN" AND MODERN RUSSIA
An Analysis of the Lessons to be Drawn from the award-winning Russian film "Leviathan" and the diverse reactions to it
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THE PARADOXES OF LITURGICAL LANGUAGE
An Examination of How and Why the Liturgical Language of the Church is often so extravagant and seemingly inconsistent in its imagery.
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Dejstvitelno li serbskaia IPTs nakhoditsa v raskole
An Examination of the Encyclical of the True Orthodox Church of Greece of 2011 against the True Orthodox Church of Serbia
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ST PHOTIUS THE GREAT AND CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS
An Brief Examination of the Views of St. Photius the Great on Church-State Relations
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PRAYER AND THE WILL OF GOD
An Attempt to Resolve a Paradox about Prayer from the Holy Scriptures and Holy Fathers
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SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN
An Exploration of the Meaning of the Story of Cain and Lamech, and its Application to us Today.
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RIIIP
A Meditation on Why the English People Reburied King Richard III with such enthusiasm
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CHARLEMAGNE AND THE WESTERN SCHISM
An Examination of the Role of Charlemagne and his Empire in Creating the Theological, Political and Cultural Schism between East and West
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THE TRIUMPH OF PASCHA
Why is it that if Christ is not risen our faith is in vain, as St. Paul says?
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METROPOLITAN ANTHONY BLOOM: A PERSONAL TESTIMONY
A Personal Testimony by Mrs. Olga Moss on the Deeds of Metropolitan Anthony Bloom of the Moscow Patriarchate
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IS THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE CRUMBLING AT LAST?
An Examination of the Consequences of the Meeting of the Russian Patriarch and Pope Francis on loyalty to the Moscow Patriarchate in Russia and Ukraine
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FROM LENIN TO PUTIN: THE CONTINUITY OF SOVIET POWER
AN EXAMINATION OF THE DEGREE TO WHICH PUTIN'S REGIME CONSTITUTES A CONTINUATION OF LENIN'S REGIME
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THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE
The Magi, Modern Cosmology and the Star of Bethlehem
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TWO ABDICATIONS
A Comparison between the Abdications of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917 and King Edward VIII in 1936
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THE GRECO-BULGARIAN SCHISM OF 1872
A Brief Account of the History and Causes of the Schism between the Greek and Bulgarian Churches in 1872
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THE BATTLE OF SEDAN AND THE PARIS COMMUNE
A Brief Account of the Events of the Year 1870-71 that Overthrew the Second French Empire and Established the Second German Reich
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THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL AND CULTURAL MARXISM
A Description of the Origins of the Movement that has now Enslaved the Cultural and Intellectual Life of the West
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MOSCOW'S HOLY WARS
An Examination of the Motivation of Putin's "Holy Wars" in the Ukraine and the Middle East
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CREATION OUT OF NOTHING
An Examination of the Concept of Creation out of Nothing in the Context of Modern Cosmology
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THE MILLENIUM
An Interpretation of the 20th Chapter of the Book of Revelation
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DIALOGUE ON DARWINISM
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN "ORTHODOX" DARWINIST AND A TRUE BELIEVER ON THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
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CAN A RULER BE ABOVE THE LAW?
A Short Explanation of Why a True Ruler has to be Above the Law of men, but not Above the Law of God
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IS METROPOLITAN PHILARET A SAINT?
A Brief Account of the Life and Teaching of Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow, in order to justify his reputation as Holy Father of the Church on the 150th anniversary of his death.
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1922: THE ASIA MINOR CATASTROPHE
A Brief Account of the Greeks' Defeat at the Hands of the Turks in 1922 from both a political and an ecclesiastical point of view
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THE SERBIAN TRUE ORTHODOX CHURCH
An Account of the Crisis in Relations that took place between the Greek, Russian and Serbian True Orthodox Churches in 2011
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HOW THE RUSSIAN CHURCH BECAME PATRIARCHAL
A Brief Account of the Negotiations between Moscow and Constantinople at the end of the 16th century that led to the creation of the Moscow Patriarchate
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THE ORIGINS OF SEXUAL PERVERSION
An Examination of the Issues Surrounding Recent Developments in the Understanding of Sexuality from an Orthodox Point of View
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BISHOP AUXENTIOS - GTOCS TROJAN HORSE
A Critique of a Recent Statement by Bishop Auxentios of Etna and Portland, which justifies Cyprianism
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THE MULTIVERSE THEORY
A Critique of the Multiverse Theory in Physics.
