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The Church isn’t what we think it is. Elder Vasilios Gontikakis, former Abbot of the Monastery of Iviron 8 August 2016 The Church isn’t what we think it is. They’ve wrenched us away, like infants, from the breast of our mother, the Orthodox Church. They’ve taught us other things. They’ve given us tinned milk to drink....
Embryo and foetus as seen by Orthodox Church Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia 8 August 2016 The presentation of the opinion of the Orthodox Church about the value of the moral status of the embryo is based on the official statements of the local orthodox churches. Official statements about...
All Planets the Same: Religion’s Response to Space Life Protopresbyter John Romanides 8 August 2016 I can foresee no way in which the teachings of the Orthodox Christian tradition could be affected by the discovery of intelligent beings on another planet. Some of my colleagues feel that even a discu...
All of this Saint Tertullian 7 August 2016 Prayer averts God’s anger from us. It washes away our sins. It repels temptations. It cements our faith. ...
Stoned by Julian the Apostate: The Holy Martyr Dometios the Persian and his two disciples Saint Nikodimos the Athonite 7 August 2016 He was born in the time of Constantine the Great and came from Persia. After being instructed in the faith by a Christian called Avaros, he abandoned the religion of his fathers and everything to do w...
Visiting the monasteries of Vatopedi and Karakallou Oystein Silouan Lid 7 August 2016 One of the richest and most beautiful monasteries we visit, is called Vatopedi, established in the 5th century. Golden coins, gilded chalices and spectacular church art is everywhere. But it is also...
Metropolitan Kallistos on ‘Perpetual Progress, or Felix the Cat’ 7 August 2016 Lecture delivered for the IOCS Community Day on St Gregory of Nyssa (22 June 2013), as part of the series 'Meeting the Fathers'...
People as Liturgical Beings – Part 2 Abbot Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou 7 August 2016 People who offer ‘your own from your own, in all things and for all things’ serve God truly and pleasingly. That is, people who recognize that whatever they have is a gift from God. They believe that ...
The greatest proof Saint John of Kronstadt 6 August 2016 The mind wanders and is in a state of isolation and dereliction. But when we believe, with living faith, that God is everywhere, in every place, at every moment, and is always with us and within us, t...
The religious education in Europe today 6 August 2016 Interview with Dr. Friedrich Schweitzer, Professor of Religious Education & Practical Theology (Tübingen University)...
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