Theotokos (Mother of God)
Religion
The Entrance into the Temple
Fr. Alexander Schmemann
21 November 2022
It seems thousands of years removed from us, but it was not so very long ag... 
‘Today is the prelude to universal joy’
Sophia Bekri, Theologian
12 September 2022
In an earlier article of ours, we referred to the ‘Strange Features of the ...
The inception of our salvation with the birth of the Mother of God
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
8 September 2022
Today our Church celebrates the birthday of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother o...
“Thy birth, O Theotokos, has proclaimed joy to the whole world…”
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
8 September 2022
A homily of the abbot of the Great and Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Archiman...
On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 2
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
8 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
But once He ...
‘All generations call you blessed, only Mother of God’
Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.
21 August 2022
When, after the Annunciation, the Virgin Mary visited her kinswoman Elizabe...
The Dormition of the Mother of God
George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
17 August 2022
In the hymnography of the Orthodox Church, the Mother of God is called ‘god...
The Dormition of the Mother of God – Transition to Life
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
14 August 2022
Every time we celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God it’s as though w...
‘It is truly right to call you blessed, who gave birth to God…’
Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.
12 August 2022
While all the hymns of our Church were written by holy and devout people an...
‘In vain have those who hate me…’
Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.
10 August 2022
The discourse of the hymnographer is always of present interest. From the t...
