• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 18. Friendships (18/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 17. Researching the Fathers (17/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 16. An about-face! (16/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 15. A compromise without compromising! (14/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 14. A shattering decision!  (12/7/2008).

• An introductory speech by His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos at the Convening of the Hierarchy (11/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 13. An intermezzo in France! (9/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 12. Ordination! (8/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 11. The East in Rome! (7/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 10. The heights of scholastic philosophy (5/7/2008).

• Freedom and way of existence in Orthodoxy (3/7/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 9. The school of devoutness (28/6/2008).

• Is “SOLA SCRIPTURA” (=only the Scripture) the key to the Truth? (24/6/2008).

• WHY I CONVERTED TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH. CHAPTER 8. A teacher of Russian! (23/6/2008).

• Why I converted to the Orthodox faith Chapter 7 (12/6/2008).

• Relating science and religion (10/6/2008).

• The Archbishop of Athens Hieronymos regarding the Papist crimes in Croatia (9/6/2008).

• Seraphim of Piraeus vehemently opposed to Pope Benedict! (7/6/2008).

• Simple village folk who saw… the Uncreated Light! (4/6/2008).

• Religious affiliation: Muslim-Sunni (27/5/2008).

• The begetting of the Son and the freedom of the Father according to 4th century patristic tradition (24/5/2008).

• General Conclusions - EUCHARIST, BISHOP, CHURCH: THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE DIVINE EUCHARIST AND THE BISHOP DURING THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES (22/5/2008).

• DIVINE EROS (20/5/2008).

• The proselytism of Orthodox Christians in Italy (19/5/2008).

• The snack parlor with a… Church inside (14/5/2008).

• Are the principles of Monasticism teachings of the Lord, or of the later Church? (9/5/2008).

• Anglican Options: Rome or Orthodoxy? (7/5/2008).

• The Appearance of the Parish and the Unity of the Church in "One Eucharist, Under the Leadership of the Bishop" (6/5/2008).

• The Emergence of the Parish (5/5/2008).

• Resurrection in Turkey! (3/5/2008).

• Is “secular psychotherapy” compatible to Orthodoxy’s anthropology? (23/4/2008).

• The Ascetic Ideal and the New Testament (15/4/2008).

• The Big Lie. NATO's Campaign of Deception in Kosovo (14/4/2008).

• The Inadequacy of the Critique by Anders Nygren (9/4/2008).

• Two new sections are being inaugurated:   and  Starting today, our website will also be hosting articles in Italian and Turkish, as a small contribution towards the Evangelizing of our Turkish-speaking and Italian-speaking fellow humans (7/4/2008).

• Why is there evil in the world? (5/4/2008).
• "Byzantium" was an unbroken continuation of the Roman Empire (27/3/2008).
• The blight of “Bavarocracy” in the Church of Greece (8/3/2008).
• The enthronement speech of His Beatitude the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos (22/2/2008).
• The Divine Eucharist, the Bishop and the Unity of the "catholic Church." Implications of Unity in the Eucharist and the Bishop for the Formation of the Catholic Church (19/2/2008).
• THE MYTH REGARDING THE DESTRUCTION OF ANCIENT HELLENIC MONUMENTS BY CHRISTIANS (14/2/2008).
• BASIL THE GREAT AND COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP (11/2/2008).
• One Eucharist - One Bishop ιn Each Church (6/2/2008).
• “I anticipate the Resurrection of the Dead…” (1/2/2008).
• The passing of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos (31/1/2008).
• Theology “for the fun of it” (26/1/2008).
• Ecology by process of elimination …and Christmas (9/1/2008).
• Yuri Gagarin: the first Orthodox in Space (8/1/2008).
• Pontic Greek Genocide (external link) the persecutions, massacres, expulsions, and death marches of Pontian Greek populations in the historical region of Pontus have now been recognized by the International Association of Genocide Scholars (7/1/2008).
• «One must not pray together with heretics or schismatics» (19/12/2007).
• Faith and Science: Contradictory or complementary meanings? (17/12/2007).
• Harsh criticism addressed to the Vatican by the Archbishop Stylianos of Australia (15/12/2007).
• Calvin’s erroneous views on Monasticism (10/12/2007).
• IS THE BIBLE “The Word Of God”? (8/12/2007).
• Luther’s rejection of Monasticism (28/11/2007).
• To the Papist Bishop of Syros Island: YOU ARE NOT A CHURCH – YOU ARE A HERESY (19/11/2007).
• «Christ is Risen!» (14/11/2007).
• The Epistle of St. James and Luther's Evaluation (13/11/2007).

