By Monk Markellos Karakallenos The Holy Spirit is the source of the divine gifts and when He descended upon the...
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III blocked a recent attempt by Israel’s Jerusalem municipality to confiscate 43...
All that is known for certain concerning him is derived from the canonical Gospels. He was born at Arimathea —...
Parasceva was born in Rome of Christian parents and from her youth was instructed in the Faith of Christ. With...
By Fr. Andrew Phillips A Talk given at the Orthodox Pilgrimage to Felixstowe in August 2001 INTRODUCTION We sometimes hear...
Continued from (1) by Elder Joseph οf Vatopaidi To the Very Reverend Abbot Archimandrite Εphraim And the other venerable Fathers...
“He who mocks the poor, blasphemes his Maker (Creator)” (Proverbs 17:5). If you are wealthy, in what are you wealthy,...
Ch. 13. from The Truth of Our Faith:: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the Teachings of True Christianity Inquirer:...
Now what is wrong with modern Greek theology? Although the Fathers recognize that everyone has a nous and that it...
From Met. Hilarion Alfeyev”s The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian: To speak of humility meant to Isaac to speak...
Ch. 2 from The Truth of Our Faith:: A Discourse from Holy Scripture on the Teachings of True Christianity Inquirer:...
In the same way, any child who grows up surrounded in an atmosphere of prayer in the home will, almost...
Healing The Orthodox Church has always viewed body and soul as inseparable thus stressing the necessity for preserving both...
I need to share a story that changed my life forever even though it did not involve me directly. You...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. At the end of...
Sacraments (or Mysteries) are holy actions of the Church by which spiritual life is imparted to those receiving them. Ordination,...
by Fr. Stephen The title of this post is quite misleading – for in proper theological language – there are...
From earliest times the church has practised chrismation immediately following baptism. In the sacrament of chrismation (Gr. chrismatis, “anointing”) the...
By Archpriest Aleksiy Uminskiy Translated by Zhanna Menshikova If we understand that confession is not merely a conversation with a...
by Archimandrite Justin Popovich All the truths of Orthodoxy emerge from one truth and converge on one truth, infinite and...
