In view of the many disasters that continue to pervade the world around us, we are more than ever in need of the Holy
Mother's intercessions to our Lord and God Jesus Christ to
avert all imminent dangers in body and soul. Let us
pray with all our Orthodox brethren offering our fervent prayers to Her for
Her maternal protection and the forgiveness of our sins by
our Lord...
AMEN
vvvvvvvvvv
Ø
Protests and out of control emotions.
- Reminder of past article
Ø
Was Adam an
actual or a symbolic figure, according to the Fathers of the
Church? -
A very concise analysis of the Orthodox, ‘person-centred’ theology
and some indicative Patristic views, to help us comprehend just how
significant the literal acceptance of the person of Adam is, for the
Christian faith -
Reminder of past article
Ø
Authority and
Rulers - by Savvas Iliades - (1-8-2023)
Ø
Sola Scriptura?
- Reminder of past article
Ø
Confession of Sins in the Bible and Beyond
- Reminder of past article
Ø
Prayer
and the departed Saints - Reminder of past article
Ø
Where does the
Bible talk about incense? - Reminder of past article
Ø Babylon the Great - reminder
of past article
Ø
How
did the name “Lucifer” or “Morning Star” become synonymous
to Satan? - (past
article)
Ø
Psychosomatic enslavement and liberation - by M. Houlis,
theologian
- Reminder of past article
Ø
In
defense of the Septuagint - Reminder of past article
Ø
David, Goliath and the divinely-inspired sources of the Faith
-
Reminder of past article
Ø
Light, or
darkness?
-
Reminder of past article
Ø
Saint Edward, King of England and Holy Martyr (†970)
-
Reminder of past article
Ø
The Book of Tobit
- Superstitious or Prophetic? - Reminder of past article
Ø
New Age and New
Television - Part A of special report - (25-7-2023)
Ø
NEW CATEGORY
- English-speaking Orthodox Christian Videos -
under construction - (24-7-2023)
Ø
The historical place
and time of Paradise -
Reminder of a past article
Ø
God “blowing
into” Adam's countenance was endowing him with the Holy
Spirit - (12-7-2023)
Ø The
meaning of Orthodoxy’s victory against the Iconomachy
- (6-4-2023)
Ø The
history of judas
- From an old manuscript kept in the Holy Mountain
Ø The
Bridegroom and Judgment (10-4-2023)
Ø Ôhe
Image-less Idol: How Iconoclasm leads to Idolatry
(6-4-2023)
Ø
Christ's
"strange" and "cruel" words -
(28-3-2023)
Ø
Modern Lent =
(22-3-2023)
Ø
Laughter and
prattling without discernment will erode our spiritual
labours
- (15=2=2023)
Ø
"THE WAY" - An Introduction to the Orthodox Faith - Book by
Fr. George Metallinos (+2019)
Ø Reflections on the narration regarding the demonically
possessed Gadarenes
Ø
THE
BEHEADING OF THE HOLY PROPHET AND FORERUNNER JOHN THE
BAPTIST
Ø
Saint Markella and child abuse
Ø
Christianity, Nationalism and
Racism
Ø
The
significance of the “Antilytron”
(Reminder of an older article)
Ø
Want to find
peace and quiet in a forest?
Don't bring technology with you!
Ø Who, exactly, got married
at Cana?
(Reminder of an older article)
Ø A... thief for Christ!
(Reminder of an older article)
Ø
The devil cannot force anyone into sinning
(Saint Justin Popovich)
Ø
The Holy Light that appears
every Easter Saturday at the All-Holy Tomb of our Saviour
OODE video link
Another related video: (video
link)
Ø
Never leave the church after the Priest has proclaimed
"CHRIST IS RISEN FROM THE DEAD!"
Ø
Old
Testament prophecies hinting the Crucifixion and confirmed
historically
Ø
Divine Liturgy:
participate,
or attend?
Ø
How many women anointed Jesus' feet?
Ø
The Saturday of Lazarus' return from
the dead
Ø
Don't ever leave the church after the
Priest has proclaimed "CHRIST IS RISEN" -
This is why...
Ø
Lazarus Saturday
Ø
The 24
Salutations to the Holy Mother - The Akathist Hymn - A
timeline with the stages of the Hymn
Ø
God with us
- by Fr. Stephen Freeman
Ø
From
Islam to Christ - Christ is not a racist - a list of
named former muslims who chose Christ
Ø
The True Dignity of Human Beings - Saint Gregory of Nyssa on Slavery
Ø
Demons: the apostate angels and their perpetual war against
humankind
Ø
The Chronicle of the Fall - by Fr. George Prouzos
(Book presentation) - A deeper insight into the texts of
Genesis chapters 1 to 11, reinforced by the words of many
Holy Fathers of the Church.
Ø
The Perpetual
Catechumen
Ø
When and how cholera and the plague were eliminated miraculously
Ø
APOSTOLIC MESSAGES (The last book composed by Fr. George D.
Metallinos before leaving this world in December 2019.
English translation 2021, now in circulation)
Ø
Praying for
those who have passed from this life (by Archimandrite Sophrony
Sakharov)
Ø
Peter and the "keys" to the heavenly
Realm - Reminder of a past article
Ø
"Show them no mercy!"
- An opportune
reminder that God is the exclusive Giver of life, and that His
creations are forbidden to sacrifice the lives of innocent children
- born or unborn - as the Biblical descriptions of ancient
Israel so prominently remind us. (Food for thought and
serious concern over God's response in our present, insane times,
because of the official support of abortion.)