• Book: "ROMANITY, OR BARBARITY?" Part C-- The clash with the West
  • Chapter 6 - The Dark  Ages
  • Chapter 7 - The first appearance of the “Greeks”
  • Chapter 8 - Charlemagne and the autonomizing of the West from Romanity
  • Epilogue (12/11/2007).

   

• The manifestations of evil, or, reflections on the narration regarding the demonically possessed Gadarene (8/11/2007).

• Baptismal Theology (5/11/2007).

• Decoding DNA – cloning (The Memoral Spiritual Aspect) (5/11/2007).

• 1. The Divine Eucharist and "The Church of God"

  2. The "President" of the Eucharist as "Bishop" of the "Church of God" Part one of book: "EUCHARIST, BISHOP, CHURCH: THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE DIVINE EUCHARIST AND THE BISHOP DURING THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES" Historical evidence on the Administration and the evolution of the Church during the three first centuries (3/11/2007)

   

• The unity of the Church in the Divine Eucharist and the Bishop as a fundamental historical question Introduction of book: "EUCHARIST, BISHOP, CHURCH: THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE DIVINE EUCHARIST AND THE BISHOP DURING THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES" Historical evidence on the Administration and the evolution of the Church during the three first centuries (!!!) (30/10/2007)

• Elder Amphilochios Makris -Spiritual Counsels- (18/10/2007)

• The Energies of God (1). General (6/10/2007)

• Celebrating the decease of death… (22/9/2007)

• ’I CONFESS ONE BAPTISM…’’ Book by Protopresbyter George D. Metallinos. Interpretation and Application Of Canon VII of the Second Ecumenical Council. By the Kollyvades and Constantine Oikonomos (A contribution to the historico-canonical evaluation of the problem of the validity of  Western baptism). (15/9/2007)

• Christian Unity - An Orthodox View (13/9/2007)

• Greek Protestants ask:  Why be Orthodox? (8/9/2007)

• The "Road" and Salvation (7/9/2007)

• PATRISTIC THEOLOGY Book Transcript of taperecorded lectures of Father John Romanides at the Thessaloniki University’s School of Theology. (5/9/2007)

• PROLOGUE

• FOREWORD

• 1. What the ‘nous’ of man is

• 2. Who can be regarded a ‘psychopath’, according to the Fathers of the Church?

• 3. On the deviation of Western Christendom from the Orthodox ethos

• 4. What “Orthodoxy” is

• 5. The social scope of Orthodoxy

• Philokalian distinction between Orthodoxy and heresy (25/8/2007)

• “Sati”: contemporary Hindu human sacrifices (20/8/2007)

• Protestantism in search of Orthodoxy (18/8/2007)

• The Second Coming of Christ (10/8/2007)

• A perfect God, but an imperfect world? (27/7/2007)

• Peter and the Keys to the Kingdom (13/7/2007)

• Orthodoxy's Worship (7/7/2007)

• «Religion is the opium of the people» (28/6/2007)

• The letter of the Law can be deadly (16/6/2007)

• “Technologizing”, instead of Theologizing  (15/6/2007)

• The status of Priesthood in the officiators of the Lord’s Church (13/6/2007)

• Orthodox Theology applied (7/6/2007).

• Thoughts and Deception (4/6/2007).

• The stages in atheism (2/6/2007).

• Can there be severe cases of “guruism” in the Orthodox realm? (29/5/2007).

• The misapprehension regarding “a-dogmatism” (non-sectarianism) (28/5/2007).

• Of course we shall be resurrected! (19/5/2007).

• The Resurrection of Christ is the annihilation of Death (18/5/2007).

• The juridical mentality of the West annuls Christ’s sacrifice (17/5/2007).

• History and Eschatology (8/5/2007).

• On the Church (7/5/2007).

