

Selfishness, Privilege, and Masks
As weeks go on, I've seen and experienced more and more name calling. The most common current slogans are "you are selfish" or "you are privileged".Before you call someone “selfish” or “privileged”, check YOUR privilege. You probably do not suffer from crippling...

Covid-19 in San Diego County
We can argue about the effectiveness of masks, because there are also studies showing that masks (particularly cloth masks) are only up to 3% effective in stopping the spread of Coronavirus when worn by an infected person with symptoms. It is ineffective for healthy...

Fear and Death
I would argue that the most troubling and obvious issue plaguing Christianity today is the fear of death. Coronavirus has ripped cover off that secret. It's been exposed and there is no hiding this terrible and shameful fact. We, the people of the resurrection are...

Blackout Tuesday: Just More Virtue Signaling
You all are upset about what the MSM tells you to be upset about. They feed you fear and you swallow it up wholesale. They told you to be angry and fearful of a virus and you were. They told you to be angry at people who question the oppression and you were. People...

Sharing: Selfishness in a Society of Masked People
“The meaning ascribed in popular usage to the word “selfishness” is not merely wrong: it represents a devastating intellectual “package-deal,” which is responsible, more than any other single factor, for the arrested moral development of mankind. In popular usage, the...

Virtue Signaling Amid Covid-19
In this new homogony of American ideas, one that is exceptionally perplexing is America's newfound position of being selflessly "pro-life." Let me explain... There has been a claim (from mostly leftists) that if a person does not appreciate the current lock-downs,...

Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! St. John Chrysostom’s Paschal Homily
The big hashtag this lent has been #paschainthedesert, and what a desert it's been. The multitudes of faithful Christians--especially in America--have been without the sacraments. It's been a difficult journey and time, but my faith has been renewed and invigorated by...

Sharing: The Full Text of the Elder Evthymios’ Letter (Translation)
THE FULL TEXT OF THE ELDER EVTHYMIOS’ LETTER (Translation) Posted from: https://orthodoxethos.com/post/the-coronavirus-crisis-letter-from-the-holy-mountainEpistle by Priestmonk Euthymius, Kapsala, Mount Athos: 4/14/2020 The critical days that we are traversing and the...

Recommendations: Sewing Essentials
Sewing is back in style... in a major way. People are pulling out their old dusty machines and getting to work! I have been asked a lot of questions about materials, supplies, technique, and more over these past few weeks of lock-in. Here are some helpful products and...

Sharing: Petition – Open Our Orthodox Churches
“To partake of the holy Body and Blood of Christ is good and beneficial; for He says quite plainly: ‘He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.’ Who can doubt that to share continually in life is the same thing as having life abundantly?” (St Basil...
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