Ø
Pentecost and the Liturgy of Hades
Ø
1822:
The Abolition of Slavery in Greece
Ø
All dogs go to Heaven
Ø
A Patristic
Guide to Intelligence - Quotes by Saint Anthony the Great in the
PHILOKALIA series - (24/4/2021)
Ø
Great Lent: the
course towards Pascha Spiritual
gleanings from the book “THE SOLEMN TRIODION”
-
(Past article)
Ø
Of course we
shall be resurrected! (past
article).
Ø
What do
Scientists say about the Ruptured Column outside the Temple of
the Resurrection?
-
(Past article)
Ø What
“day” was man fashioned
and what “day” are we currently in?
Ø
A Christian Plea for Love: On the Current
Conflict
in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
Ø
Does the
Church bless Military Arms?
Ø
The two
resurrections (reminder of past article) - (29/3/2021)
Ø
The Orthodox Divine Liturgy in Welsh
(video)
Ø
"For many more years!"
- a traditional wish to stave off the inevitable: death! - (29/1/2021)
Ø
Video on the Church of
Saint Ninian
in Scotland
(update of past article) - (27/01/2021)
Ø
The "seed"
of the Serpent
- as analyzed by references in the New and the Old Testament -
(21/01/2021)
Ø
God as "Fire" and "Light"
(reminder of past article)
Ø
Parallels in Genesis and
the Apocalypse
-
Visual of Timeline
- (06/01/2021)
Ø
The Fall of the first-fashioned humans from God’s eternal “State of Rest”
-
Visual of Timeline -
(04/01/2021)
YEAR 2020 POSTS
Ø
Saint Spyridon
saves Corfu from the Plague in 1630
- thanks to the population's fervent prayers - (24/12/2020)
Ø
Fr. George
Metallinos
- In Memoriam, Message 1 year from his repose -(23/12/2020)
Ø
The scientific idolatry of the
modern age -
Replacing the Uncreated with the
created
- (21/12/2020)
Ø
Entering the
Mystery of Christmas -
Food for thought, with the Feast of Feasts approaching -
(Reminder of past article)
Ø
A Secular
Kingdom…Where Christmas Never Comes -
An "earthbound" Church provides no spirituality -
(Reminder of past article)
Ø
The pagan
origins of Christmas? -
Clarifying Christmas myths, dates, and other related items -
(Reminder of past article)
Ø
The Theotokos in Orthodox Worship
- (21/11/2020)
Ø
I will go into the Altar of God -
Highlighting the Presentation of the Theotokos in the Temple - (20/11/2020)
Ø
Museums, Churches
and my back yard - Is everything
dependent on "the eye of the beholder"?
- (10/11/2020)
Ø
Governments
evicting God - from within the Christian Chalice?
-
In the Covid era - (10/10/2020)
Ø
Divine
Providence: From God's Law to God's Grace
-
(4/9/2020)
Ø
Mortalists, Mortalism: -
Origin and evolution of the heresy
- (29/8/2020)
Ø
Saint David of Wales , (biography video added to existing article) -
(20/8/2020)
Ø
Gender and
Orthodoxy
- (20/08/2020)
Ø
Divine Providence : From
God’s Law to God’s Grace
- (19/08/2020)
Ø
The sins of a nation
- (04/06/2020)
Ø
Who, exactly, got married
at the wedding of Cana?
(Reminder
of past article).
Ø Will
they drive me away from the sacrificial altars?
- (20/4/2020)
Ø
Is it a violation of religious freedom
to prohibit church services in Greece?
- (15/4/2020)
Ø
A message of consolation and hope in
difficult times
- (15/4/2020)
Ø
Scientists: dinosaur embryos = dinosaurs. Pro-abortionists: human embryos
= NOT HUMANS
- (11/4/2020)
Ø
The Venerable Mary of Egypt
-
A supreme example of true desire for salvation
- (1/4/2020)
Ø
The world’s first Christian hospital: the “Basiliad”
- (31/3/2020)
Ø
US Protestants Are Converting to Orthodoxy in Large Numbers
- (20/3/2020)
Ø
Pandemics and Holy Communion
- by Metropolitan Nikolaos, plus an amazing true story
- (8/3/2020)
Ø
Updated Chart
of Orthodox British Saints (with
links to their biographies added on icons)
- (7/3/2020)
Ø
The Heart in Orthodox Spirituality - (22/2/2020)
Ø
What does an
abortion cost? A human life! -
Reminder of a past article
Ø The Theology of Icons and the Incarnation
of God the Logos
- (19/1/2020)
Ø To
Bishop Kastor, On the Eight Thoughts of Evil
- (14/1/2020)
Ø The
heretical depiction of "the holy family"
- (8/1/2020)
Ø Video:
"Basil the Great - the lion of Christ" (with English subtitles)
- (1/1/2020)
YEAR 2019 POSTS
Ø The Old Testament Prophecy
regarding the Virgin Birth -
Reminder of a past article
Ø The
soul's deeper craving
- spiritual advice, on celebrating the "holy-days" of the Lord's Nativity -
(17/12/2019)
Ø How to avoid
Holiday Depression -
Reminder of a past article
Ø 7th
century Britain was Orthodox Christian
- (8/12/2019)
Ø The
Moral Heresy of Sexual Immorality
- (27/11/2019)
Ø "James"
or "Jacob" in the Bible?
