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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...