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Finding Faith Down Under
23 January 2015
Jacob Lee
Andrew Smith tells how he discovered the Orthodox faith down under in Australia. A talk by Jacob Lee, Director of the Orange County office of FOCUS North America.
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All Scripture Is Inspired by God: The Faith Faithful to the Septuagint
Joel Kalvesmaki
23 January 2015
Joel Kalvesmaki is Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, overseeing the production of Dumbarton Oaks' flagship Byzantine publications, print and digital. He is active in the digital humanitie...
The Mystery of Baptism
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios
22 January 2015
Fr. John Romanides: The Church lives in the context of Pentecost. Illumination — which is the aim of Baptism and is assumed to be identical with Chrismation, as Chrismation is illumination — is the he...
Saint Arsenius of Paros (+1877)
22 January 2015
Saint Arsenius was born on January 31, 1800 in Ioannina, Epirus of pious Orthodox parents. In holy Baptism he was given the name Athanasius. His parents died when he was quite young. He was only nine ...
Saint Maximus the Confessor
Sister Vassa Larin
21 January 2015
St. Maximus was born in the late 6th century, in Palestine – according to the earliest version of his life. He was well-educated, and served the Emperor Heraclius (610-641) for a time at the Byzantine...
Cultural Persecution of Displaced Christians
21 January 2015
Chris Vlahonasios takes on the topic of the persecution of Christians around the world, but especially in the Middle East. He discusses the issue by way of his review, first, of the 2009 indie file, “...
The feast of Theophany at Vatopedi Monastery, Holy Mount Athos – 2015
20 January 2015
The feast of the Epiphany was celebrated (OC) with pomp at the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi, Holy Mountain Athos, being present the Metropolitan of Veria (Berea), k. Panteleimon and the auxiliary bishop of Odessa, k. Victor....
All Scripture Is Inspired by God: Problems in the Apocrypha
Joel Kalvesmaki
20 January 2015
Joel Kalvesmaki is Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, overseeing the production of Dumbarton Oaks' flagship Byzantine publications, print and digital. He is active in the digital humanitie...
Me, my selfie, and I
Fr. Vasile Tudora
19 January 2015
They say—and I am willing to believe it—that it is difficult to know yourself—
but it isn’t easy to paint yourself either.
Vincent van Gogh, letter to his brother, September 1889
Fr. Vasile Tu...
Confessing Sin to a Loving God
19 January 2015
Fr. Chris Metropulos
Have you made any resolutions for the New Year? Are you hoping to put the old year behind you? This week, we have the first of many discussions with Fr. Christodulos (Papadeas)...