- Why and when did the name "Jacob" become "James"? - (13/11/2019)
Ø The
Problem of Theodicy
- (6/11/2019)
Ø Church Leader's Brilliant 1918 Letter to Lenin
speaks the Truth about the Revolution
- (2/11/2019)
Ø The
1000-year-old Kingdom of the Past
- Clarifying the historical aspect of the prophecy - (31/10/2019)
Ø The
1000-year Reign is already present
- Clarifying the Chiliast misconceptions - (24/10/2019)
Ø
Cyril of Jerusalem -
On prayer to the Holy Spirit
- (14/10/2019)
Ø
To
cremate, or to not cremate?
- (9/10/2019)
Ø
Why do we need the Saints? Isn't the Bible enough?
- (7/10/2019)
Ø
Confession - Confessor - Confessing
- Reminder of a past article - (2/10/2019)
Ø
Is
there no repentance after death?
- Replies to the many questions on the topic - (29/9/2019)
Ø
Christian Chronology
- An overview by Fr. George Metallinos - Reminder of a past article -
(28/9/2019)
Ø
Basic Points of
Difference between the Orthodox Church and Papism -
Reminder of older article (22/9/2019).
Ø
Transgender
ideology is anti-Christian, anti-Science and Marxist
- (20/9/2019)
Ø
"God of the Gaps" : whose
"god" is he?
- Responding to Neil De Grasse Tyson's interview -
(20/8/2019)
Ø
When the Eucharist bread and wine become Body and Blood of Christ
- (7/8/2019)
Ø
Preaching without a Bible?
-
How the Church thrived for centuries, without one!
- (21/7/2019)
Ø
The struggle
against the normal life
-
by Fr. Stephen Freeman - (18/7/2019)
Ø
"One
must not pray together with heretics
or schismatics"
-
An approach
to the precise
practice (akrivia) of the Church - Reminder of a past article (Part 1) -
24/6/2019)
Ø
An Anatomy of Contemporary Religiosity
- by Professor-Theologian Lambros Skontzos (22/6/2019)
Ø
Why doesn't God intervene in the world?
- Reminder of a past article (21/6/2019)
Ø
Entering
Hell on Pentecost ... with prayer - and how it is linked to "Soul Saturdays"
of Lent - (16/6/2019)
Ø
It is our great joy and honour to host in digital format the
valuable book by the Reverend Metropolitan of Pisidia, Fr.Sotirios, titled "ORTHODOX
FAITH AND LIFE", translated whole into Farsi. We
pray it will become the reason for even more souls to acquaint themselves -
electronically also - with Christ and the Holy Orthodox Faith and life -
(14/06/2019)
Ø
Living In The Real World
– And Really Living
- It is always wise to check how we are living -
(3/6/2019)
Ø
Apostolic Tradition and Apostolic Succession in the Mystery of the Church
- by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos & Saint Vlassios -
(3/6/2019)
Ø
Through the Eastern Gate
- A true story of a transcendental experience -
(Reminder
of past post)
(2/6/2019)
Ø
Why does
God hide ?
- He wants us to seek Him. He does not want to be obvious, like an
object -
(26/5/2019)
Ø
Love is a wound
- The other side of what love is thought to be - (5/5/2019)
Ø
Patriarchal
Encyclical for Holy Pascha 2019
- The Paschal message by Patriarch Bartholomew - (27-04-2019)
Ø
The Joy of
Christ's Resurrection
- All the evils of the world cannot surpass the Event of the
Resurrection-
(26-04-2019)
Ø
The Ladder of Divine
Ascent and Moral Improvement
- from a divinely illuminated guide book - (6/4/2019)
Ø
A Modern Lent
- Fasting and dieting: diametrically different
practices - by Fr. Stephen Freeman (29/03/2019)
Ø
The Man Born Blind and the Pool of Siloam
-
Archaeological finds confirm the Bible narration (26/3/2019)
Ø
Truth, Lies and
Icons - On the occasion of
Sunday of Orthodoxy, by Fr. Stephen Freeman (16/3/2019)
Ø
CATECHETICAL HOMILY
by Patriarch Bartholomew -
At the Opening of Holy and Great Lent
(2019)
(11/3/2019)
Ø
A closer inspection of excuses
- A sermon for the Sunday of the Final Judgment (10/3/2019)
Ø
Man and his Fall
- From the book by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos
(26/02/2019)
Ø
A Guide to the
Triodion and Lent
-
Reminder of past article
(25/02/2019)
YEAR 2018 POSTS
Ø
The significance
of the “Antilytron” Reminder of past article
(11/12/2018)
Ø
“Essay
on sensations, in which temptations are also included”
- Essay 44 by Abba Isaac the Syrian - (8/12/2018)
Ø
English Church Asks God to Stop Using a Preferred Gender Pronoun
- (8/12/2018)
Ø
A Ring Unearthed 50 Years Ago Likely Belonged To Pontius Pilate
- (3/12/2018)
Ø
A powerful,
recent documentary on the Orthodox Mission in Kananga of the Congo
- (2/12/2018)
Ø
Why did Elders
choose the Desert? -
(1/12/2018)
Ø
A Prophecy of Christ Revealing More Than 66 Books in the
Bible
- (25/11/2018)
Ø
Life of Saint Ekaterina, Virgin and Great Martyr
- as recorded in the Synaxarion of Saints - (24/11/2018)
Ø
Memorial Services in Ancient Israel
- (16/11/2018)
Ø
Can the devil work miracles?