• The Holy Mountain:  A place with ecumenical coordinates and a celestial orientation (4/5/2007).

• On the beatings that the Lord suffered (3/5/2007).

• On the experience of Theosis (2/5/2007).

• Capitalism as the offspring of Western Metaphysics (28/4/2007).

• The problem of priority between Christology and Pneumatology (of the Spirit). Ecclesiological consequences (18/4/2007).

• The Protestant mentality and the Scriptural critics’ misconceptions (5/4/2007).

• Part B -- The shaping of the Roman conscience Book by Anastasios Philippides. The historical problems of the Roman Empire, Hellenism and the West (22/3/2007).

• Old Calendarism and the Holy Mountain Monastery of Esfigmenou (21/3/2007).

• Orthodoxy and sociopolitical services (17/3/2007).

• The Universe, probabilities and Goedel (16/3/2007).

• “And now, what will become of us, without the barbarians?” (9/3/2007).

• Heresies, Ecumenism: The Ecumenist Dialogues Unmasked (5/3/2007).

• The falsehood ascribed to Scythopolis (3/3/2007).

• The dialectics of “the one” and “the many”. The priority of a universal Church (26/2/2007).

• A communion of personae, or a communion of natures? (22/2/2007).

• The functions of the Church (16/2/2007).

• Imagery in ontology (15/2/2007).

• Romanity, or Barbarity? Book by Anastasios Philippides. The historical problems of the Roman Empire, Hellenism and the West. Part1. (12/2/2007).

• The Local and worldwide Church – The Synodic institution (9/2/2007).

• Formation and structure of the Church (6/2/2007).

• The Trinitarian basis of Ecclesiology (5/2/2007).

• Schismatic Old-Calendarism is an anti-Patristic stance (1/2/2007).

• “Therapeutic” or “Liturgical”  Ecclesiology. The synthesis of Saint Maximus the Confessor (22/1/2007).

• Press Release by the Sacred Metropolis of Druinoupolis and Konitsa (16/1/2007).

• Orthodox Ecclesiology topics. Introduction (15/1/2007).

• Ecumenism and Tradition according to the Elder Paisios (13/1/2007).

• The myth regarding the Orthodox presence in the dialogues with other faiths (11/1/2007).

• Orthodox Ecclesiology topics (9/1/2007).

• ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SACRED COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN ATHOS (8/1/2007).

• Ecclesiology (4/1/2007).

• Salvation (22/12/2006).

• "Holy Communion" with wafers and juices (18/12/2006).

• Christology (11/12/2006).

• The consequences of man’s downfall (9/12/2006).

• Existential consequences of the dogma on Creation (7/12/2006).

• The difference between the terms “Father” and “Creator” (27/11/2006).

• Tae-Kwon-Do and Orthodoxy (16/11/2006).

• The schismatic Old-Calendarists (13/11/2006).

• "Byzantine" Hagiography - A Rational Depiction (1/11/2006).

• A Short Biography of Elder Porphyrios (20/10/2006).

• Experiencing the Sacrament/Mystery of the Church through Baptism and the Eucharist (18/10/2006).

• Elder Paisios - short biography (17/10/2006).

• Concerning Repentance and Spiritual Warfare (16/10/2006).

• The Struggle in Prayer (14/10/2006).

• The Bliss of Knowing the Way (13/10/2006).

• Prayer of the Spirit (12/10/2006).

• Contenplation (11/10/2006).

• The tragedy of Man (9/10/2006).

• Associating the Divine Eucharist to the Church (7/10/2006).

• The Risk in Creation (6/10/2006).

• Knowledge of God (4/10/2006).

• Elder Sophrony - short biography (3/10/2006).

• Triadic freedom and subjugation by idols  (2/10/2006).

• Why I Converted to the orthodox faith Book. The story of a former jesuit priest (30/9/2006).

• Creation from nil (18/9/2006).

• Why is praying with non-Orthodox prohibited? (13/9/2006).

• The Redemptive dialogue of Created and Uncreated within History (12/9/2006).

• Yoga:  a science, or a religion? (2/9/2006).

• What do the four animals of the Apocalypse symbolize? (28/8/2006).

