The ongoing crisis at St. Alexander Nevsky Church in Copenhagen was previously described in post #20, “The Russian-Orthodox Crisis in Copenhagen.” Recently, the Danish Christian news outlet Kristeligt Dagblad published an article describing unrest in this parish, sparked by a wave of recently baptized Danish converts, almost all of whom are young men with far-right…

Your Eminence Metropolitan Jean,  Here I respond, with great respect and appreciation for your position, to your “open letter to Patriarch Kirill” of March, 2022 (106).   I focus on your comment that “Nothing can ever justify that the ‘good shepherds’ that we must be cease to be ‘peacemakers,’ whatever the circumstances.” I respectfully submit…

Editor’s note: In the early morning hours of July 17, 2026, I attended a midnight liturgy commemorating the anniversary of the execution of Tsar Nikolai II and his family.  This was held in the very church which he built and where he routinely worshipped near his home in Pushkin (formerly known as Tsarskoe Selo).  Later…

The Tsargrad Institute’s report “Image of the Future. Russia – 2050” is a conservative project led by K. Malofeev, that was presented at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. It proposes a de-urbanized model for settling large metropolitan areas, a transition to low-rise suburban Russia, the revival of approximately 900 small…

A central theme of this blog is the mysterious spiritual phenomenon of “sobornost,” which continues to exist in Russia, albeit in a form that is less palpable than that which existed in the days of Holy Rus or even still in the 1990s.  (Discussed in post 21 “‘Sobornost’ – the spiritual component of economy in…

What’s happening in the Orthodox world today? The Ecumenical Patriarchate has created a “showdown” posture with the Moscow Patriarchate.  ONE of the two is, necessarily, as admitted by all parties to the dispute, openly serving the interests of Satan.  But which of the two is it? (a). Orthodox individualism.  According to Patriarch Bartholomew, the “Russian…

The city of Ulyanovsk (formerly Simbirsk), population 623,000, stands “metaphorically” at “ground zero” in the ongoing struggle to harmonize the past and future trajectory of Russian history.  This distinctly “soviet” city, dominated by factories, and still re-named after Vladimir Ulyanov (a.k.a. Lenin), who grew up here, is directed by a Communist mayor and situated in…

(a). Background. A historical irony unfolded before the world:  While Russian society, having endured “God-pleasing suffering,” repented of its “atheist materialism,” American society simultaneously became the leading proponent of this materialism worldwide. It was precisely during this period that self-proclaimed “Christians” in the United States staged grand performances of their “righteousness.” Just recently, the world…

One of the central themes the blog “Atlas Stumbled” attempts to convey is the spiritual phenomenon of “sobornost,” which, according to many, has greatly diminished in Russian society today.  But it still lives on in Russia, unlike the situation in the Western model which I describe as the “Economy of Death.” (See posts 18 and…

(a). Background. Contemporary society in Denmark presents a kind of “middle-ground” between the predominantly Christian-Satanist USA and the predominantly Orthodox-Christian Russia.   Denmark presents itself as a Christian country, where 72% of its citizens are members of the nominally Christian “state church.”  In reality, though, the ovewhelming majority of Danes are self-described atheists who participate…