Tag : Ecumenical Throne

King’s Wine, King’s Tune

Written on Oct, 01, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Moral Theology | Leave a comment

Writing in today’s Wall Street Journal (Russia Wages a Religious War Against Ukraine), Loyola University Chicago is history professor (and author of “Russia’s 20th Century: A Journey in 100 Histories,” forthcoming from Bloomsbury), Michael Khodarkovsky writes about the conflict between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ecumenical Throne over the latter’s establishment of an autocephalous (self-governing) Church in Ukraine. Khodarkovsky briefly sketches out the history …

Ecumenical Patriarch’s Letter for the Opening of the Great and Holy Lent

Written on Feb, 17, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Church History | Leave a comment

In a world averse to asceticism, in the presence of contemporary de-sanctification of life and domination of self-centered and self-indulgent ideals, the Orthodox Church insists on a Lenten period of spiritual struggle and “venerable abstinence” for its children in preparation for Holy Week, the Passion and Cross of Christ, so that we may become witnesses and partakers of His glorious Resurrection.

Property Rights & Religious Freedom

Written on Feb, 13, 2018 by Fr Gregory Jensen in Moral Theology | Leave a comment

Sometimes in our zeal to defend the poor and oppressed and to include those on the margins of society, we overlook the importance of property right and economic liberty. We don’t help the poor by curtailing the rights of the middle class or wealthy.