The only adequate “proof” that Christ is risen and that the new life of His Resurrection—given to us in baptism—is being advanced into our hearts is the forgiveness and love that we have for one another.

2 years of research went into this one. Part II coming next week.
https://thereversion.co/p/kabbalah-and-the-protestant-revolution

Count Dankula recently became a catechumen and is now orthoposting ☦️

In Martin Luther's Commentary on Galatians, he referred to his newly conceived doctrine of justification by faith alone (sola fide) as the “true Cabala”.

The whole Orthodox Church in the free world is in a state of near paralysis; our Russian Church Abroad is better off in that it has at least kept more of the traditions and piety of the past and doesn’t betray Orthodoxy in the Ecumenical movement. But God has given us the talent of freedom, and we who can walk and write and print have an obligation to inspire those we can with the true Orthodoxy of the heart. I’m not against a “polemical” article here and there (your articles in the last issue were good)—but such articles have to be only incidental to something more important that is being said and should have a compassionate tone that rises above mere polemics and anger.

-Fr. Seraphim Rose, letter to Andrew Bond regarding his publication The Old Calendarist, dated Aug 10/23, 1979

Book club reading for March: TechGnosis by Erik Davis. Written in 1995 and increasingly relevant in the age of AI. Join us: https://thereversion.co/p/book-club

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Elder Iliy reposes in the Lord—Russian Church’s most revered elder (+VIDEO)
https://orthochristian.com/168140.html

Elder Iliy (Nozdrin), the most beloved and revered elder of the Russian Church, reposed in the Lord on Saturday night, March 15.

The monk is a stranger and a corpse in this world.