The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Greece had 2 dynasties. The first one was from the Kingdom of Bavaria and did not last long. Only one king reigned. They were catholics and never converted to orthodoxy. The king was Otto. The next one was from Denmark and chosen by the Great Powers. He became Georges 1st of Greece and remained Lut...

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...

The comments add more insight, too. The Greek royal family had many non-Orthodox members ? I know they weren't very religious, but many had almost no connection with the church ? Could you explain that further, Sava ? Do you mean the people who married into it from other religions but did not conve...

From my blog : http://orthodoxie-libre.over-blog.com/2024/05/king-edward-3.html It appears that the king Edward VIII had 2 orthodox godparents, contrary to orthodox canons. I could not find details of this they attend or not the baptism. Did they sponsor at distance. I guess I will have to write to...

I by no means claim to be fully read on Ivan Ilyin's works (having only read a handful) but I do know it's common for the Vatnik-Putinist crew to "claim" Ilyin as their own and that if he were around today he would've agreed with Putin... The answer to this obviously is no. This article cl...