“It is good to hide the secret of a king, but it is glorious to reveal and preach the works...
Αυτές τις ημέρες εισερχόμεθα στο μεγάλο πνευματικό στάδιο της ευλογημένης Αγίας Τεσσαρακοστής. Η Αγία και Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή είναι μία...
But Patrick, having now become a monk, forgetting all things that were past, applied to the future, and, as if...
Archbishop Dimitri of Dallas and the South “And he said unto them: Whosoever will come after me, let him deny...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. As we progress deeper...
On Thursday of the First Week of Great Lent, after Psalm 69 in Great Compline, the fourth portion of the...
BARTHOLOMEW By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople the New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace...
Continued from (Part XXXVI) Mechanics of Prayer. The Church of Christ teaches us prayers composed by righteous and holy men....
Continued from (Part XXXV) Orthodox Prayer. The goal of the Christian’s life on earth is salvation in our Lord Jesus...
Continued from (Part XXXIV) Holy Matrimony. In the theology of the Orthodox Church man is made in the Image of...
Continued from (Part XXXIV) Holy Orders. In the Orthodox Church there are to be found three “Major Orders”-Bishop. Priest and...
Continued from (Part XXXII) A Lament for Sin. St. Basil the Great says, “Weep over your sin: it is a spiritual...
Continued from (Part XXXI) Holy Repentance (Penance — Confession). The Sacrament of Repentance developed early in the Church’s history in...
Continued from (Part XXX) The Holy Icons One of the first things that strikes a non-Orthodox visitor to an Orthodox...
Continued from (Part XXIX) The Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a...
Continued from (Part XXVIII) 4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. The...
Continued from (Part XXVII) The Foundations of Christian Morals. The Sermon delivered by our Savior on the Mount was preceded...
Continued from (Part XXVI) The Ten Commandments. After the Exodus from Egyptian slavery (Ex. 14), the Children of Israel encamped...
Continued from (Part XXV) Concerning one Baptism for the Remission of Sins. Man becomes a child of the Church through...
Continued from (Part XXIV) Concerning the Son of God — the Savior of the World. The teaching of faith in...