All-Ukrainian Cross Procession VS “Ukrainian Stroll”. Facts and fancies

After the end of celebration in Ukraine of the Baptism Day of Kievan Rust the same people, who have been deliberately dispersing ridiculous fakes about the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession via television and Internet-resources, continue to shape their absurd alternative reality in the Ukrainian society.

After the end of celebration in Ukraine of the Baptism Day of Kievan Rus the same people, who have been deliberately dispersing ridiculous fakes about the All-Ukrainian Cross Procession via television and Internet-resources, continue to shape their absurd alternative reality in the Ukrainian society. This time it’s about the “Ukrainian procession” of the Kiev Patriarchate largely outweighing the UOC Cross Procession in size and scale. So, how many people were there actually?

Why the Uniates are Not the "Kyiv Church" and No One Should Believe Shevchuk

The head of the UGCC has moved from manipulation to the open dissemination of falsehoods. Here is a detailed analysis.

The Myth of the 'Female Diaconate'

The St. Phoebe Center for the Deaconess was denied a booth at the OCA's All-American Council. They claim that an ordained female diaconate is part of "our tradition" as Orthodox Christians. But they're wrong. Deaconesses were not “ordained” in the modern sense of the term; therefore, they were not “deacons” in the modern sense of the term. The OCA's response—a gentle but firm refusal even to discuss this error—is the right one.

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Immaculate Misconceptions

A recent guest on Pints With Aquinas called Mary a "quasi-incarnation of the Holy Spirit." This new error is rooted in two older errors: the filioque and the Immaculate Conception.

How to Distinguish the Canonical Church from the Non-Canonical

The Serbian branch of the Union of Orthodox Journalists spoke with Protopresbyter-Stavrophor Slobodan Zeković. Zeković is the rector of the Cathedral of St. John Vladimir in Bar and the episcopal dean of Bar.

A Question of Pentecost

The First Vatican Council refers to the pope as the "true vicar of Christ, head of the whole church and father and teacher of all Christian people." And yet St. Paul teaches that “Christ is head of the church” (Ephesians 5:23). As St. Justin Popovich said, the Roman Catholic Church has deposed Christ the God-Man in favor of the Pope, the man-god.