- (15/11/2018)
Ø
Is the Holy Trinity mentioned anywhere in the Holy Bible?
- (14/11/2018)
Ø
What is the role
of a Spiritual Father?
- (12/11/2018)
Ø
Divided as Autocephalous, or united as Brethren?
- A commentary on the current Ukranian issue
- (2/11/2018)
Ø
A Cruciform Providence
- The essence of God's Providence - (26/10/2018)
Ø
Divine
commands for genocide
-
Analyzed from both aspects - ephemeral and eternal - (23/10/2018)
Ø
Memorandum to the Holy Synod regarding the "Filioque" addition -
(14/10/2018)
Ø
The stages of Atheism
- analyzed by Metropolitan Hierotheos
Vlachos - (3/9/2018)
Ø
Love and Freedom
- An in-depth look at the meaning of the two terms by Fr.
Stephen Freeman - (31/8/2018)
Ø
The spreading of Swine Flu and the Mysteries of our Church -
Reminder of older article - (29/8/2018)
Ø
"On voluntary and
involuntary sins, and what is the reason they are committed"
- (26/8/2018)
Ø
When was the soul created and joined
to the body?
- Views on an age-old question -
(21/8/2018)
Ø
The true Body and Blood of
Christ ?
- Awareness of what Holy Communion really
is - (15/8/2018)
Ø
Mull Orthodox Monastery of All Celtic Saints
- Liturgy
St Oran’s Chapel, Iona
- External link - (8/8/2018)
Ø
Transformation
and Forgiveness - True and not imagined Transformation -
(8/8/2018)
Ø
Personal
responsibility in spiritual life
- who can hide from the All-seeing God ?
- (3/8/2018)
Ø
The difference between human and divine
justice
- in a few words by Saint Paisios -
(31/7/2018)
Ø
"Pink Christianity"
- a new phenomenon that wants a God Who loves but doesn't judge -
(30/7/2018)
Ø
Fantasy: a post-Fall phenomenon
- cured by theosis (deification) -
(19/7/2018)
Ø
"Show them no mercy!"
- The long awaited debunking of
un-Christian accusations about God's command to the Israelites for
the extermination of the inhabitants of the Promised Land -
(1/7/2018)
Ø
Distinguishing between the “created” and
the “Uncreated” and the Theology of the Icon
- from the works of Saint John of
Damascus - (23/06/2018)
Ø
Christianity
and Gender
- Due respect for the biological genders
pre-assigned by God, according to two major Saints - (10-06-2018)
Ø
Menstruation
and the Church
-
Apostles, Canons and Patristic clarifications
dispel the vagueness that blurs the facts
- (08-06-2018)
Ø
The goal of a
lesser life
-
The modern cult of excellence is largely defined by our consumer
economy
- (05-06-2018)
Ø
Why does God
tolerate injustice?
- Answers are given, through the
sincerity and guilelessness of our prayers
- (02-05-2018)
Ø
The Mystery of
Providence
-
Providence is the belief
that God is at work in all things for our salvation - (30-04-2018)
Ø
What do
Scientists say about the Ruptured Column outside the Temple of
the Resurrection?
-
(29-04-2018)
Ø
The Difference between the
terms Father and Maker - In response to illogical Arianist
assertions - (22-04-2018)
Ø
Has the Bible become an idol ? -
Are the Scriptures a... divine instruction manual ? - (20-04-2018)
Ø
The Bible: Its Original Languages and
English Translations -
The importance of correct understanding of the texts - (18-04-2018)
Ø
The Mystery of
the Touch of St. Thomas and the Empirical Theology of the Church -
(16-4-2018)
Ø
Bookends and the
Resurrection -
Should God be studied strictly in linear fashion like a book, "from
beginning to end"? - (13-4-2018)
Ø
Does the Body of
Christ vivify us during Holy Communion? - Patristic
reassurances, since the ancient Church - (12-04-2018)
Ø
The perennial
miracle of the Holy Light at the Most Holy Sepulcher of the Lord,
every Easter -
(07-04-2018)
Ø
How is the
validity of the Councils determined? -
Conciliar decisions are NOT dependent on one single pope -
(03-04-2018)
Ø
Science analyzes
the Crucifixion and the Resurrection of Christ -
Reminder of a past article - (27-03-2018)
Ø
Hesychia: Our
Method of True Healing -
Excerpt from the enlightened book by Metropolitan Hierotheos of
Nafpaktos - (26-03-2018)
Ø
She said "Yes"! -
Mankind's most important moment: The Annunciation, which led to the
Incarnation of the Logos - (25-03-2018)
Ø
St. Patrick On
the Trinity -
Memory of the Orthodox Enlightener of Ireland, celebrated on the
17th of March - (18-03-2018)
Ø
When, exactly,
will it be "The End of Time"?