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THE BREAD OF THE EUCHARIST
An Examination of the Debate between the Orthodox and the Roman Catholics over the Type of Bread - Leavened or Unleavened - that was used during the Mystical Supper
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BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
An Examination of the Likely Effect Britain's Exit from the European Union will have on the New World Order
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ISLAMIC TERRORISM AND WESTERN ECUMENISM
An Account of the Origins of Muslim Terrorism and the Providential Nature of its Encounter with Western Ecumenism,
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THE 1983 ANATHEMA AGAINST ECUMENISM
A Defence of the 1983 Anathema in the course of an Examination of its Historical Context, Content, and the Arguments against its Validity or Expediency
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FORGIVENESS AND THE TRIUMPH OF ORTHODOXY
An Attempt to Understand the Inner Purpose of the First Week of Great Lent
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JOHN STUART MILL ON LIBERTY
An Analysis of the Famous Text on Liberalism, Seeing it as the Philosophical Foundation of Today's Ultra-Liberal Society
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UTOPIAN SOCIALISM
An Examination of the Teachings of the Early Socialist Thinkers Robert Owen, Charles Fourier and the Count de Saint Simon
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THE RACE OF LIFE
An Examination of the Metaphor of the Race of Life and its Rule of Faith and Conduct
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THE RETURN OF SOCIALISM
An Examination of the Possible Causes of the Renewed Popularity of Socialism in both East and West
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SCHOPENHAUER: THE WORLD AS WILL
A Short Exposition of the Historical Context and Significance of the Work of the Philosopher Schopenhauer
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WAGNER'S WELTANSCHAUUNG
An Examination of Wagner's ideas on capitalism, communism and monarchy, and their influence on his music
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THE GEORGIAN MONARCHY
A Brief Description of the Georgian Monarchy during its Golden Age under Kings David II an Tamara
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THE QUESTION OF GEORGIAN AUTOCEPHALY
An Historical Approach to the Question of the Autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church
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1815: THE NEW WORLD ORDER
An Analysis of the Results of the Congress of Vienna in 1814-15 and the Role in it of Tsar Alexander I
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CHRIST THE KING AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
An Examination of Christ's Claims to be the King of Israel, and the Consequences of the Fall of Jerusalem in that Context
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THE EYES OF THE CHURCH
An Exploration of the Meaning of the Assertion that the Bishops are the Eyes of the Church
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IN SEASON, OUT OF SEASON
ON WHY IT IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT TIME TO FIGHT FOR THE FAITH
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RELIGION AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT GREECE
On the Interaction between Religious Faith and Forms of Government in Ancient Greece down to Alexander the Great and the Seleucids
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THE LAST TEMPTATION: EMPEROR-WORSHIP
The Development of the Cult of the Emperor as god in Ancient Rome
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SPAIN, THE JEWS AND THE MUSLIMS
The Relations between Christians, Jews and Muslims in Fifteenth- Century Spain
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NICHOLAS II AND THE 1905 REVOLUTION
How Tsar and Church Destroyed the Abortive Revolution of 1905 in Russia
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100 YEARS AGO. THE ABDICATION OF THE TSAR
An Account of the Last Days of the Reign of Tsar Nicholas II, and an Evaluation of them.
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THE YEAR 1000: APEX OF MONARCHISM
A Study of How Orthodox Christian Monarchism Reached a Peak in about the Year 1000 in Europe, while Despotism Prevailed Elsewhere.
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ANGLO-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, 1907-18
A Brief Account of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907 and the Betrayal of the Russian Royal Family by King George V
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DOES CULTURE COUNT?
A Critique of the Claim Recently Made by Patriarch Cyril of Moscow that Soviet Culture shored up, rather than destroyed Christian morality
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AUTOCRACY, DESPOTISM AND DEMOCRACY
A Short Analysis of the Role of the Three Main Types of Governance in World History
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TRUTH AND CONCILIARITY
An Exploration of the Conciliar Principle in the Church, and the Conditions under which a Council can be accepted as expressing the Holy Spirit of truth
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THE CHRISTIAN CASE FOR BREXIT
Brexit is a movement away from the New World Order. Therefore it could have good spiritual consequences.
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THE FALL OF THE SERBIAN AND BULGARIAN CHURCHES
The Communization of the Serbian and Bulgarian Churches in the 1960s
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HOW THE WEST FELL FROM GRACE (1003-1204)
A Brief Account of How Old Rome Fell Away from the One True Church.
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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN AND A RATIONALIST ON THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
An Investigation of the Teaching that the Eucharist is the True Body and Blood of Christ.
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THE CONTRADICTIONS OF WESTERN MORALITY
A Critique of modern western morality, especially sexual morality.
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SHAKESPEARE AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
An Examination of the Christian Content of Shakespeare's Work.
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ROMANIA VERSUS THE NEW CALENDAR
A Short Account of the Struggle of the Romanian True Orthodox Church against the New Gregorian Calendar until the Fall of Communism
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THE HOLY GOD-SEER MOSES AND THE THEOLOGY OF ICONS
A Brief Account of Moses' Vision of God and how it Relates to the New Testament teaching on icons.
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ORTHODOXY, FREUDIANISM AND ORIGINAL SIN
An EXamination of the Extent to which Freudianism is Compatible with Traditional, Orthodox Christianity
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THE COUP OF AUGUST 1991
A Short Analysis of the Soviet Coup and Counter-Coup of August 1991 from both a political and a religious point of view
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JULIAN THE APOSTATE AND PUTIN THE NEW APOSTATE
A Comparison between the fourth- century Roman emperor and the contemporary ruler of Russia
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WHY DID STALIN TRIUMPH OVER TROTSKY?
After the death of Lenin in 1924, the two main contenders for the Soviet leadership were Trotsky and Stalin. This is a hypothesis to explain why Stalin triumphed.
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THE STARS AND EARTHLY CATASTROPHES
An Exploration of the Possible Meaning of a Unique Event in the Heavens due to take place next year
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CHRISTIANITY AND KARMA
An exploration of the relationship between Orthodox Christian doctrine and the Hindu concepts of karma and reincarnation.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLY ARCHANGEL MICHAEL IN WORLD HISTORY
A Summary of the Great Benefits Bestowed on Mankind by the Holy Archangel Michael.
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THIRD ALL-EMIGRATION COUNCIL OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH ABROAD
An Account of the Main Issues Discussed at the Council in 1974
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SEVEN THESES ON NAMES AND NAME-WORSHIPPERS
A summary of the argument against the heresy of the name-worshippers, who believe that the name of God is God.
