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II THE CHARACTERISTICS AND PREDICAMENTS OF THE MODERN WORLD 1. The basic principles of the Enlightenment in various spheres of culture. True to its historical beginnings, which we have already mentioned, the Enlightenment was motivated along the following lines: a) The absolute supremacy of human reason. Anything that did not conform to human logic was suspected of being prejudice and superstition. Miracles, belief in the supernatural, the supramundane, were all subject to questioning. Those who wished to believe in some religion, such as Christians for example, had to find a way of reconciling their faith with human reason, to find logical explanations regarding the existence of God, the soul and so on. So Christian theology embarked on an enormous effort to convince people ...

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  The 10th edition of the book “Charismatic Subordinate”, published by the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, is now available....

The Archdiocese of Australia’s Bishop Kyaneon, His Grace Elpidios, conducted the blessing on Monday at the University of New South...

The Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week underlined that the Russian Orthodox Church has no plans...

The Metropolitan of Stara Zagora, His Eminence Kiprian, on Monday met with Bulgarian education and sciences minister Krasimir Valtsev, with...

Greece’s Parliament president, Costas Tassoulas, on Monday opened a plenary session of the legislature with an honorary reference to the...

The Church today venerates the memory of Polycarp, the Holy Martyr and Bishop of Smyrna. This apostolic and prophetic man...

The Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the Midwest’s only monastery was recently revived after several years of lying dormant....

On Sunday, 14th of February, the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide held its first event celebrating the 200 year anniversary of...

Righteous Symeon, while holding the Infant Christ, concluded his praise to God with a prophecy:  “my eyes have seen Your salvation which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, a light to bring revelation to the Gentiles” (Luke 2:30-32). Inspired by the Holy Spirit, Symeon prophesied, as Isaiah once did (see Isaiah 49:6), that Jesus Christ is the light and Savior of the whole world.  It is this light that will shine on all the pagan nations, freeing them from the darkness of ignorance of the true God. What is most notable, is how the Elder Symeon speaks these prophetic words without the exclusivity and fanaticism of his Jewish contemporaries. Their view of the Messiah is a narrow one, ...

  Your Eminences and Graces Brothers hierarchs, High Venerable Archimandrites, High venerable abbesses, Venerable fathers, monks and nuns, Very Reverend...

Join our army of Archons fighting for the religious freedom and well-being of the Holy Mother Church, the Ecumenical Patriarchate...

The Embassy of Greece, in collaboration with the UCLA Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, will offer...

The Director of Greek Education, Mr. Anastasios Koularmanis in cooperation with Mrs. Athena Kromidas the President of the High Council...

If money is come by suddenly, without effort, then it affects minds, relationships and actions. Life is viewed and treated differently and moves in a downward spiral. Elder Moisis the Athonite

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Give doctors the honor they deserve, for the Lord gave them their work to do. Their skill came from the...

Today, Monday 22 of February, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon, at the invitation of Fr Athanasios Giatsios, Parish Priest...

The dean of the school of economics and management at the Thesslaoniki-based International Hellenic University, Evangelos Christou, referred to the...