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Our Lady and the Clown 12 February 2016 Peter was a great clown. The years went by, however, and he no longer had any work. In despair and so as not to die of hunger, he set off on the road which led to a monastery dedicated to our Most Ho...
Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament? – 7 Fr. James Bernstein 11 February 2016 A QUESTION OF AUTHORITY The second issue I had to grapple with was even more difficult for me-the issue of Church authority. It was clear from my study that the Church had, in fact, determined whic...
A historical outline of the Athonite Monasticism – Τhe Βeginnings Kriton Chrysochoidis 10 February 2016 Monasticism appeared early in the history of the organised Christian church. The moral laxity of the churqh in the later Roman and early Byzantine period, the dibilitation of the spiritual life of the...
The East of the West and the West of the East 9 February 2016 Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios compares eastern and western culture...
Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament? – 6 Fr. James Bernstein 8 February 2016 THE BUBBLE BURSTS As I delved deeper into my study of the history of the New Testament, I saw my previous misconceptions being demolished one by one. I understood now what should have been obvious ...
The Orthodox Bioethical standpoint is not conservative Nikolaos Metropolitan of Mesogaias and Lavreotikis 7 February 2016 3) The Orthodox standpoint is not conservative. In other words, it is not imbued with the fear of making a mistake, not with the fear of what is new and unknown. Because it does not need the securit...
Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta: “St Porphyrios, a Great Figure of Orthodoxy” 6 February 2016 Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios, speaks for the great personality of St Porphyrios from Kafsokalyvia...
Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament? – 5 Fr. James Bernstein 5 February 2016 THE NEW TESTAMENT MATURES I was particularly interested in finding the oldest legitimate list of New Testament books. Some believe that the Muratorian Canon is the oldest, dating from the late se...
Distinctive Features of Orthodox Bioethics Nikolaos Metropolitan of Mesogaias and Lavreotikis 4 February 2016 C.  DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF ORTHODOX BIOETHICS 1) The Orthodox view is not centred on the individual. It does not regard people as individuals with particular actions, rights and obligations. It is...
The best advocate Panagiotis Christou 3 February 2016 Alms-giving is the queen of the virtues. It quickly opens the portals of the heavens to people and is the best advocate...
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