Once, when the people of God had become careless in their relationship with Him, the Lord rebuked them through the prophet Haggai. "Consider your ways!" (Haggai 1:5) he declared, urging them to reflect on some of the things happening to them, and to evaluate their slipshod spirituality in light of what God had told them.Even [...]
السلام عليكِ يا كوكباً مظهراً الشمسمن خدمة المديح الكبير لوالدة الإله الفائقة القداسةاليوم هو الأحد الأول من الصوم الكبير المقدس، الذي تخصصه الكنيسة للاحتفال بانتصارها على هرطقة محاربي الأيقونات المقدسة والتي استمرت حوالي مئتي سنة، تم فيها تدمير الكثير من الأيقونات وسحلها في الشوارع ودوسها بالأقدام وإهانتها. الكنيسة الحية بالروح القدس نهضت من جراحها وصرخت [...]
The city of Antioch on-the-Orontes was the most important city of the Roman Province of Syria, and, as such, served as the capital city of the Empire's civil "Diocese of the East." The Church in Antioch dates back to the days of the foremost apostles, SS. Peter and Paul, as is recorded in the Acts [...]
The following represent the teaching of the Orthodox Church from the [early] second century through the fifth century.... Note that penalties, when they are given, are neither civil nor criminal, but ecclesiastical and pastoral (excommunication for the purpose of inducing repentance). Also note that the these quotes deal with both surgical and chemically induced abortion, [...]
By the 3rd or 4th Century, Rome had expanded to a vast empire, which was beset by enemies around it. The early Roman emperors were not like modern British kings and queens, inheriting the throne from their fathers; they were generals who had the command of the armies and as a result could protect Rome [...]
By Panagiotis K. Christou Professor of the Theological School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki in the 9th century.Since the beginning of the 9th century over one thousand and one hundred years had already passed since the foundation of the city of Thessaloniki (315 BC). During this period the city saw days of brilliant [...]
ترفض الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية الإجهاض، وثمة قوانين كنسيّة عديدة وضعها الآباء أفراداً أو في المجامع تدينه، ومنها القانون 91 من مجمع تروللو (692) الذي يقرر:" إن النساء اللواتي يعطين عقاقير لإسقاط الجنين واللواتي يأخذن السموم لقتل الجنين يقعن تحت قصاص القتلة ". والقديس باسيليوس الكبير (+ 379) يوصي في القانون الثاني من مجموعة قوانينه:" ليفرض على [...]
The Estrangement of Eastern and Western Christendom Bishop Kallistos Ware One summer afternoon in the year 1054, as a service was about to begin in the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) at Constantinople, Cardinal Humbert and two other legates of the Pope entered the building and made their way up to the sanctuary. [...]
BOOK IV CHAPTER IXSt. John of Damascus – Concerning Faith and BaptismWe confess one baptism for the remission of sins and for life eternal. For baptism declares the Lord’s death. We are indeed “buried with the Lord through baptism,” as saith the divine Apostle. So then, as our Lord died once for all, we also [...]
by Photios Kontoglou“Eastern peoples are more religious”, an ancient writes, wishing to say that Easterners are more religious than people in the West, in Europe. Note that East is also the Balkans together with Russia. To an Easterner feeling is more intense than reasoning, while the opposite happens with a European; and since faith regards heart [...]