A Byzantine Christian in a Postmodern World: Fathers of the Revolution Part 2: Against the Oppressors of the Poor

A Byzantine Christian in a Postmodern World: Fathers of the Revolution Part 2: Against the Oppressors of the Poor: "I am criticized often for my continual attacks on the rich. Yes: because the rich continually attack the poor.

– St. John Chrysostom


You a have thousand excuse for robbing your brother. “His house stands in my light,” you say; or “Only tramps go there.” You force them to move…

– St. John Chrysostom


It isn’t because the affluent are unable to provide food easily that men go hungry; it is because the affluent are cruel and inhuman…Every day the Church here feeds 3,000 people. Besides this, the Church daily helps provide food and clothes for prisoners, the hospitalized, pilgrims, cripples, churchmen, and others. If only ten people were willing to do this, there wouldn’t be a single poor man left in town.

– St. John Chrysostom"