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An ecclesiological approach on the road to the Holy and Great Synod -2
Stylianos Tsombanidis, Ass. Professor of Theology
14 January 2016
This dynamic and creative participation was confirmed by the 3rd Pre-Synod, Pan-Orthodox Meeting in 1986 in Chambésy, as a stage of maturity and the culmination of a new era inaugurated by Ecumenica...
Francesco Bandarin at Vatopaidi
13 January 2016
Francesco Bandarin, Director of the World Heritage Centre of Unesco, during his visit at Vatopaidi Monastery on Mount Athos, speaks about the role of Unesco in the preservation and advancement of the world culture heritage as well as his impressions of his visit to the Monastery...
He opens our eyes
12 January 2016
God often hides from us the good things we've acquired. But then the one who's always praising comes along, or rather the one who's always deceiving, and he opens our eyes with his praise. As soon as ...
An ecclesiological approach on the road to the Holy and Great Synod -1
Stylianos Tsombanidis, Ass. Professor of Theology
12 January 2016
The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement
An ecclesiological approach on the road to the Holy and great Synod
‘The Ecumenical Movement… is the greatest and most valuable ecclesiastical acqui...
The Fast in the Pre-Synodal Discussions – 4
Panagiotis Skaltsis, President of Theology Department, Thessaloniki
11 January 2016
In a text related to our subject, the now emeritus Professor of the Theological School, Antonios Papadopoulos, notes that the official text of the 3rd Pre-Synod Pan-Orthodox Conference on fasting ‘a...
Was Saint Kosmas Aitolos a Racist? – An Interview with Professor Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
9 January 2016
On the occasion of the commemoration of Saint Kosmas Aitolos, we talk to Professor Vasileios Kalliakmanis, of the Theology School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki about the relationship bet...
Haghia Sophia: Such ecstasy can never be forgotten!
Giorgos Kseinos, Doctor - Novelist
8 January 2016
Haghia Sophia
The Great Church, “a magnificent sight and for those who see it supernatural, for those who hear of it absolutely
unbelievable”, according to Procopius, and “the crown of Byzantine arc...
The Fast in the Pre-Synodal Discussions – 3
Panagiotis Skaltsis, President of Theology Department, Thessaloniki
4 January 2016
So the issue of the Readjustment of the Church Ordinances on Fasting was referred by the 2nd Pre-Synod Pan-Orthodox Conference (1982), to the Inter-Orthodox Preparatory Commission in 1986, for suppl...
The Fast in the Pre-Synodal Discussions – 2
Panagiotis Skaltsis, President of Theology Department, Thessaloniki
2 January 2016
Deeper study of the whole of the text of the above Commission reveals the reasons which contributed to the prominence given to these particular proposals. The accusation, for example that fasting wa...
What will 2016 bring?
Sotirios, Metropolitan of Canada
1 January 2016
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto (Canada)
Reverend Fathers, Honourable Presidents
and Esteemed Μembers of our Community Councils
Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth
of our Com...