“Children are not our future – they are our present!” By the grace of God, on the twenty-third and twenty-fourth...
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On Saturday, 1 February 2020, on the 11th anniversary of inauguration of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all...
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On 2 February 2020, The 33rd Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova conducted the celebration of the...
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The tradition tells us that on the icon of Paramythia, the original expression on the faces of the figures and...
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Professor and Dean Dr. Christopher Veniamin has announced that the Antiochian House of Studies (AHOS) application period for the Ph.D. in Orthodox Studies is...
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As the shadow follows the body, so the mercy of God follows humble reflections.
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January 28-30, 2020 His Grace Bishop Gregorios (Khoury Abdullah), Bishop of the Emirates visited Kuwait at the invitation of His...
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The situation for Christian churches and Christians in the western Balkans over the recent period appears to have worsened, especially...
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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday...
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Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Vlassis traveled to the United States this week. While in New York City, the...
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An ongoing public information campaign by the Russian Orthodox Church to dissuade would-be mothers from choosing abortion, and, in...
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The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week touched on the coronavirus outbreak, which...
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Members of the Christian Association of Women of Paralimni, on Cyprus, arrived in Greece this week for a pilgrimage,...
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When you turn to the Lord, don’t look at what’s happening within you. Keep your attention fixed on Him and beg for help. If a mind is paying full attention to the Lord, there’s no room for nasty thoughts.
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This year, 2020, with the blessing of HAH the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and with heartfelt gratitude to God as well...
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On Saturday, February 1, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas ordained to the Priesthood the Revd Protodeacon Dr Peter Scorer, at...
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His Eminence Jonah Lwanga officiated the closing ceremony of tet Orthodox children’s camp which was for days being held at...
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The Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in its annual meeting on Saturday,...
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In Christian terminology, the word ‘canon’ is technical and has three meanings: a) it decides the authentic and genuine books of Holy Scripture (The Canon of Scripture); b) it determines the order in which Church hymns are sung (The Resurrection Canon, for example); and c) it defines the legislative content of the Ordinances of the Church. It should be understood at the outset that ‘canon’ is to be distinguished from the concept of the civil term ‘law’. Moreover, it is also to be distinguished from the word ‘term’, which essentially and to be precise refers to the dogmatic content of the decisions of the Holy Synods. In Eastern Orthodox theology, dogmas are not abstract notions or expressions but actual, living truths ...