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Jan 2025
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The Self-Liquidation of Christianity - F...

Readings from Saints of Holy Orthodoxy
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<p>"The striking phrase, 'God is dead,' is the poetical expression of modern unbelief", writes Eugene (Fr. Seraphim) Rose in his short but piercing analysis of the modern world and its apostasy. Christianity in the West fell long ago and its departure from the True Church, Holy Orthodoxy, is more and more evident. See the links below for more from Fr. Seraph ... Show More
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