The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Oh GOOD, thank you for exposing some of the distortions in that essay. I suspected as much about Ilyin's attitude toward the Soviets in World War II. It sounded preposterous that he was supporting 'the Motherland'. Sounds like wishful thinking on the part of the author about prominent anti-Communis...

I think all of Jean-Serge's historical anecdotes are fascinating ! What label they would go under ideally, nobody knows. But these incidents are greatly worthwhile to present to the readers, so we are much better clued in to so much. Thank you for taking the time to research all this ! Please keep ...

Article on Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin which appeared in Russia Today. How accurate the interpretation is, I am not qualified to say. Anyone who wants to dispute or discuss points mentioned here, please step right up ! "He was a staunch supporter of the anti-Bolshevik White Movement during ...

Excellent exposition ! Thank you, eish, for telling us all this. I thought i had read something about the instruction of the hesychasts to look at the stomach. That struck me as so WEIRD ! What do the Fathers mean by that ? How could one be performing a daily task yet keeping the gaze fixed on the ...

Further details on the newer Greek and Greek Cypriot "residency-by-investment" rules : " Cyprus’s Strategic Shift Cyprus’s Golden Visa program has undergone significant changes in recent years, including new restrictions and stricter controls. The program, which grants permanent resi...

Update May 2024 : The process of eliminating foreign investors', including Russians', access to securing citizenship rights  by investing large amounts in Southern Cyprus and also on the island of Malta, has ended. By the next year after the post above, 2020, the door had slammed shut.  Late last m...