This is the complete, unedited version of a classic text by Fr. Seraphim Rose, first published in The Orthodox Word. The editors of Another City believe it raises important concerns about what Fr. Seraphim calls the “abnormality” and outright “weirdness” of contemporary American culture, features that have only intensified during the four decades since … [Read more...] about The Orthodox World-View
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Who’s Mary Magdalene?
Source: Orthodox Christianity. Reprinted with permission. By Olga Rozhneva Marina was shivering and reached for her warm sweater—the air conditioner was blasting. True, it was much more comfortable in the new Israeli bus than in the former, shabby Egyptian one, where even the seat backs were broken and wouldn’t stay upright. Regina the tour guide, a … [Read more...] about Who’s Mary Magdalene?
Why Early Appalachian Settlers Originally Celebrated Christmas in January
Source: Appalachian Magazine. Ask any of the millions of children scattered throughout the Appalachian Mountains what day of the year Christmas is on and you will undoubtedly hear, “December 25th”. Everyone from Northern Alabama to the Katahdin Summit in Maine knows that it is on this date that Santa Claus comes to town. Interestingly, if you had been roaming … [Read more...] about Why Early Appalachian Settlers Originally Celebrated Christmas in January
The Poverty of European Civilization
The poverty of European civilization1 has been revealed by this war.2 The ugly nakedness of Europe has brought to shame all those who used to bow before Europe's mask. It was a silken shining mask hiding the inner ugliness and poverty of Europe. The mask was called: culture, civilization, progress, modernism. All was only vanitas vanitatum and povertas povertatum. When the soul … [Read more...] about The Poverty of European Civilization
The Revolutionary Mentality is the Confusion of our Time
The ideas of the Brazilian philosopher Olavo de Carvalho provide important tools not only to analyze, but to criticize and resist the destructive current cultural currents of our time. Many of these currents spring from the ideologies that oppressed our brothers and sisters in Europe. By Fabio L. Leite THE THREE INVERSIONS Three "inversions" characterize the … [Read more...] about The Revolutionary Mentality is the Confusion of our Time