The restitution of property confiscated after World War II from churches and religious communities is coming to an end, and...
Forced abortions, executions and torture: A sickening new report from North Korea North Korea is a notorious example of persecution...
You are invited to participate in the “1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of...
Those who have cleansed their minds can expect the ineffable light and the contemplation of the holy and royal Trinity, which illumines more brightly and clearly and infuses the whole of the nous, which is something which I consider the primary kingdom of the heavens. Those whose nous is blind, however, can expect punishment, or, rather, the fact that they’ve been rejected by God and that their conscience has been put to shame. And this never ends. Saint Gregory the Theologian
The church of Agia Paraskevi, considered the protectress of Evia’s capital city Halkida, will be restored. Earlier this week, Greece’s...
Metropolitan Hrisostom of Dabar-Bosnia, temporary head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, spoke about how the new patriarch will be elected....
With the blessing of the Bishop Vasilije of Srem , Deanery of Srem-Karlovci organized a seminar for religious teachers in...
1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, and The Friends of Mount Athos – athosfriends.org You are invited to participate in the “1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, and The Friends of Mount Athos (athosfriends.org) “, which will take place on Tuesday Feb 9, 2021 at 07:30 PM EET (05:30 pm GMT). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer simultaneous English Interpretation for the entire session, including the homily as well as the questions & answers. The e-Synaxis is organized by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA and the Friends of Mount Athos. Please register in advance for this meeting by clicking on the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsc-urqz4uHNNan4uoJOmlIlrL2FOvvVfV After registering, ...
During this year’s first meeting of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Church Painting Committee, the Patriarch of Romania urged the new members...
A priority for the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti for 2021 is to design and raise funds for a polyclinic...
Regular services were resumed in the church at Berislăveşti Monastery in Vâlcea, Romania, after 21 years. Previously, services were held...
If you live a virtuous life, expect temptations. People who don’t believe in God are afraid even of their own shadow. If your conscience is easy, you’ll desire death. Saint Isaac the Syrian
A late 19th-early 20th century icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was recently returned to the Belarusian Orthodox Church. The...
His Beatitude John X met with the bishops and priests of Damascus and its countryside in the Patriarchate. The meeting...
Ambassador of Ukraine Yevhen Korneichuk discussed with Patriarch Theophilos III the situation around World Orthodoxy and the OCU. On February...
Patriarch John X in Patriarch House met both the bishops and priests of Damascus and its countryside. Patriarch John X...
The Orthodox Diocese of Covasna and Harghita donated 10 tons of potatoes to the Miercurea Ciuc city council to prepare...
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent on Monday a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in which he expressed the...
We follow God when we observe His commandments, when we study and apply God’s law day and night. ‘Your law is a lamp to my feet and light to my paths’. God’s law, which Christians study, is light for them on the path leading to eternal life. Saint Iakovos Tsalikis
I. The Historical Beginnings of the Modern World. 1. The Church ‘in the world’, though not ‘of the world’. History is conventionally divided into periods. The milestones marking a period are events or developments which lead to some profound change in the way we look at life and the world, a change which is accompanied by drastic alterations in the social, political, economic, religious and cultural life in general of people in a wide geographical area, for a long period of time. This division of history usually occurs a goodly length of time after these changes have taken place, because it requires that their significance be absorbed and evaluated. Such a division of history does not merely serve historians in their system ...