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TWO KINDS OF HOPE
A Contrast is Drawn between the True Hope of the Ancestors of Christ Who Hoped in the Nativity of Christ and the False Hope of the New Year Revellers Who Hope for a Better Future in this Dying World
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TIME AND THE QUESTION OF GRACE
An Exposure of the Falsehood of the Arguments that Suppose to Show that the Moscow Patriarchate has Ceased to be a False Church, Contrary to the Judgement of the Holy New Martyrs of Russia
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CHRIST AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
A Short Exposition of the Relationship between Christianity and the Political Power of Old Rome
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FROM MARXISM-LENINISM TO CULTURAL MARXISM
An Examination of the Origins of Today's Cultural Marxism Movement in Traditional Marxism
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GLOBALIZATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
An Examination of the way in which the Increasing Centralization of the European Union Serves the Aims of the Globalists.
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THE FALL OF MAN
A Short Description of the Fall of Man and the Consequences for his Physical and Psychological Makeup
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THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
An Examination of the Spiritual State of the Moscow Patriarchate around the year 2000, and an account of the Jubilee Sobor of that year.
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RUSSIA IN THE 1990s: THE SPIRITUAL FAILURE
An Examination of the Spiritual Failure of the Moscow Patriarchate in the 1990s.
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THE DOGMATIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ORTHODOX AUTOCRACY
On the Place of Monarchism in Orthodox Theology
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THE JUDAS ISCARIOT OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH
A Critique of an Address by Patriarch Cyril of Moscow Praising "Patriarch" Sergius (Stragorodsky)
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1917: DUAL POWER
A Short Account of How the Russian State Disintegrated in 1917 after the Abdication of the Tsar.
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1918: THE MARKS OF THE BEAST
An Analysis of Four Major Marks of the Communist Beast: The Destruction of (i) Hierarchy, (ii) Property, (iii) the Family, and (iv) Religion
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PUTIN'S REVOLUTION
An Assessment of Putin's Regime from an Orthodox Point of View
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1921-22: THE LAST OF THE MONARCHISTS
A Short Account of the Russian Councils of Karlovtsy (1921) and Vladivostok (1922) that Reaffirmed the Monarchism of the Russian Church
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THE RUSSIAN-JEWISH REVOLUTION
The role of the Jews in the Russian Revolution
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THE ORIGINS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH
An Examination of the Political, Economic and Religious Motives that Created the English Reformation and the Anglican Church
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WHAT PRICE JUSTICE?
A Brief Examination of the Nature and Origins of the Love of Justice
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ABRAHAM, THE FATHER OF THE FAITHFUL
A Summary of the Achievement of Abraham, and in what sense he is the Father of the Faithful.
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AUTOCRACY AND TYRANNY IN FOURTH-CENTURY BYZANTIUM
The Teaching and Practice of the Fourth-Century Fathers in Relation to the Roman Emperor
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THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF TOTALITARIANISM
The Application of Psychoanalytic Theories to the Psychology of Hitler and Stalin
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THE TERRORISM OF DOUBT
A Study of Doubting Thomas, and the Primacy of Doubt as the Root of all Evil.
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WHAT DOES "SON OF GOD" MEAN?
A Discussion of the Divinity of Christ and the Consequences of Rejecting it.
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THE NEW SOTERIOLOGY
A Critique of the Soteriological Teaching of Fr. John Romanides and a Vindication of the Traditional Orthodox Teaching
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EARLY NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA
The political credo and foreign policy of the United States in the early nineteenth century
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ORTHODOX NATIONALISM AND THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA
HOW THE LORD AVOIDED BOTH ECUMENISM AND NATIONALISM IN HIS CONVERSION OF THE SAMARITAN WOMAN, AND THE APPLICATION OF THIS LESSON TO CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY
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INGRATITUDE
A Meditation on Ingratude and how we should react to it.
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CHRIST, ISRAEL AND THE FALL OF JERUSALEM
A Study of the Nature and Purpose of the State of Israel in the Context of the Death and Resurrection of Christ and the Fall of Jerusalem in 79 AD
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FROM THE ASCENSION TO PENTECOST
A Meditation on the Different Modes of Acquiring the Holy Spirit
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RUSSIA IN AMERICA
A Brief Review of Russia's Imperial and Missionary Presence in North America, especially in Alaska
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ST. JOHN OF KRONSTADT AND THE RENOVATIONISTS
A Brief Survey of the Russian Religious Ferment at the beginning of the 20th century
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THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS
The Coming to Power of St. Constantine the Great
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THE DARK HEART OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
An Attempt to Understand Why the Enlightenment Failed, Using in Particular a Powerful argument by C.S. Lewis
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WAGNER'S WELTANSCHAUUNG
An Examination of Wagner's Political and Religious Views.
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ISLAMIC DESPOTISM AND MILITARISM
An Examination of the Nature of Islam, its Attitude to the State and to War with Non-Muslims
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SCIENCE AND PSEUCO-SCIENCE
AN EXPOSITION OF THE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC MYTHS OF OUR TIME IN PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
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VICTORS' JUSTICE IN 1945
An Examination of Whether Justice was Really Done at the End of WW2. The Ethics of Hiroshima and the Bombing of Dresden are Discussed.
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RELIGION AND MORALITY IN FIFTH-CENTURY GREECE
A Study of the Impact of the Main Ideas of the Fifth-Century Tragedians
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MIGHT AND RIGHT IN MIDDLE BYZANTIUM
Conflicts between Church and State on Marriage and Imperial Succession
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FROM HOMO SAPIENS TO HOMO INFANTILIS TO HOMO DEUS
An Attempt to Summarize Modern Man's Changing Perception of Himself as a Result of the Cultural Marxist and Scientific Revolutions
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CHRIST AS KING AND PRIEST
An Exploration of the Ban on Joining the Roles of King and Priest in one Person - except in the Person of Christ.
