For more information on writer Walt Garlington as well as resources on the Orthodox view on the departed, the meaning of a Saint and their veneration, explanation of old vs new calendar, and funeral hymns and prayers, click here. By Walt Garlington Dear friends, if you have time, please pray for these members of the …
By Walt Garlington Was there really chaos in the world?It seemed distant to Constantius Lee,Riding amidst the mountains’ beautiful scenes. But that turmoil, unhappily, was all too real,The combined Ukraine-Taiwan War had gone amiss,Predictably, thanks to DC’s lunatic analysts. The union had collapsed; survival was a struggle.Violence and disorder held heavy swayIn many States. Seeing …
My Orthodox brother and Dixie compatriot Walt Garlington has given me permission to cross-publish his monthly “Remembrances,” which will be posted at the beginning of each and every month throughout 2023. Garlington, a chemical engineer turned writer, is editor of the website Confiteri: A Southern Perspective and has had his essays published at the Abbeville Institute, …
Those of you from the South have most likely grown up eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day. Typically, they’re served with a “mess” of greens, such as collards, mustard or turnip greens, or even cabbage. Each region has its own tasty ritual. “Cook your beans low and slow, ideally in a slow cooker. For …
“Never, never, never let anyone tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must be Eastern. The West was fully Orthodox for a thousand years, and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of her heresies.”— St. John Maximovitch There’s a contingent of haters – dare I say, a conspiracy – that has …
Fr. John A. Peck is the pastor of All Saints of North America Orthodox Church in Youngtown, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, an Orthodox priest under ROCOR, the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and dean of Great Martyr Euphemia Orthodox Theological Academy. He runs the websites Fr. John Peck, Preachers Institute, Good Guys Where …
My new friend and compatriot Valerie Protopapas has given me permission to publish some of her fearless work, which I will be doing piecemeal over the coming months. I am honored since this prolific writer is a fearless firebrand to the core. Now, the word firebrand has a long and diverse history. Its varied meanings …
The rabid anti-Semitism spewing forth from the 2020 National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA) and its Naming Commission in its final report aims to tear down the iconic artwork of Jewish sculptor and Civil War veteran Moses Ezekiel, who was not only the first Jewish cadet at the Virginia Military Institute but was also the “the first …
Mark Beck is the founder CEO and now chairman of Bridgetree, a data management and analysis private company. Beck, who describes himself as “anti-corporate,” has used his management and operating skills, and his financial resources to found American Classic Commercial Landmarks: a National Historic Registry property acquisition, restoration, and management venture. In other words, Beck …
Kaleb of Atlanta, a.k.a. Patriarch Prime, is an Orthodox Christian, a writer, and a popular Twitter provocateur who has recently landed in the woke cross hairs. Kaleb says his “intent is to spread the Orthodox Faith to African Americans,” but the straightforward, bold evangelism of this “maker of many radicals” crosses all racial lines and …