- Reminder of a past article - (16-03-2018)
Ø
The schismatic
"Macedonian Orthodox Church" -
striving to disprove its historical "identity crisis" (reminder of
older article)
Ø
Get real for
Lent -
Instead of engaging with nonexistent illusions, let's focus on God's
true existence - (24-02-2018)
Ø
A Guide to the
Triodion and Lent -
Reminder of a past article - (18-02-2018)
Ø
Romanity, or
Barbarity? -
The millennium-long Christian Empire sarcastically nicknamed
"Byzantine" by the West (rev. 18-02-2018)
Ø
Cheesefare
Sunday -
Sermon by Metropolitan Sotirios of Pisideia - (18-02-2018)
Ø
Meatfare Sunday -
Sermon by Metropolitan Sotirios of Pisideia - (11-02-2018)
Ø
Is "Hell"
eternal? -
Detailed insight on the subject by Saint Theophan the Recluse -
(12/02/2018)
YEAR 2017 POSTS
Ø
New book in
circulation - "The Jesus Prayer and its Application" - extracts
including the teachings of Elder Paisios -
(31/12/2017)
Ø
Update on Kenya
Orthodox Mission page -
(24/12/2017)
Ø
Insanity and
Demonic Possession in Patristic Thought -
How the Church Fathers discerned the difference - (20/12/2017)
Ø
Why doesn't God
intervene in the world? -
Atheist "logic" : Blaming God, while... not believing He exists? -
(19/12/2017)
Ø
“Speaking in
Tongues” and the Pentecost -
Why unintelligible utterances are not proof of the Holy Spirit's
presence - (11/12/2017)
Ø
Sacrifice and
Worship -
When the root and the essence of important terms are lost in
translation - (22/11/2017)
Ø
The Papist
teaching on “immaculate conception” - Yet
another dogma based on deliberate misinterpretation - (21/11/2017)
Ø
How the crimes
of atheism are justified according to Dawkins -
When evidence is ignored for the sake of fame - (14/11/2017)
Ø
Interpreting the
presence of Moses and Elijah at the Transfiguration of the Lord -
(21/6/2017)
Ø
The difference
between Orthodox and heretics -
The chief impediment for common prayer - (24/5/2017)
Ø
What is
"heresy"? -
Definitions of the controversial term - (20/5/2017)
Ø
The depiction of
the Holy Trinity -
Iconography is not a superficial work of art; it is an expression of
theological truths -(7/5/2017)
Ø
The strength of
faith and the weakness of faithlessness
- The futile dependence on material wealth - (6/5/2017)
Ø
Do not fear
death -
Christ's Resurrection is reassurance that there is everlasting life
after our earthly death - (5/5/2017)
Ø
“Christian”
means “Wayfarer”
(4/5/2017)
Ø
Conclusions of
the 28th Pan-Orthodox Conference on Matters of Heresies &
Para-Religion
(2/5/2017)
Ø
Unbelief and
Good Friday -
The universal impact of Christ's death and Resurrection
(14/4/2017)
Ø
Jesus Christ,
"the Alpha and the Omega" A
guide for the reader who tends to miss or disregard important
details in Revelations (1/4/2017)
Ø
The life of our
Blessed Mother Maria of Egypt - From
sinner to Saint - the ultimate example of repentance to consider for
Lent (19/3/2017)
Ø
An atonement of
Shame - Orthodoxy and the Cross -
Food for... Lenten thought (7/3/2017)
Ø
A special photo
album dedicated to Orthodoxy in the Continent of Africa
(Updated 24/2/2017)
YEAR 2015 POSTS
Ø
Christian Pascha
after the Hebrew Passover is an "Orthodox Urban Legend"?
- There is a reason for all Orthodox traditions - (9/4/2015)
Ø
Arguments over
Greek debt echo ancient disputes about Easter -
For eastern Christians, the emphasis is on Christ leaping from the
grave, not hanging on a cross. - (2/4/2015)
Ø
The Suicidal
Church In The U.K. -
What fills the void, if/when the Church is dissolved? - (2/4/2015)
Ø
Mummy Mask May
Reveal Oldest Known Gospel -
Discovered on a fragment of papyrus taken from an ancient Egyptian
funeral mask dating to the 1st century A.D. - (31/3/2015)
Ø
Debunking claims
of Conciliar Committee vote about homosexuality - Putting
different words in another's mouth is neither professional, nor
praiseworthy journalism - (24/3/2015)
Ø
Judah, Todah and
Christian Eucharist -
The background of the religious term "Thanksgiving" - 21/3/2015
Ø
Legendary gay
designers oppose gay marriage, gay parenting, surrogacy
- A statement from where one least expected it - 20/3/2015
Ø
On humility and
humor
- A few extracts from an interview with Metropolitan Hierotheos
(Vlachos) about Archimandrite Sophrony of Essex - 15/3/2015
Ø
Catholic Priest
Constantine Simon Converts to Orthodoxy -
This is not the first time a Catholic priest has decided to convert
to the Orthodox Faith. - 15/3/2015
Ø
The Byzantines
were Romans -
As analysed in an interview with OSU professor Anthony Kaldellis -
6/3/2015
Ø
France and
Christianity today -
Two articles indicative of an enlightened European France's stance
toward religious (in)tolerance. - 1/3/2015
Ø
Where does
humanistic culture lead? -
A treatise by Saint Justin Popovic - 20/2/2015
Ø
The year I lost
my limbs was the most brilliant of my life' -
a shocking admission and reaction - 14/2/2015
Ø
‘Flat Earth’
Theory: A Secular Myth Fabricated to Defame Christianity -
but dismissed by Science. - 12/2/2015
Ø
How Saint Mark
of Ephesus behaved in the Dialogue with the Latins -
He had aspired to their return to the One Church, NOT to a mere
union with them. - 31/1/2015
Ø
Burning incense
is psychoactive -
New Class Of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses,
according to biological reports. - 31/1/2015
Ø
Asceticism as
Repentance, Repentance as Failure. -
An essay by Professor Christos Yannaras - 28/1/2015
Ø
Infant
Communion, revisited -
Comparing the Orthodox view - 25/1/2015
Ø
In Defence Of
The Holy Icons
(book) - Historical evidence regarding the prominent place of
Iconography since the time of the ancient Church - 20/1/2015
Ø
What the
jihadists who bought “Islam for Dummies” on Amazon tell us about
radicalization -
Pretending that the danger comes only from the devout could cost
lives.