• The dogma regarding Creation (25/8/2006).

• The dogma of creation. 2. The correction of Platonic ideas by the Christian faith (24/8/2006).

• When, exactly, is the End of Time? (21/8/2006).

• The Enigma of I AM (5/8/2006).

• The perennial honoring of saints by the Church (24/7/2006).

• The Kingdom of Heaven, where racial discrimination has no place (11/7/2006).

• The Culture & civilization of Romania (a.k.a. "Byzantium") (3/7/2006).

• A… thief for God! (22/6/2006).

• The true reason for the publicity behind the Gnostic “Gospel of Judas” (19/6/2006).

• The dogma of creation. 1. The problem of Gnosticism (12/6/2006).

• on the existence of God and on the creation of the world (5/6/2006).

• The Ecumenical Synods (30/5/2006).

• In Search of the Truth Book Α true story -as testified by the people who were actually involved- that describes in detail the path they took, to escape from the confines of the Watchtower organization and to find the Church of Christ (20/5/2006).

• Why all the hype over the so-called “Gospel of Judas”? (8/5/2006).
• Ecclesiastic Psychotherapy vs. Secular Therapeutic Techniques (3/5/2006).
• The Community of the Desert and the Loneliness of the Cities (26/4/2006).
• Old Calendar - New Calendar: the facts (14/4/2006).
• Jesus and the swine (13/4/2006).
• When, exactly, was Jesus Christ born? (11/4/2006).
• Mother Gabriele the Elder against Ecumenism and Religious Syncretism (10/4/2006).
• How not to despair (4/4/2006).
• Decrypting the….Da Vinci Code! (31/3/2006).
• Elucidating the ruling of the 39th Apostolic Canon (27/3/2006).
• Did the Prophet Elijah actually ascend into heaven? (22/3/2006).
• Ecumenism Book (16/3/2006).
• Readers’ Questions (14/3/2006).
  • Who are you?
  • What is O.O.D.E.?
  • Are you an organization?
  • Who is funding you?
  • Why do you call yourselves O.O.D.E.?
  • What is your aim?
  • Are your positions Orthodox?
  • Have you been given blessings for your website?
  • A brief history of O.O.D.E
  • Introducing our website
• A letter from the Dean of the Athens University School of Theology (11/3/2006).
• Do spiritual beings live in a separate universe? (7/3/2006).
• Confession in the ancient Church (3/3/2006).
• The Filioque in Theology and in Providence (1/3/2006).
• Holy Tradition: a source of faith (24/2/2006).
• The Importance of Hesychasm in the history of the Roman nation (22/2/2006).
• The theological problem of the Filioque (21/2/2006).
• Augustin’s theology and the problem of the Filioque (20/2/2006).
• Science analyzes the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ (16/2/2006).
• The contribution of the Cappadocian Fathers – The patristic notion of the persona (9/2/2006).
• The prerequisites of the Patristic Synthesis (8/2/2006).
• “Essence”, “energy” and “persona” (7/2/2006).
• The desolation of ancient temples (18/1/2006).
• An Indian chief’s ‘secret path’ to Orthodoxy (10/1/2006).
• Is constancy towards the Truth “pretentiousness”? (9/1/2006).
• Homosexual and pedophile revelry in ancient, idolatrous Greece (7/1/2006).
• Did Justinian close the Athens Academy in 529 AD? (14/12/2005).
• How will the resurrected bodies be transformed during the Second Coming? (8/12/2005).
• The Old Testament Prophecy about the Virgin Birth (7/12/2005).
• Philosophers… at each other’s throats (5/12/2005).
• Holy Inquisition for... animals! (3/12/2005).
• Orthodoxy as therapy (25/11/2005).
• Paradise and Hell according to Orthodox tradition (22/11/2005).
• The Taxing of Souls (21/11/2005).
• Buddhist priest = man’s best friend? (17/11/2005).
• The “whatever”, the “what” and the “how” of God (16/11/2005).
• Christianity and Science (12/11/2005).
• On the verge of a “Euthanasian” theology? 25 Questions require Answers (7/11/2005).
• The use of the word “religion” (2/11/2005).
