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Christianity and Ancient Art: Rupture or Dialogue? [3]
Ioanna Stoufi-Poulimenou
26 August 2017
At the same time, we know from the sources that both the state and the Church recognized the aesthetic value of the monuments of the ancient religion. Thus, for example, in an edict of the emperors Gr... 
With the spirit and the mind
Saint Basil the Great
25 August 2017
Let our tongues sing and let our minds investigate what it is we’re singing, so that we sing with the spirit and the mind....
Our hearts open
Abba Pimen
24 August 2017
The nature of water is soft, while that of rock is hard. Yet if you suspend a pitcher over a rock and it drips onto it, it’ll slowly make a hole. In the same way, the word of God is soft and our hea...
Deisis of Vatopedi Holy Monastery
Efthymios N. Tsigaridas
24 August 2017
Above the entrance leading from the exonarthex to the narthex, in a semi-circular shallow lunette, is the scene of the Deisis (Fig. 184).
Christ is shown in the middle, sitting on a backless throne...
The happy medium
Saint Gregory the Theologian
23 August 2017
We should all tread the middle path: more philosophically than those who are completely uninvolved and more humanely than those who philosophize the whole time. If it’s difficult for you to turn to ...
Abbess Thekla: Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa
23 August 2017
Abbess Thekla from Kolwezi, Congo, speaks on Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Christianity and Ancient Art: Rupture or Dialogue? (2)
Ioanna Stoufi-Poulimenou
23 August 2017
Typical of the ancient temples in this category (see part 1) is the case of the most important monument of Classical antiquity, the Parthenon. Its conversion into a Christian church possibly should be...
Metropolitan Pavlos: “Orthodox Christianity in Aleppo”
22 August 2017
Still missing Metropolitan Pavlos of Aleppo speaks on Orthodox Christianity in his City...
It doesn’t depend on education
Saint Sophrony of Essex
22 August 2017
Faith, the ability to believe, doesn’t depend in the first place on the degree of our education. In fact, in our own times, when there’s widespread education, we see that faith is dwindling, whereas...
It’s of great significance
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
21 August 2017
It’s tremendously important that somebody in the family should pray. Prayer attracts God’s Grace, which is felt by all the members, even those with a cold heart. Always pray....