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THE REUNIFICATION OF THE RUSSIAN CHURCH
An Examination of Bishop Andrei (Erastov's) Discussion of the Problem of the Reunification of the "Splinters" of the Russian Church, and a Possible Solution.
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VICTORIAN RELIGION AND MORALITY
An Analysis of the Specific Religion and Morality of the Victorian Age in the Eyes of Russian and American Observers.
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TSAR NICHOLAS II: RESTORER OF THE ORTHODOX AUTOCRACY
An Exploration of the Significant of Tsar Nicholas II in Restoring the Traditional and Orthodox Image of the Autocrat
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THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW CALENDAR
An Account of How the Gregorian Calendar was Introduced into the Orthodox Church (in Russia, Greece and Romani) in the 1920s.
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GERMAN NATIONALISM AND THE WAR OF LIBERATION
A Short Account of the Role of the German War of Liberation in the Rise of German Nationalism
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THE FALL OF THE NON-COMMEMORATORS
A Discussion of the Consequences of the Return to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Leading Non-Commemorator, Bishop Longinus of Bachna.
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THE MEDIEVAL KINGDOM OF SICILY
A Study of the Status of Christian Kingship in the Catholic West in the Context of the Kingdom of Sicily under Roger II
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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISRAELITE AUTOCRACY
A Short Account of How the Kingdom of Israel was Created from the time of the Patriarchs to King David.
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THE LEFT, THE RIGHT AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
A Discussion of the Meaning of the Categories "Left" and "Right", and How Orthodox Christians can Resist the Revolution.
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FROM HUME TO KANT: THE CRISIS OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
An analysis of the development of Western philosophy from Hume to Kant, from Hume's demonstration of the irrationality of reason to Kant's exaltation of the freedom of the will.
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THE FALL OF THE WESTERN CHURCH
A brief history of the Western schism from Eastern Orthodoxy in the eleventh century
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ROUSSEAU: FROM LIBERAL TO SOCIALIST HUMANISM
A Study of Rousseau's Concept of the General Will
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ON LOVING OUR ENEMIES
A Meditation on the Meaning of Christ's Conversation with the Canaanitish Woman
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THREE ATTITUDES TO DEATH
An Exploration of the Three Main attitudes to death: the pre-Christian tragic, the Christian triumphant, and the post-Christian trivial.
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THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
A Brief Summary of the Events that Propelled Lenin to Power in 1917.
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THE GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN PERSECUTIONS OF ORTHODOXY
A Brief Account of the Persecutions of Orthodoxy in Russia (by the Germans) and in the Balkans (by the Austrians and Hungarians) during the 18th century.
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THE HIERARCHICAL PRINCIPLE IN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STATEHOOD
An Examination of the Foundations of Orthodox Christian Statehood in Byzantium, England, Serbia and Russia.
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WHAT IS THE MILLENIALS' MORALITY?
An Examination of the Most Recent Morality of the Western World.
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TOLSTOY, LENIN AND THE VOLGA FAMINE
An Examination of the Effect of the Volga Famine of 1891-92 on the Careers of Tolstoy and Lenin
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THE ORTHODOX THEORY OF EVERYTHING
An Examination of the Consequences of Quantum Physics for our Understanding of the World, in the Context of a Comparison the Concepts of Chance, Fate and Divine Providence
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TO REBEL OR NOT TO REBEL
A Discussion of Possible Orthodox Responses to the New World Disorder
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THE RESURRECTION OF ISRAEL
A Discussion of the Possibility of the Salvation of the Jews in Christ before the End of the World
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WESTERN SAINTS AND THE FILIOQUE
An Examination of the Criteria that should be Used in Ascribing Western Saints to the Menologies of the Eastern Orthodox Church
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GLASNOST' AND PERESTROIKA
An Examination of the Impact of Gorbachev's Reforms in 1985-90.
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WHY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO JUDGE OTHERS
An Exploration of the Commandment: "Judge Not".
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DOSTOYEVSKY ON PAPISM AND SOCIALISM
An Analysis of Dostoyevsky's Perception of the Close Relationship between Papism and Socilism
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GOD VERSUS TECHNOLOGY
A Meditation on Time and Eternity. and the struggle between God and technology
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THE KHRUSHCHEV PERSECUTION
A short account of the Persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church by Khrushchev in 1959-64
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THE FALL OF OLD ROME
An Examination of the Causes of the Fall of the Western Empire in the Fifth Century
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THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION
A Short Account of the Struggle between King and Parliament in the years 1642-1649
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APOCALYPSE NOW
A Brief Overview of Contemporary Global Politics and Religion in the Light of the Prophecies of the Book of Revelation
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HOW THE RED TERROR SAVED THE RUSSIAN CHURCH FROM ECUMENISM
A Discussion of the Decree of the Russian Church of September, 1918 on the Union of the Churches.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY AS GOD: NAPOLEON
A Brief Analysis of the Essence of Napoleon's Power
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THE ORTHODOX ANATHEMATIZATION OF ISLAM
A Short Account of the Quarrel between Emperor Manuel I Comnenus and the Church of Constantinople on the Status of Islam
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ST. MARK OF EPHESUS AND THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE
A Study of the False Union between the Greek and Roman Churches in the Fifteenth Century
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THE ARTIST AS GOD: GOETHE AND BEETHOVEN
A Comparison of Beethoven and Goethe in the Context of Romantic Ideas about the Role of the Artist
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EAST EUROPEAN ORTHODOXY AND THE KGB
The Evidence that all the Orthodox Churches in the Former Soviet Bloc are Controlled by the KGB or its Equivalents
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MERCY AND JUDGEMENT
AN EXAMINATION OF THE WAY IN WHICH GOD'S MERCY AND HIS JUSTICE INTERTWINE ON THE CROSS AND AT THE LAST JUDGEMENT
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KING HAROLD AND THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND
An Account of the Reign of King Harold Godwinson and the Norman Invasion and Its Aftermath
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WHAT DID THE MARTYRS DIE FOR?
