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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...
Metropolitan Ierotheos: “Holy Mountain’s Secret Cry”
3 February 2016
Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, Ierotheos, speaks on Mount Athos' secret cry...
Which Came First: The Church or the New Testament? – 4
Fr. James Bernstein
1 February 2016
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WHOM?
Next, I was surprised to discover that many “gospels” besides those of the New Testament canon were circulating in the first and second centuries. These included the G...
The Necessity for Orthodox Bioethics
Nikolaos Metropolitan of Mesogaias and Lavreotikis
31 January 2016
Β. THE NECESSITY FOR ORTHODOX BIOETHICS
For the Orthodox Church, even if some of this may be necessary, desirable and interesting, as an approach it represents patterns of one-dimensional thin...