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The mystery of marriage in a dogmatic light
Bishop Artemy (Radosavlievich)
3 September 2013
According to Orthodox teaching, marriage (2) is one of the seven Mystery-Sacraments of the Church. By it, the Church blesses, elevates, and sanctifies the deliberate conjugal union of a man and a wo... 
Message for the Day of the Protection of the Environment
Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
2 September 2013
+B A R T H O L O ME W
By the mercy of God
Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and
Ecumenical Patriarch
Grace and peace unto the Plenitude of the Church
From the Fashioner of All Creation
Our...
Saint Martyr Fanourios
27 August 2013
We have nothing to say with certainty about the famous martyr of Christ, Fanourios, as regards where he came from, who his parents were and when his martyrdom occurred, because all information has bee...
Encomium to the Most Holy Mother of God-3
Saint Epiphanios Bishop of Konstantia
23 August 2013
What else can I say about the blessed and holy Virgin? Aspiration urges me to speak of the Mother of God, but fear makes me keep silence, because I have nothing worthy to say of her. My mind challenge...
Encomium to the Most Holy Mother of God-2
Saint Epiphanios Bishop of Konstantia
18 August 2013
In the Song of Songs, again referring to this gate, the prophet says quite clearly: “My sister spouse is an enclosed garden; a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed” (4, 12). The holy and blessed lady...
The Holy Mandylion (16 August)
James W. Lillie
16 August 2013
On August 16, the Orthodox Church celebrates the translation of the Holy Mandylion, an icon not made by hands, from Edessa to Constantinople, in 944.
King Abgar, (Armenian Աբգար Ե; Ancient Greek: Ἄβγ...
Encomium to the Most Holy Mother of God-1
15 August 2013
Wishing to speak, wretch that I am, about the blinding radiance of the Mother of God, her dread and inconceivable powers, the mystery of the heavens and the world, the wonder, the mercy seat, and atte...
Let’s recognize God’s gifts at long last
Varnavas, Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis
11 August 2013
All those who really believe in God accept his attributes as these have been taught to us by the Church: that He created the world; that He loves and cares for His creatures; and that He wants them to...
Orthodoxy in Japan Today
10 August 2013
The Japanese Autonomous Orthodox Church faces problems in its mission: people in the "land of the rising sun" are in no hurry to get baptized.
"We have newly converted believers, who have been baptiz...
“Mysteries of Jesus Prayer”
29 July 2013
For nearly two millennia, the holy men and women of Eastern Christianity have built lives of reflection, humility, and constant connection to God around a simple sentence, the Jesus Prayer. Now you ca...