An Explanation of Why the Martyrs of the Catacomb Church in Russia Died Precisely for Christ and not for Political Reasons
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THE FLOWERING BRANCH
An Interpretation of King Edward the Confessor's Deathbed Prophecy
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PUTIN, THE COMMUNIST CHRISTIAN
An Examination of Putin's Attempts to Unite Christianity and Communism
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THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX AUTOCRACY AND ITS DEFENDERS
What Several Holy Russian Hierarchs Have Said about the Orthodox Autocracy
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A SHAMEFUL ANNIVERSARY
A Commentary on Putin's Speech at the Tenth Anniversary of the Union between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian Church Abroad in 2007
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THE ANGLO-SAXON EXILES IN CONSTANTINOPLE
An Account of the Emigration of the Anglo-Saxon Exiles from England after the Norman Conquest of 1066- 70.
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THE HUNGRY FORTIES AND THE IRISH FAMINE
An Account of the Irish Famine of the 1840s with Evidence for and against English callousness
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THE GEOPOLITICS OF SLAVERY AND ABOLITION
A Short Account of the History of the Movement for Emancipation of Slaves before 1861
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WHO WON THE COLD WAR?
It is argued that the West's victory over the Soviet Union in 1991 was incomplete and indecisive, and therefore could be reversed.
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Germany, Nietzsche and the First World War
An Examination of the Role Played by Nietzsche's Ideas on Germany in the Years leading to the First World War
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ART, ETHICS AND OSCAR WILDE
An Examiniation of Oscar Wilde's Theory of "Art for Art's Sake" in the Context both of his Art and his Life
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THE MASONIC PLOT AGAINST TSAR NICHOLAS II
An Account of the February Revolution of 1917 and the Origins of the Plot against the Tsar
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AMERICA, BRITAIN AND THE BIRTH OF THE EU
A Summary of the Factors leading to the Birth of the European Union in 195, the role of America, and the Sage of Britain's strained relations with the EU up to Brexit.
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THE FALL OF PATRIARCH KIRILL OF MOSCOW
A DISCUSSION OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF PATRIARCH KYRILL'S FAILURE TO PREVENT UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY
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FREEDOM OR FREE WILL?
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO CONCEPTS.
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THE END OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION?
THE THREAT POSED BY THE UN'S IMPENDING LEGALIZATION OF PAEDOPHILIA AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY RUSSIA
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HAS PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW OVER-REACHED HIMSELF?
An Examination of the Consequences of Patriarch Bartholomew's Declaration of Uktrainian Autocephaly
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WELFARISM, SOCIALISM AND CHRISTIANITY
A Discussion of the Rise of Welfarism in the Lat Nineteenth Century and its Relationship to Christianity, on the one hand, and Revolutionary Socialism, on the other.
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THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR AND ST. NICHOLAS OF JAPAN
An Analysis of the Attitude Taken by St. Nicholas, the Russian Apostle of Japan, to the Actions of the Russian Government in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.
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THE RUSSIAN CHURCH IN 1917-18
An Account of How the Russian Church Reacted to the Revolution in its First Phase
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THE SERPENT'S BITE
An Interpretation of Moses' raising a brass serpent on a cross in the wilderness.
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ISRAEL, RUSSIA AND AMERICA
An Analysis of the inter-relationship between these three nation in contemporary geopolitics and in the prophecies
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GENETIKA I ROZHDENIE ANTIKHRISTA (in Russian)
This article explores possible links between genetic manipulation, UFOs and the Birth of the Antichrist as understood in the Holy Fathers
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POBEDONOSTSEV AND THE CRITIQUE OF LIBERALISM
The Views of the Influential Russian State Councillor on Democracy and Liberalism
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THE FALL OF OLD ROME
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LAST CENTURY OF ROMAN IMPERIAL RULE IN THE WEST
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THE HOLY MARTYRS OF THE VANDAL YOKE
A Brief Account of the Persecution of the Orthodox Faith by the Kings of the Fifth-Century Vandal KIngdom of North Africa
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THE EXPANSION OF NATO
A Study of How Nato expanded into Eastern Europe, and Russia's Reaction
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WHO WAS RASPUTIN?
An Attempt to Explore the Enigma of the Siberian Peasant and the Extent of His Influence
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THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
A Short Account of How the Russian Church Reacted to the February Revolution in 1917
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RUSSIA AND EUROPE: (1) CHAADAEV VS. PUSHKIN
The first round in the debate between Slavophiles and Westerners in Nineteenth-Century Russia
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WHO WILL BE THE TSAR OF RUSSIA?
An Examination of the Criteria for the Recognition of a true autocrat in the context of the revival of modernism in contemporary Russia
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THE YEAR 1000: APEX OF MONARCHISM
A Brief Survey of the Forms of Governance in the World in about 1000 AD, demonstrating the dominance of monarchism.
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MEDITATION ON A PRAYER
A Meditation on the Theme of Faith and Works in One of the Morning Prayers of the Orthodox Church.
