Ben

[Ben @BenMalian]

“God has placed a power in man’s soul. But it is up to him how he channels it—for good or for evil. If we imagine the good as a garden full of flowers, trees, and plants, the evil as weeds and thorns, and the power as water, then what can happen is as follows: …

[Beirut007 ܠܒܝܢܙܐ ܟܪܝܣܬܝܐܢ 𐤌𐤋𐤓𐤍𐤀 @beirut_007]

The process of electing the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in #Syria during 1958

[rust belt roadtrip @gmoult]

midcentury orthodoxy

alden p dow, st. george greek orthodox church, bloomfield hills, mi (1962)

[Orthodox Observer @OrthoObserver]

Churches had been destroyed, clergy executed, and the entire nation’s spirituality driven underground. It was in this world that His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania first encountered Christianity, through a borrowed book.

Link in bio.

[Ben @BenMalian]

@OrthodoxHistory US
1. The yiayiades who never stopped asking my parents about me when my church attendance fell off during college
2. The consistently high quality of GOA clergy
3. Learning about the life and writings of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. Truly life-changing!

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

Fort Street Presbyterian Church (1877)
Detroit, MI

[Motown Cowboy @Motown_Cowboy]

@JoshLipnik That's the Interior. All that beautiful woodwork is black walnut. Also this church was built in 1855. It was heavily renovated in 1877 after it was gutted in a fire.

[Public Orthodoxy @FordhamOrthodox]

https://t.co/MWbd5sk3rr (7/7)

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

Ford announced today they will be demolishing their 1956 Headquarters in Dearborn, the Glass House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore Owings & Merrill

[Jeffrey Bilbro @jeff_bilbro]

CT has an excellent cover this month.

[FanlyU @TheFanlyU]

We used to be a proper country

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

We are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Hall of Famer Dave Parker.

A legendary Pirate, Parker spent 11 years in a Pirates uniform, winning 2 batting titles, an MVP award and a World Series Championship in 1979.

The Cobra was part of the inaugural Pirates Hall of Fame class in 2022, and will be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown next month.

[Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate @OrderStAndrew]

On June 28, Pope Leo XIV welcomed a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the Vatican celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Patrons of the Church of Rome. Leading the delegation was His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel, Geron of Chalcedon. https://t.co/YMyAaXsfbo

[Jason Snyder @cognazor]

For me the most compelling idea of Christianity is that a transcendent and unrelatable God would deign to take on flesh and experience the totality of creation and it's suffering in order to restore it.

God becoming immanent and relatable, and teaching us real sacrificial love

[Shawn Spradling @Shawn_Spradling]

Just watched a Pablo Sandoval base knock, past Didi Gregorius, off of Jair Jurrjens, in Dubai, in 2025

How’s your morning going?

[bearistotle @gnrosenberg]

The more I think about this the angrier I get. That many admin and faculty think LLM written papers are a grading problem (unearned grades) rather than something that strikes at the very core of our endeavor (nothing is learned!) encapsulates the failure of higher ed leadership.

[MLB @MLB]

Our #BlackHistoryMonth celebration continues with a look back to some of the dynamic stars of the 1960s and ’70s.

[JD Flynn @jdflynn]

I think the conversations about subsidiarity, love, and the obligations of dominion/stewardship/charity are important.

Here's the only thing I'll add to them:

The most important ways to love your children are to actively engage them in loving God and loving the poor.

[Ben @BenMalian]

Christians are called to be society’s conscience, not partisans of any particular state, leader, or ideology.

A “prayer service” that didn’t compel solemn (even mournful) reflection, didn’t exhort our leaders to uphold the principles of the Gospel, wouldn’t be prayer at all

[Ben @BenMalian]

For people offended by Mariann Budde’s sermon, especially “traditional” Christians: What’s your response?

How would an Orthodox or Catholic hierarch address our president and nation at this time?

Would he not counsel unity, humility, mercy—an end to our culture of contempt?

[Midwest Modern @JoshLipnik]

This is part of what in my opinion deserves to be recognized as a uniquely Detroit style of Art Deco. Heavily influenced by Medieval Spanish and Moorish architecture, red tile roofs, polychromatic brick.