Ø
Fighting to keep
Orthodoxy unadulterated, with... Orthodox weapons -
from a homily by Fr. Constantine Strategopoulos - 19/1/2015
Ø
The Elder
Paisios has been canonized -
The Church's official recognition of the Elder as a Saint -
13/1/2015
Ø
The oldest known
prayer to the Theotokos
- Tangible historical proof that the Holy Mother was indeed
venerated, even by the early Church. - 13/1/2015
Ø
Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage in the Orthodox Church -
Why Marriage is not a mere tradition or custom - 12/1/2015
Ø
Using the
Charlie Hebdo killings to attack religion is just cowardice -
Examining the underlying thoughts behind this tragedy. - 10/1/2015
Ø
Gabriel, an
atheist Philosophy Student at Mount Athos -
A meeting between the student and Metropolitan Nicholas of Mesogea.
- 8/1/2015
YEAR 2014 POSTS
Ø
From birth to
baptism the glory of christmastide -
Reflections on the twelve days of Christmas. - 30/12/2014
Ø
Is Porn really
destroying 500,000 Marriages Annually? -
500,000 marriages annually might be failing due to pornography -
30/12/2014
Ø
Protests and out
of control emotions. -
Fr. George Aquaro, explains why we are scared and angry and
resentful and why we we must remain that way in order for the system
to continue. - (29/12/2014)
Ø
The Orthodox
Royal Hours of Christmas, in English. (external
link).
Ø
Psychology and
Orthodox Christian Therapy.
Abbot Tryphon, a "recovering psychologist" explains the difference
between the two.
Ø
Christianity,
sin and morality. (external
link) Fr. Dn Stephen Hayes, gives us some insight on these
matters.
Ø
Morality,
Freedom and way of existence in Orthodoxy. (updated)
In this classic homily, Fr. Constantine Strategopoulos explains why
ethicism and Christianity don't mix.
Ø
Why Morality is
not Christian. The
amoral core of our faith.
Ø
The Anglican
communion ordains women Bishops.
A very sad development that leads the Anglicans one step away from
the Apostolic faith.
Ø
Orthodoxy in
South Africa before and after Apartheid Fr
Dn Stephen serves two congregations in Pretoria and Johannesburg,
South Africa. As a result of his missionary efforts across racial
lines under South Africa’s apartheid government, Fr Dn Stephen was
deported, listed as Enemy of the State, and banned from 1972 – 1976.
(17/12/2014)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook-
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 28 -29 THE END) - (17/12/2014)
Ø
Is the Holy
Bible the Logos in written form? -
Clarifying a mistaken Protestant perception - (1/4/2014)
Ø
Top 10 Most
Common Atheist Arguments, and Why They Fail -
(31/3/2014)
Ø
The Annunciation
of the Theotokos -
Article by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos - (25/3/2014)
Ø
Young girl
covers her eyes as nude men walk past during Gay Pride Parade -
A pictorial example of the much-touted-but-not-always-respected
popular expression "TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!" - (23/3/2014)
Ø
Conclusions of
the 25th Pan-Orthodox Conference on Matters of Heresies &
Para-Religion -
(17/3/2014)
Ø
To experience
God -
by Saint Gregory Palamas, the man who had been unjustly and without
due consideration referred to as “the cause of all disorders and
disturbances in the Church” in his time - (16/3/2014)
Ø
The Orthodox
Monastery of Saints Ninian and Cuthbert -
to become the first Orthodox Monastery in the Hebrides - (15/3/2014)
Ø
Wars: religious,
or with the pretext of religion? -
an interesting overview of the topic, with statistics - (13/3/2014)
Ø
The Synodicon of
Orthodoxy -
by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos - (11/3/2014)
Ø
Saint Dymphna of
Ireland, Virgin Martyr (pre-Schism
Saint of the 7th century A.D.) - (9/3/2014)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 27) - (6/3/2014)
Ø
Elder Paisios on
the Final Judgment -
thoughts by the Elder Paisios - (3/3/2014)
Ø
Monday of Clean
Week – First part of the Great Canon of St Andrew of Crete -
(3/3/2014)
Ø
A dog is better
than I, because a dog loves and does not judge -
Everyday food for thought - (2/3/2014)
Ø
A GUIDE TO THE
TRIODION AND LENT : Fourth Sunday of Triodion - Forgiveness Sunday -
(2/3/2014)
Ø
Homily for
Forgiveness Sunday -
(2/3/2014)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 26) - (26/2/2014)
Ø
We shouldn't ask
to see God if we aren't prepared -
Written by an Orthodox Archbishop for people who had never prayed
before - (20/2/2014)
Ø
List of Killings
Ordered or Supported by Muhammad -
A list containing the results and reasons for the targeted killings
and assassinations ordered or supported by Muhammad, and the primary
sources which mention these incidents - (18/2/2014)
Ø
The Absurdity of
Conservatism and Liberalism -
A look at the history behind these terms - (14/2/2014)
Ø
Heresies and
Councils -
From the book by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos "Empirical
Dogmatics" - (10/2/2014)
Ø
The truth about
Russia’s “anti-Gay” laws -
Details that may challenge what's reported in the mainstream media -
(9/2/2014)
Ø
The Human
Body: Ascesis and Exercise -
By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos - (8/2/2014)
Ø
Therapeutic