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THE ORIGINS OF DARWIN'S THEORY
An Account of the Early Criticisms of Darwin's Theory of Evolution
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THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST IH HEBREWS
The Commentary of St. Theophan the Recluse on the Passage in Hebrew demonstrating that we are saved by the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross
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THE ROOTS OF ATHEISM
A MEDITATION ON THE BOOK OF JOB
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THE CHURCH'S STRUGGLE AGAINST LEO TOLSTOY
A Short Account of the Struggle for the Hearts and Minds of the Russian People between St. john of Kronstadt and Leo Tolstoy
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THE BEGINNINGS OF TRUE STATEHOOD
The Development of the Israelite Autocracy from Abraham to Solomon
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THE REVIVAL OF ENGLISHNESS (1066-1271)
A Brief Account of the Gradual Revival of English Culture in the Two Centuries After the Battle of Hastings
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THE ROOT DOGMA OF PROTESTANTISM
A CRITIQUE OF THE ROOT DOGMA OF PROTESTANTISM - THE INFALLIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE.
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THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
An Attempt to Interpret John Huston's as a parable of the Christian life.
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CHINA SINCE MAO
A Brief Account of the Political and Economic Development of China since Mao's Death in 1976
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THE FALL OF THE JEWISH NATION
A Short Description of How and Why the Jews Ceased to be the Chosen People of God
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THE CRISIS OF BYZANTINE STATEHOOD
A Brief Account of How the Last Rulers of Constantinople Betrayed the City
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THE REIGN OF TSAR PAUL OF RUSSIA
A Short Account of the Reign of the Most Maligned of the Russian Tsars
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THE ORIGINS OF FREEMASONRY
The Origins of Freemasonry both in the Eighteenth-Century Enlightenment and in More Ancient, Pagan and Jewish sourcs.
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THE BOLSHEVIKS, SEX AND THE FAMILY
How the Bolsheviks tried to Destroy Family Life in Russia
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THE THREE WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
An Analysis of the Differences between Despotism, Democracy and Orthodox Autocracy.
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THE MYSTERY OF THE TSAR'S ABDICATION
An Analysis of the Significance of the Mystery of the Abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
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THE BLACK HUNDREDS
A Short Account of the Monarchist Organization that Arose in Russia after the 1905 Revolution
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BREXIT, DEMOCRACY AND THE ANTICHRIST
A Discussion of the Significane of the Current Attempt of britain to leave the European Union
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THE REVOLUTION IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
A Short Account of Revolutionary Tendencies in Western Europe in the period 1350-1450
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THE REVOLUTION, ROMANTICISM AND REALISM
An Exploration of the Relationship between the Revolution and Romanticism, first in the first half, and then in the second half of the nineteenth century, during the realist reaction.
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FROM FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER
An Account of the Russian Revolution from after the Abidcation of the Tsar to the Establishment of Soviet Power
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FROM BREST-LITOVSK TO EKATERINBURG
An Account of the Events from March 1918 to July 1918, when the Soviet Regime was nearly destroyed
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THE RISE OF CHINA AND JAPAN
A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of the Asiatic Powers between 1919 and 1945
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THE LIE OF LIBERALISM
On the Falsehood of the Attempt to Create a Liberal Compromise between the Barbarism of the Revolution and Christianity
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THE RENOVATIONIST SCHISM
A Short Account of the Communist- Engineered Schism in the Russian Orthodox Church the 1920s
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THE CURSES OF HOLY AND GOOD FRIDAY
A Short Account of How Christ Delivered Us from the Curse of the Law
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THE FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF ROMAN REPUBLICANISM FROM SULLA TO CAESAR AUGUSTUS
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COSMOS, CHAOS AND THE CREATOR
An Attempt to see in God the Resolution of the Contradiction between Quantum Physics and all higher-level scince
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PORTENTS OF THE ANTICHRIST
Apocalyptic Warnings by 19th- century Russian saints: Ambrose of Optina, Theophan the Recluse and Ignaty Brianchaninov
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THE BATTLE FOR THE RUSSIAN CHURCH, 1900-1910
A Brief Resume of the Struggle between good and evil in the Russian Church, with particular emphasis on the contest between Lev Tolstoy and St. John of Kronstadt
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STUPIDITY OR TREASON?
The situation in Russia in the autumn of 1916
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RUSSIA IN WORLD WAR ONE
A Brief Sketch on the Progress of the War from a Military-Political Point of View on the Russian Front
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DNA AND GOD THE CREATOR
A Brief Explanation of Why the Discovery of DNA Proves that Neo- Darwinism is False and that God Created the Universe
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THE KAISER, NIETZSCHE AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
A Description of Some of the Pernicious Ideas that Led to the First World War
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THE EASTERN QUESTION, PAN-HELLENISM AND PAN-SLAVISM
A Study of the Interaction of Nationalist and Universalist Ideologies in the Orthodox East in the Later Nineteenth Century
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THE ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HOW AND WHY NATIONALISM BEGAN IN THE GERMANY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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THE CREATION OF MAN AND WOMAN
A Bblical and Patristic Account of the Origins of Sexuality Taking into Account the Findings of Modern Biological and Psychological Science
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THE YEAR 1000: APEX OF MONARCHISM
A Brief Survey of the World in the Year 1000, when Monarchism Became the Dominant Form of Government
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VLADIMIR SOLOVIEV AND HIS CRITICS
An Analysis of the Main Social and Political Ideas of the Russian Philosopher
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TILSIT: SUMMIT OF THE EMPERORS
A Brief Account of the Relations between Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit in 1807 and immediately afterwards
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MONARCHISM AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
How Family Connections Nearly Averted World War One, and Why in the end they did not
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DOSTOYEVSKY' PUSHKIN SPEECH
Dostoyevsky's famous speech of 1880 was a social and political as well as a literary event. This is an attempt to explain its context and the ideas surrounding it.
