Search Results for: ""

Clear and deep Saint Paisios the Athonite 2 December 2016 If we could come out of ourselves, (out of the love of ourselves) we’d emerge from the attraction of the Earth and then we’d see everything as it really is, with the eye of God, purely and profoundl...
Philosophy of Death in Early Antiquity Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue 2 December 2016 1. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY CONCERNING DEATH Unlike other living creatures, human beings alone are endowed by God with reason and we alone are aware of our mortality and death. Accordingly, we alone have...
Limits of science Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea 1 December 2016 Can science tell us how the great Prophet Isaiah foretold the most important events in the life of Christ 700 years before His birth? Can it explain the gift of foresight which the saints have and tel...
The Season to Do for Others in Christ’s Name Fr. Cornel Todeasa 1 December 2016 For Orthodox Christians, Advent Lent began on Nov. 15. Christmas Lent is an expression of our anxious expectation of the coming of the Messiah, the Christ. Even though Christmas Lent is not as strict ...
Elder Joseph of Vatopedi on the life and personality of Abbess Taisia Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 1 December 2016 Our Church, with its rich patristic tradition, is not devoid of examples and stories on spiritual matters in order to coach its people.  Both our Fathers and the martyrs have left abundant material of...
Analogia: A new proposal and invitation for theological dialogue from Pemptousia 30 November 2016 For years now, Pemptousia has operated as an electronic magazine, promoting and providing insight into the dialogue between religion, culture and the sciences. Our starting point, of course, has alway...
The virtue of humility Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 30 November 2016 The angels in heaven in glory and hymns. People in their pleasures and their palaces. God the Creator in a cave, in the animals’ manger, like the poorest of the poor. What humility on the part of our ...
1100th anniversary of the Dormition of saint Clement, Archbishop of Ochrid and wonderworker Liana Galabova 30 November 2016 On 25th November, on the occasion of 1100th anniversary of the Dormition of saint Clement, Archbishop of Ochrid and wonderworker (Ὁ Ἅγιος Κλήμης ἐπίσκοπος Ἀχρίδος ὁ θαυματουργὸς), with the blessing ...
The Divine Liturgy 30 November 2016 B. The Liturgy of the Faithful The second part of the Divine Liturgy is the Liturgy of the Faithful, in which only baptized Christians may take part. It consists of: a) The Great Entrance b) The em...
In vain Elder Christodoulos Katounakiotis 29 November 2016 If you fast, take communion, read and don’t have love, it’s all for nothing, because God is love....
Content