Treatment of the Human Nous -
The Human Nous: Its anatomy, Nosology and Therapeutic Treatment - a
homily by protopresbyter Constantine Strategopoulos - (2/2/2014)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 25) - (27/1/2014)
Ø
Some thoughts on
the 41st Anniversary of the Roe Vs Wade Decision -
(21/1/2014)
Ø
The Primacy of
the Ecumenical Patriarchate -
Why it differs from the Primacy asserted by the Papacy - (21/1/2014)
Ø
Calvinism is
Nonsense. A Quick Way to Destroy TULIP -
A brief outline of the basis of Calvinist doctrine - (19/1/2014)
Ø
How the Faith
was Lost in the Church of England -
When the Church becomes a fixed part of the local landscape, it
ceases to preach repentance and conversion, and instead "reaches
out" with social programs - (6/1/2014)
YEAR 2013 POSTS
Ø
Position of the
Moscow Patriarchate on the problem of primacy in the Universal
Church -
(31/12/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 24) - (22/12/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 23) - (20/12/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapters 20-21-22) - (19/12/2013)
Ø
Masoretic vs
Septuagint : Guns, Lies and Forgeries -
Clarifications evidencing the truth - (15/12/2013)
Ø
The Orthodox
Church in Cumbria -
(External Link) The Orthodox Church in Cumbria follows the
ancient Living Tradition of the Saints. People are often surprised
to find that it has been followed in the British Isles since the 2nd
century after Christ - (8/12/2013)
Ø
Brain scans of
porn addicts: what's wrong with this picture?
- Scan images show that watching online 'adult' sites can
alter our grey matter, which may lead to a change in sexual tastes
(4/12/2013)
Ø
How to avoid
Holiday Depression -
Orthodox living contains the solution to this phenomenon -
(1/12/2013)
Ø
· Canonization
of Two New Saints by the Ecumenical Patriarchate -
ANNOUNCEMENT: On Tuesday, November 27, 2013, the Sacred and
Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate decided the formal
inclusion in the List of Saints of the Orthodox Church
of Elder
Porphyrios of
Kafsokalivia and of Venerable Meletios of Lardos, Rodos Island. -
(27/11/2013)
Ø
Feast Day of
Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalivia: December 2nd.
Ø
Feast Day of
Saint Meletios of Lardos: February 12th.
Ø
Church of
England will be extinct within 25 years, according to former leader -
Orthodoxy is on the increase in both England and Ireland. Most of
the churches the Orthodox now own are former Church of England or
Church of Ireland buildings. - (21/11/2013)
Ø
The monk who
lives up a rock to get closer to God -
A Georgian monk has lived up a 131-ft pillar of rock for 20 years in
a lonely quest to get closer to God - (20/11/2013)
Ø
Mother Thekla
- Scholar and Orthodox nun who provided spiritual inspiration and
words for the composer John Tavener (17/11/2013)
Ø
· An
Ecumenical Council Officially Condemns a Pope for Heresy -
Historical facts proving that the bishops of Rome are not
infallible and were never considered so by the early Church -
(13/11/2013)
Ø
Do Atheist
“Mega-Churches” create the same effect as Christian ones? -
(12/11/2013)
Ø
Saint Nektarios
: When the Church apologized -
Honouring his feast-day, the 9th of November - (9/11/2013)
Ø
Conveying
Experience -
Excerpt from Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos' work, "Empirical
Dogmatics" - (8/11/2013)
Ø
"The Lion of
Christ" (External
link) - An English-subbed video on the life and opus of Saint Basil
the Great - (7/11/2013)
Ø
"We have to
return to our roots." -
former Roman Catholic monk, fr. Gabriel Bunge, narrating his life's
path - (2/11/2013)
Ø
Living as an
Orthodox Christian in a Non-Orthodox World -
(28/10/2013)
Ø
Hypersexuality
and Sterility: the Social Costs of Porn in Japan -
Sad and disheartening news for our youths - (24/10/2013)
Ø
The Hebrew Bible
Moses Couldn’t Read -Why
the Masoretic text would be impossible for Moses to confirm as
accurate- (3/10/2013)
Ø
Photons: Minute
things that hold the grandeur of this world... -
A fascinating homily by Metropolitan Nicholas of Mesogaia and
Lavreotiki, speaking as an... Astrophysicist! - (1/10/2013)
Ø
A surprising
dialogue between an atheist scientist and a priest -
(29/9/2013)
Ø
Is secular
“psychotherapy” compatible with the principles & the anthropology of
the Orthodox Church? -
(27/9/2013)
Ø
Patriarch
Bartholomew: We are not betraying Orthodoxy - We are not ecumenists -
His words of reassurance - (22/9/2013)
Ø
The Impact of
Religious Practice on Social Stability-
(21/9/2013)
Ø
Faith,
Experience, and Theory -
Intellectual theologizing vs. communion with God - (28/8/2013)
Ø
"Storky's
Adventures" -
Presentation of a children's book specially designed to alert young
ages to "the facts of life" in a child-sensitive and subtle manner,
while highlighting related, underlying truths - (27/8/2013)
Ø
Saint Basil on
Usury and Debt -
(22/8/2013)
Ø
Standing With
Israel: how bad theology duped us into supporting terrorism and
oppression -
(21/8/2013)
Ø
Why are
premarital relations not allowed? -
A sensitive topic, with sensible answers - (17/8/2013)
Ø
God's truth,
believers are nicer. -
