clergy / laity rift

12 min read 2022-03-22 03:49:49

Archbishop Sotirios – A Torrent of Blasphemy and Lack of Faith

For the Greek version of this post, click here. A response to his blasphemous speech during the Sunday of Orthodoxy We just celebrated the First

6 min read 2022-01-13 01:17:27

In response to a recent article at Monomachos, a woman named Lina writes, “So, what I don’t get, as an ex-Episcopalian who has watched her cradle

3 min read 2022-01-05 01:16:05

The Year of Our Lord 2021 is officially in the books. For us at Orthodox Reflections, this was our first full year of publication. The site

11 min read 2021-12-23 05:12:30

A few days ago we published an article calling for bold leadership from Orthodox Bishops in the face of lingering “pandemic” restrictions /

17 min read 2021-12-17 00:11:00

Depending on where you live, the lingering hysteria over COVID can be quite distressing. It can seem like nothing but bad news on every side. Mask

14 min read 2021-12-01 12:15:37

To say the office of bishop is important in the Orthodox Church might be something of an understatement: …The Bishop is the visible head of the

1 min read 2021-11-12 03:33:44

Dear Readers – It appears we are reaching a crisis point with the Greek Archdioceses in both Canada and the United States. The article below is by

1 min read 2021-11-10 21:40:04

Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it: those who do know history, repeat it anyway. Going in for a routine checkup, your doctor

1 min read 2021-11-05 23:54:41

The Patriarch of Constantinople, HAH Bartholomew, styles himself as the first bishop of the Orthodox Church – primus inter pares (first among

1 min read 2021-11-02 23:51:44

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, under the yoke of which many American Orthodox groan, is guilty of a new heresy which can be expressed in two parts.

1 min read 2021-10-21 11:29:03

So, what is the Porter Principle? Jesus put it this way: “To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by

1 min read 2021-09-22 09:35:51

The letter below was sent to the Ecumenical Patriarch concerning the very troubling incident, covered in this post, in which Archbishop Sotirios of

1 min read 2021-09-20 23:04:54

It is with great sadness that we see Archbishop Elpidophoros’ announcement that from a GOARCH perspective, there will be no religious exemptions

1 min read 2021-09-09 12:47:48

God’s Church is Permanent One thing is for sure, the Orthodox Church will always be here. Nations come and go, but the Church remains. Those

1 min read 2021-09-01 20:42:42

ONLY THE NUNS WILL COMMUNE On August 24th 2021 during the feast day of St. Kosmas the Aetolian, Archbishop Sotirios of Canada BANNED the laity from