“…take the emphasis off one’s self. What must seem like a radical notion in today’s society, that we don’t belong to ourselves, that not even our bodies are our own, is the polar opposite of what everything our society is telling us,” Lemelson said.   “Love does not affirm misleading and false facts…. we have to be very, very cautious about anything that affirms, under the false guise of compassion, a need to follow through with any harm towards the body, mutilation, self-harm,” Lemelson continued. 

Watch the full segment on The Central TV Show below (4 min. 27 sec. mark and 5 min mark).

St. Katherine - A hidden Orthodox Chapel in Vermont's majestic green mountains.  Follow the amazing 13-year-old who produced this stunning video on YouTube.

Follow St. Katherine's on Twitter at @OrthodoxStowe or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OrthodoxStowe 

Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson speaks to global business and political leaders at the Caux Round Table at the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics about Theosis in the Orthodox Church, his per personal life experiences, including as an activist investor, a Christian philosophy of investment and being a witness for Christ.

Wittenberg, Germany, November 7, 2017

Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson, founder and president of the Lantern Foundation and CIO of Lemelson Capital Management, LLC speaks to Global Investors and Business Leaders at  the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 5, 2017

Fr. Emmanuel Lemelson speaks on a Christian philosophy of investment and discusses individual securities at The First Annual Stowe Conference for Charity.

Click below to watch highlights from the event (~3 min):

Blessing the ground for St. Katherine Orthodox Chapel On October 20, 2016

Blessing the ground for St. Katherine Orthodox Chapel from St. Katherine Orthodox Chapel on Vimeo.

St. Katherine Orthodox Chapel – 3D rendering with accurate topography and location of trees. Dome will be alternating Gold and Silver sections.  Chapel will be located on 28 pristine acres between the Worcester Mountain range and Mount Mansfield in Stowe, VT. Synthesis of traditional Byzantine Architecture with local Adirondack ethos.  

St. Katherine Orthodox chapel – major updates and changes to the concept. Chapel will be located on 28 pristine acres between the Worcester Mountain range and Mount Mansfield in Stowe, VT. Synthesis of traditional Byzantine Architecture with local Adirondack ethos. 

Americans are appropriately and understandably responding to last Sunday’s Islamic terror strike in Orlando, which took dozens of innocent lives, with profound grief and a sense of stabbing darkness.  As is said in Orthodox Christian memorial services, may their memory be eternal. 

Let us Pray for Brussels and all those afflicted by acts of terror.  Read more on a brief Christian philosophy of national security here.

The exchange last week between leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Pope Francis over Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border blurred the lines between national, religious and political aspirations but in many ways was truly unfortunate.

During his visit to Juarez, Mexico to celebrate Mass, Pope Francis, must have felt, great pain seeing first-hand the many people, who through no fault of their own, have long-suffered or paid an ultimate price in an effort to escape the misery afflicting large parts of their country. It is in this context, and in his humanity the Pope spoke out, perhaps inspired by the words of The Lord himself “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” ^{(Matt. 25:35)}

Stumbled across this email today from July 14, 2015 entitled simply "Hope this helps"  When taken together with the thoughts recently put together for the Naval War College lecture, provides perhaps the foundation for a short essay or book on the topic of a Christian philosophy of finance and investment.