Defense of the Faith

Articles defending the faith of the Orthodox Church

The Synodicon of Orthodoxy

Complete Text in English

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Why do we True Orthodox follow the Orthodox Church Calendar and not the modern Gregorian?

A Scientific Examination of the Orthodox Church Calendar Ch. 4: The Essence of the Church Calendar by Hieromonk Cassian

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Refutation of New Testament Denigrators

By Bishop Klemes of Gardkion (GOC-K)

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The Orthodox Veneration of Mary

St. John Maximovich, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco (AD 1896- 1966)

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St. Spyridon Defends the True Orthodox Church of Greece Against the New Calendarist State Church of Greece

St. Spyridon, Bishop of Trimythous (c.AD 270 - AD 348)

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Why the True Orthodox Are Truly Orthodox

Fr. Maximus Marretta

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“Canonical Churches”: What Does It Mean?

Fr. Nikolas Palassis,  St. Nectarios American Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA

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The Problem with Conservative New Calendarism: It’s Ecumenism. It’s Heresy.

Fr. Maximus Marretta

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St. Maximos the Confessor:  A Role Model for the Defense of the True Orthodox Faith

By Dr. Seraphim Steger

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The Difference Between Orthodoxy and Western Confessions

Metropolitan Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev and Galich, (1863-1936)

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Why Protestants Cannot Claim a Mission from Christ to Preach the Gospel

Fr. Chad Arneson, Protection of the Holy Theotokos Mission, Moscow, Idaho, ROCA

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An Orthodox Examination of the Protestant Teaching of “Sola Scriptura”

by Fr. John Whiteford, St. Jonah Russian Orthodox Church (ROCOR), Houston, Texas

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Patristic Writings Concerning Heretics

A Short Compilation

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Why the Russian Synod of 1913 was not Heretical (Against the Nameworshipers)

Anonymous

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The True Orthodox Church and the Heresy of Ecumenism

A Joint Text Drawn up by the True Orthodox Churches of Greece and Romania and the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, June 2014

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