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Metropolitan Paul of Aleppo to all the Orthodox Hierarchs: “My chains, the bond of our unity” Paul, Metropolitan of Aleppo 25 June 2016 Buenos Aires, June 24, 2016 An open letter from METROPOLITAN PAUL of ALEPPO addressed to all the Hierarchs of the Orthodox Church on the Feast of the Holy Spirit My chains, the bond of our unity ...
Faith is a matter of the heart Nikolaos Metropolitan of Mesogaias and Lavreotikis 25 June 2016 Some years ago a young student came up to me. Very hesitantly, but with the intensity of demanding an answer, he told me he was an atheist and, though he would very much like to believe, he couldn’t. ...
The body Saint Gregory the Theologian 25 June 2016 My body is a well-disposed enemy and a threatening friend. What a strange combination of closeness and alienation! What I fear, I honor and what I take care of, I fear. Before warring against it, I’m ...
Impressions from Mount Athos 25 June 2016 Professor Claude Pichard describes to Pemptousia his spiritual impressions from his visit to the Holy Mount Athos...
Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World 24 June 2016 5th PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-CONCILIAR CONFERENCE Chambésy, 10-17 October 2015 RELATIONS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WITH THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD DECISION The Orthodox Church, as the One, Holy,...
Response by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the Honorable Mayor of Heraklion, Crete, Vasilios Lambrinos Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 24 June 2016 (Heraklion, June 18, 2016) Your Eminence Archbishop Irenaios of Crete and Your Eminences and Graces, as well as holy brothers comprising the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete, Most honorab...
How the minor sins progress into major ones Saint Nikodimos the Athonite 24 June 2016   ...We must therefore avoid the sins which are considered minor. Because if, on the one hand we wish to please God, and on the other fall into these ‘lesser’ sins, it’s as if we wish to unite...
The Importance of Fasting and Its Observance Today 24 June 2016 5th PAN-ORTHODOX PRE-CONCILIAR CONFERENCE Chambésy, 10-17 October 2015 THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY DECISION Fasting is a divine commandment (Gen 2:16-17). According ...
Toast by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Dinner Hosted by His Excellency Nikos Kotzias Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 24 June 2016 (Chania, Crete, June 16, 2016) Your Beatitudes, holy brothers, Primates of the Orthodox Churches, Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, The gracious initiative of your Excellency to offer t...
“Through a Glass, Darkly”: Pastoral Challenges in an Age of Social Media (SKYPE call) 24 June 2016 Metropolitan Savvas of Pittsburgh talks through skype about the pastoral challenges in an age of Social Media...
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