The results of an interesting survey - (15/8/2013)
Ø
The Plethora of
"Elders" and the "Piety" of the Naive -
Some observations to think about - (12/8/2013)
Ø
Metropolitan
Seraphim of Kastoria: "If the priest isn't at least gracious, then
all his ministry goes to waste"
- The paternal and exhortative encyclical distributed by the
Metropolitan to the Clergy of his jurisdiction - (8/8/2013)
Ø
How Efthymios
the Great brought Queen Evdokia back from the Antichalcedonians -
(3/8/2013)
Ø
The schismatic
illegal occupants of the Holy Mountain's Esphigmenou Monastery
resort to acts of violence! -
Karyes (the capital) of the Holy Mountain has just experienced an
attack with explosives and Molotov cocktails. (30/7/2013)
Ø
The Internet is
"upon us" (literally)! -
Insight by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos - (27/7/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 19) - (22/7/2013)
Ø
The road to
Nicaea -
A detailed look at the shaping and clarification of Orthodoxy's
theological landmarks - (20/7/2013)
Ø
Number of
Orthodox Christians in Ireland DOUBLES in Five Years -
According to an official 2011 census - (16/7/2013)
Ø
The 'Arab
Spring' and the Christian Nightmare -
An official USA (!!) Report also verifies the unrelenting, financed
(and unjustified) persecution of the Christian population in Syria -
(29/4/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 18) - (22/4/2013)
Ø
Why does the
Bible speak in riddles? -
Is it to make our life more difficult, or are there other reasons? -
(18/4/2013)
Ø
Depression -
Focusing on the troubles of our fellow-man helps to diminish our
personal perspectives - (13/4/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 17) - (7/4/2013)
Ø
Should One Kill
Moles? Or, How to Avoid Falling Into Traps While Reading
Contemporary Orthodox Literature -
Deacon George Maximov highlights a dangerous modernist trait where
personal opinions are placed at the forefront of spiritual studies -
(6/4/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 16) - (30/3/2013)
Ø
The meaning of
"Anathema" in the Orthodox Church -
dispelling the doubt surrounding this term - (22/3/2013)
Ø
A Guide to the
Triodion and Lent -
Outlining the underlying facts of fasting and of Lent - (19/3/2013)
Ø
The Love of
Poverty -
in the words of Saint Gregory the Theologian - (10/3/2013)
Ø
Taxing the Greek
Orthodox Church? -
Archbishop of Athens Ieronimos Declares Transparency - (8/3/2013)
Ø
The Sickness of
Religion and its Orthodox Cure -
As analysed by Protopresbyter John Romanides (†) - (3/3/2013)
Ø
Orthodox Vespers
in English (external
link, YouTube) Vassilis Hadjinicolaou chants Byzantine Vesper Hymns
in English (1/3/2013)
Ø
St. Raphael of
Brooklyn on the Episcopalians -
On the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the repose of St. Raphael
of Brooklyn (+1915), this is a pastoral letter he sent out in 1912
regarding relations with the Episcopal Church - (28/2/2013)
Ø
On Papal Primacy -
The facts of the matter, in a nutshell - (27/2/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 15) - (24/1/2013)
Ø
A Yearning Of
The Heart -
As narrated by a convert from the Protestant realm - (23/2/2013)
Ø
A First In
Oxford Since 1066 -
A revival of the ancient, genuine form of Orthodox worship that
Britain once knew - (21/2/2013)
Ø
Praying to
Saints and Prayers for the Departed -
A Christian practice usually shirked or downplayed by various
Protestant groups - (10/2/2013)
Ø
Two Divergent Triadologies?
Anatomizing Divinity -
Anthropos, Cosmos, and Theos According to the Orthodox Catholic
Tradition and the Alchemico-Hermetic Tradition: Two Divergent
Triadologies. - (5/2/2013)
Ø
The Path towards
the Light: Orthodoxy's holy teachers and teachers of other
religions -
(25/1/2013)
Ø
Basic Dogmatic
Teaching - An Orthodox Handbook -
by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos (Chapter 14) - (24/1/2013)
Ø
Prayer and the
Departed Saints -
The Church's unchanging beliefs on these two subjects - (18/1/2013)
Ø
On the selection
of a Spiritual Father
- Why it is important to select a spiritual father properly -
(12/1/2013)
Ø
The Eucharistic
Liturgy in Ancient House Churches
- Protestant groups in our present day might be attempting to
emulate the house churches of the “New Testament” church, however,
the ancient Christian communities were gathered together primarily
for the celebration of the Sacraments, not for a simple Bible study,
lecture, and sing-along. - (7/1/2013)
Ø
Holy Tradition
and the Bible -
by the Elder Sophrony and Saint Siluan the Athonite - (6/1/2013)
Ø
Discourse On the
Day of the Baptism of Christ -
by Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople - (5/1/2013)
Ø
Church Year :
Epiphany -
More details pertaining to this important Feast-day - (4/1/2013)
Ø
Theophany -
Informative article, in view of the imminent, important Feast-Day of
the Epiphany of our Lord - (3/1/2013)
Ø
Christian
Chronology -
An historical view by Protopresbyter Fr. George Metallinos -
(2/1/2013)
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Wishing all our
readers a blessed and joyous New Year of our Lord 2013 !
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