“The only religion that has ever beat Islam” 😐 Western Europe was not shaped by its wars with Islam in the same way Eastern Europe and the Balkans were. In fact Eastern Orthodoxy was many-times the only bulwark against Ottoman domination.
Catholicism is the only religion that has ever beat Islam. If the U.K. really wants to defeat Islam, it’s going to have to go back the being “Mary’s Dowry.” Otherwise, the Brits might as well just surrender now and start paying the jizya. 👇
The painting "Ecce Homo", 1543, the only painting by Titian in Romania and Eastern Europe, is guarded by armed gendarmes at the "Regina Maria" Municipal Museum.
The synod of the Romanian Patriarchate will canonize 16 new saints before its centennial, including Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae, Arsenie Boca, and Ilie Cleopa.
All 16 new saints were persecuted under the communist dictatorship.
First BCP slander and now the Archbishop of York calling The Lord’s Prayer problematic, is very concerning indeed. Christianity isn’t a game of dress up, the BCP isn’t a quaint self-help book. People’s eternal souls are on the line, orthodoxy is needed now more than ever.
All of my cousins came in today from Romania for my wedding and we are all sharing a hotel room. I will remember days like these for the rest of my life.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
I had the honour of presenting a paper at an undergraduate research paper conference, discussing Byzantine political philosophy and nation-state formation in Eastern Europe.
Being in the Romanian diaspora comes with a near constant longing: “De dor si de bucurie”
Of longing, and of joy.
God, prosper the nation of Romania and her people. Guard her against plans made by the enemy, and prosper her in due measure. Amin.
My buddy is studying Latin right now, and has related to me that when he puts Latin words into Google Translate it auto-detects Romanian.
TOTAL ROMANIAN VICTORY🦅🇷🇴🦅🇷🇴🦅🇷🇴🦅🇷🇴🦅
I can say without reservation that this is the first time I have been seriously challenged, intellectually and spiritually, by a book. In a while, that is.
Sometimes something as simple as praying the Daily Office can feel like a chore. May God have mercy on me when I feel like neglecting His word. Kyrie Eleison.
Few things inspire greater righteous anger in me than revisionist history. The Anglo-Saxons didn’t exist? Straight to Siberia. Islamic Spain was basically a secular utopia? Deported to Morocco.
A wasp got into our apartment. With my loins girded in the accouterments of a land-holding gentleman, I defeated the winged beast. In hoc signo vinces.
By way of addressing comments and questions that come up about my tweeting in Romania and English, I didn’t grow up in a house that made it a priority to speak Romanian. I lost a lot of it, and I have spent a lot of time trying to gain it back.
People that want to tax churches don’t have altruistic motives, they just really hate churches (and all the people that churches care and provide for).
Romanian Orthodoxy has done huge amounts of quiet work in both ecumenical relations and actual conversions in the West. Don’t pay too much attention to online spats between the Russians and Greeks.
After morning prayer today I joined a Pro-Life group praying outside of an abortion clinic, and along with an Episcopalian priest led our group in praying the Great Litany.
I would invite all of you to do the same today, and pray the Great Litany from wherever you are.
Ukrainian gentleman sitting next to me is in favour of Romanian-Moldovan union and denied the existence of the “Moldavian” language. I’m having a great time.