Russian historical novelist Natalya Irtenina examines the very modern phenomenon of Christian conviction without faith – an attribute of those who struggle toward God in a godless age, a world suffocated by rationalist constructs and eviscerated by nihilism. The brilliant poet …
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Holiness as a National Ideal (Pt. II)
In this second half of Natalya Irtenina’s essay “Holiness as a National Ideal,” the author shows the bankruptcy of humanism and liberal ideology’s reduction of man to a bestial state. As St. John of Kronstadt understood, recovery of the divine …
Holiness as a National Ideal (Pt. I)
In this first half of her essay, science-fiction author and Orthodox traditionalist Natalya Irtenina shows how Russian sainthood is not only the defining heritage of that great culture, but the key to its survival and flourishing. Long has modernity driven …
The Chaos Grid (Pt. II)
Natalya Irtenina is a Russian science-fiction writer of traditional Orthodox worldview. This is the second half of her essay “Tradition and Fleeting Senses of Being,” as translated by Mark Hackard. See Part I. Appearance trumps reality. “Shooter” video games are …
The Chaos Grid (Pt. I)
Natalya Irtenina is a Russian science-fiction writer of traditional Orthodox worldview. This is the first half of her essay “Tradition and Fleeting Senses of Being,” as translated by Mark Hackard. Can there be contexts that are completely free from Tradition? …