• The “barbarization” of the Western Roman Empire (26/10/2005).
• Voodoo (22/10/2005).
• The lay porter who resurrected a dead man (22/10/2005).
• A Greek-American family man who saw the Uncreated Light (21/10/2005).
• Marxist practice and Christian Love (20/10/2005).
• Rebirth “by water and Spirit” (19/10/2005).
• The hoax known as astrology (18/10/2005).
• Love and the human community (13/10/2005).
• Christianity, Marxism and Love (12/10/2005).
• The Salvation of the Heterodox and those of Other Faiths (11/10/2005).
• Analogy of being and analogy of faith (10/10/2005).
• Ecumenism practiced (8/10/2005).
• What does an abortion cost? A human life! (7/10/2005).
• God’s “breathing upon” Adam was the Holy Spirit (5/10/2005).
• Dialogue between a Geron (Elder) and an atheist (1/10/2005).
• Iconography in a Synagogue and the most ancient Christian Temple, in Dura - Europos
• The prestige and the authority of the dogmas (29/9/2005).
• The task of the Church in the formulation of dogmas (28/9/2005).
• Love and Triunity (26/9/2005).
• The Creator of Space and Time (26/9/2005).
• Blasphemous Papist canons (24/9/2005).
• Was Adam created perfect? (23/9/2005).
• The work of the Holy Spirit in the phrasing of the dogmas (22/9/2005).
• Freedom and Divinity in Ancient Greek thought and the Fathers (21/9/2005).
• What, if anything, is a Byzantine? (20/9/2005).
• The two resurrections (19/9/2005).
• Christian Love and the freedom of the persona (18/9/2005).
• The «primacy» and the «infallibility» of the Pope (17/9/2005).
• The death of infants (16/9/2005).
• The significance of the “Antilytron” (15/9/2005).
• Babylon the Great (14/9/2005).
• The bothersome word “simultaneously” and the resurrection (13/9/2005).
• Atheism is a religion (12/9/2005).
• The Interpretation of the Holy Bible (12/9/2005).
• Tradition and Traditions (Book) (10/9/2005).
• The affiliation of dogmas to the Holy Scriptures (9/9/2005).
• The term: «Dogma» and its significance (8/9/2005).
• Who got married at the wedding of Cana? (7/9/2005).
• Blood transfusion: Permissible? (5/9/2005).
• The desolation of 587 b.C. (3/9/2005).
• The courtyard of the sheep (3/9/2005).
• Great Multitude: In heaven or on earth? (3/9/2005).
• Does Reincarnation exist? (1/9/2005).
• The Orthodox Church. Its Faith, Worship and Life (Book) (31/8/2005).
• Light or Darkness (30/8/2005).
• Protopresbyter John Romanides (29/8/2005).
• Definition – Sources – Content and Method of Dogmatics (27/8/2005).
• Are holy icons “idols”? (26/8/2005).
• Is veneration worship? (26/8/2005).
• The Illness of religion (24/8/2005).
• On divine inspiration (23/8/2005).
• God’s “Yes” and Omnipotence (22/8/2005).
• The Church NEVER apostatized (12/8/2005).
• What is the truth about the rapture? (10/8/2005).
• General and specialized clergy (9/8/2005).
• The Vatican's holocaust (6/8/2005).
• The Holy Mother and the “Undoubtedly, but” (5/8/2005).
• The brothers of Christ (5/8/2005).

• Has the Church ever apostatized? (5/8/2005).

• Is the Holy Bible the ONLY source of faith? (5/8/2005).

• Is infant baptism permissible? (4/8/2005).

• The Power of the Name (1/8/2005).

• Is it Christian, to accept ONLY what the Holy Bible says? (30/7/2005).

• The “Angel Yahve” and the sight of God (29/7/2005).

• Classification of the books of the Holy Bible (28/7/2005).

• Is only the Father named “Yahve”? (27/7/2005).

• Jewish and Christian Orthodox dialogue (25/7/2005).

• The Authority of the Church (25/7/2005).

• The significance of the name “Yahve” (23/7/2005).

• Experience of God (23/7/2005).

• Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs, 1848 (23/7/2005).

• Christianity is not a religion. It is psychotherapeutic science (19/7/2005).

• Sources that verify the Canonicity of the Holy Bible