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RUSSIA'S REVOLUTIONARY DEVILS
A Description of the Revolutionary Ferment in 1860s Russia: Marx, Bakunin, Nechaev and others
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OPTINA DESERT AND THE FUTURE OF RUSSIA
An Examination of Some Prophecies of the Optina Elders and Those Associated with the Monastery
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ENGLAND, 1069-70: THE FIRST CHRISTIAN GENOCIDE
A Description of William the Conqueror's Genocidal Destruction of the North of England
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE EARLY CHURCH
A Review of the Attitudes to Religious Freedom in the Early Church, especially in St. Theodosius the Great and St. Augustine of Hippo
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JUSTINIAN THE GREAT
A Brief Summary of the Achievements of the Great Byzantine Emperor
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THE IDEOLOGY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
An Examination of the Ideas - both Native American and English - that Informed the American Revolution
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ROCOR AND THE NAZIS
A Brief Account of the Relationship between the Russian Church Abroad and the Nazis between 1935 and 1945
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CAN WORKS WITHOUT FAITH BE GOOD?
An Exploration of the Theme of Faith and Works from an Orthodox Point of View
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В ПОИСКАХ НИКОГДА НЕ УТРАЧЕННОЙ РОССИИ
A Refutation of Fr. Gregory Lurye's Interpretation of Russian Church History
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1945; THE AMERICAN NEW WORLD ORDER
A Description of the Economic, Political and ideological Aspects of the New World Order Introduced by the United States in 1945
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1945: ANARCHY IN EUROPE
A Description of the State of Anarchy in Europe after the End of the Second World War
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1945: THE SOVIET NEW WORLD ORDER
A Description of Stalin's Plans and the State of His Empire after the End of World War Two
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WAS PETER THE GREAT AN ORTHODOX TSAR?
A Weighing Up of the Good and Evil Acts of Peter the Great
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IS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION A LAWFUL STATE?
AN EXAMINATION OF THE QUESTION WHETHER THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE OR THE SOVIET UNION
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KINGS SAUL, DAVID AND SOLOMON
An Exposition of the Nature of Early Israelite Kingship
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ST. AUGUSTINE AND THE DONATIST SCHISM
St. Augustine is usually considered an enemy of religious freedom because of his attitude to the Donatists. This is an examintion of his position.
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NAPOLEON AND RELIGION
A Brief Account of the Significance of Relgiion for Napoleon
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VICTORIAN RELIGION AND THE GREAT RUSSIAN WRITERS
How Khomiakov, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky Reacted to English Religious LIfe in Victorian Times
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THE TSAR, THE PATRIARCH AND THE SULTAN
AN INCIDENT FROM THE CRIMEAN WAR ILLUSTRATING WHERE THE TRUE LOYALTIES OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS LIE
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THE MARRIAGE IN CANA OF GALILEE
An Interpretation of one of the most fascinating passage from the Gospel
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APOCALYPTIC VISIONS OF 1917
An Interpretation of Three True, and One False, Vision of 1917.
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THE FOUNDING OF ZIONISM
An Account of the Work of Theodor Herzl and the Influences on him
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1945. VICTORS' JUSTICE
An Examination of Whether Justice was Done to the Evildoers in 1945
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GERMANIA DELENDA EST
An Examination of Allied Policy Towards Germany at the End of World War II.
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DARWINISM AND ITS EARLY CRITICS
THE EARLY CRITICS OF DARWINISM IN BOTH EAST AND WEST
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THE LAST EMPEROR?
A Discussion of whether Tsar Nicholas II had any true successor in the context of an examination of the nature of true kingship
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HISTORY, HISTORICISM AND HEGEL
A EXAMINATION OF HEGEL'S PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
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THE RISE OF LUTHERANISM
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINS AND MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAIN PROTESTANT HERESY
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THE SUN KING
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE REIGN OF LOUIS XIV
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Heresy, Hysteria and Madness
A Very Short Analysis of What is Wrong with our Modern Civilization
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KARL MARX AND MIKHAIL BAKUNIN
An Examination of the Relationship between the Two Greatest Revolutionaries of the Nineteenth Century
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THE LIVES OF SAINT COLUMBA OF IONA AND THE IONA SAINTS
A HAGIOGRAPHY TAKEN FROM THE EARLIEST SOURCES
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FREEMASONRY, ECUMENISM AND THE 2020 AMERICAN REVOLUTION
A Brief Survey of the Origins of Masonry and Ecumenism and their Consummation in the Contemporary American Revolution
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THE AMERICAN DREAM
An Analysis of the American Dream in the light of De Tocqeville's Critique of American Democracy
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THE BIG THREE: TEHERAN AND YALTA
The Relationship between Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in the Second World War
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WHO WON THE COLD WAR?
An Investigation of What Constitutes Victory in War, and Whether the West Achieved it in 1991
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THE ANATHEMATIZATION OF SOVIET POWER
A Discussion of the Decision of t- 18he Moscow Church Council of 1917-18
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THE FOUNDATION OF CHRISTIAN POLITICAL THEOLOGY
An Exposition of the Bases of Christian Political Theology in the Roman Empire and in St. Seraphim of Sarov
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THE FRUITS OF SERGIANISM
The Consequences for the Russian Orthodox Church of the Pact between the official Church and Stalin in 1927
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CHRISTIAN JIHAD: THE CRUSADES
A Brief Overview of the Crusades with an Explanation of the Orthodox and Catholic Concepts of the Just War
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1968: THE YEAR OF FAILED REVOLUTIONS
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE REVOLUTIONS IN 1968 IN PARIS, SAN FRANCISCO AND PRAGUE
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IS SIN EXCUSABLE?
A Meditation on Sin and on the Excuses we make for it.
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GLOBALIZATION AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER: AN ORTHODOX PERSPECTIVE
A Discussion of Globalization since 1989 from an Orthodox Christian point of view
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CHRISTIAN THINKERS OF THE WEST IN THE 1950S
A Review of the Thought of Such Influential and Prescient Figures as Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley.
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THE SWINGING SIXTIES AND THE DECONVERSION OF THE WEST
A Brief Review of the Revolution in Sexual Morality in the 1960s in America, Britain and Europe.
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WHEN IS IT TIME TO DIE?
A Meditation on the Reasons Why God Takes us When He Takes us
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WHO WILL BE THE TSAR OF RUSSIA?
An Examination of the Criteria a Potential Tsar must Satisfy from an Orthodox Point of View in the Context of Calls for Putin to be proclaimed Tsar.
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THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST IN CROATIA
A SUMMARY OF THE PERSECUTION OF THE SERBIAN ORTHODOX IN CROATIA IN 1941-45.
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GOD AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
An Analysis of the Various Contingencies that Determined the Outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis - and the Intervention of God
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ON SUPPING WITH THE DEVIL: TEHERAN 1943
How Churchill and Roosevelt surrendered their integrity and their values to Stalin in World War Two,
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GOD AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
An Analysis of the Various Contingencies that Determined the Outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis - and the Intervention of God
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THE RUSSIAN CHURCH AND THE NEW CALENDAR
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HOW THE NEW, GREGORIAN CALENDAR WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE RUSSIAN CHURCH
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COLLECTIVISATION AND THE GOLODOMOR
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF SOVIET COLLECTIVIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED FAMINE IN UKRAINE
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ON THE VACCINE
Why, from an Orthodox Christian Point of View, it is not possible to obey the authorities by accepting the RNA vaccine
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THE IDEA OF TRADITION
A Meditation on one aspect of the thought of Edmund Burke
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THE PSEUDO-SCIENCE OF EUGENICS
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT OF EUGENICS FROM DARWIN TO THE CORONAVIRUS
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THE SOLID FOUNDATION OF GOD
The Tension between the Ideas of Election of God and the Possibility of Damnation
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IVAN THE TERRIBLE: CHURCH AND STATE
A Lecture on How Ivan the Terrible Changed his Behaviour when he abandoned the Orthodox understanding of Church and State
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WHY THE WORLD ORTHODOX CANNOT HAVE GRACE
A DEFENCE OF TRUE ORTHODOX ECCLESIOLOGY
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GRACE AND THE LAW
A DISCUSSION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CONCEPTS OF GRACE, THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE LAW OF CHRIST, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DISTORTED VIEWS OF MARTIN LUTHER
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GRACE AND THE LAW
GRACE, HE MOSAIC LAW, CHRIST'S LAW AND THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
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AIDS, COVID-19 AND THE TYRANNY OF SCIENCE
THE COVID-19 AND HIV SCAM/SCARES ARE CLOSELY RELATED, INVOLVING THE SAME MASTER-CRIMINAL, Anthony Fauci.
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THE FIRST CHRISIAN ZIONIST: BENJAMIN DISRAELI
AN ACCOUNT OF THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM OF THE BAPTIZED JEW, BENJAMIN DISRAELI
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THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE'S JUBILEE COUNCIL
An Account of the MP's Jubilee Council of the year 2000 and its decisions in relations to Ecumenism, Sergianis and the New Martyrs of Russia
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THE Cold War AND PUTIN'S REVENGE
An examination of whether the communists were real defeated in the Cold War.
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NOAH'S FLOOD
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSES AND MAIN RESULTS OF THE FLOOD
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THE ROMAN CHURCH AND THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE
A REVIEW OF THE BEGININGS OF THE PAPIST HERESY IN THE 4TH-6TH CENTURIES
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THE COUNTER-ENLIGHTENMENT: KANT, HAMANN AND HERDER
An account of how the universalism of the French Enlightenment develops logically into the extreme subjectivism of the German Counter-Enlightenment.
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TSARISM AND THE LAW
A discussion of the authority of the Tsar in relain to the liberal dogma that "nobody is above the law"
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THE Cold War AND PUTIN'S REVENGE
On what constitutes real victory in war, which victory the Americans did not attain in 1991. Hence the resurgence of communism under Putin.
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THE Cold War AND PUTIN'S REVENGE
On what constitutes real victory in war, which victory the Americans did not attain in 1991. Hence the resurgence of communism under Putin.
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THE Cold War AND PUTIN'S REVENGE
On what constitutes real victory in war, which victory the Americans did not attain in 1991. Hence the resurgence of communism under Putin.
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NAPOLEON AND THE ANTICHRIST
A COMPARISON BEWEEN NAPOLEON AND THE COMING ANTICHRIST
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CHINA VERSUS AMERICA
A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF CHINESE- AMERICAN RELATIONS SINCE THE DEATH OF MAO
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THE LIFTING OF THE ANATHEMAS
A COMMENTARY ON THE LIFTING OF THE ANATHEMAS BETWEEN THE ORTHODOX AND Roman Catholic Churches IN 1965
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Who was the heir of Tsa Nicholas II?
An examination of the claims of Grand Duke Michael Romanov, Grand Duke Kiril Vladimirovich and others.
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