Orthodox Christianity: Nearly Two Thousand Years of Faithfulness By Father Anthony Yazge (Originally submitted to the Tribune Star for publication in the Fall of 1995) Jesus Christ established His Church on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles, as recorded in chapter two of The Acts of the Apostles. Later [...]
Word Magazine June 1971 Page 9 - 11 ON THE MEANING OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY By John C. Trevor Professor of Religion, Baldwin-Wallace College Every world crisis since the completion of the Biblical Canon in the first and fourth centuries has provoked certain Christians to search their Bibles for any possible parallels to so-called “Biblical prophecy.” [...]
John Chrysostom 347-407 On The Priesthood John Chrysostom is among the most well known saints of the Eastern Church. He was born in Antioch in c. 347 and died in exile in 407 as the Patriarch of Constantinople. He was educated in both law under the pagan Libanius and in theology by Diodore of Tarsus, [...]
Orthodox Christian Worship: A living experience by Fr. Anthony G. Yazge (Originally submitted to the Tribune Star for publication in the Fall of 1995) Imagine being gathered before the throne of God in the presence of all the saints. Gold adorns many of the altar articles and the fragrance of incense fills the air. It [...]
ORTHODOXY & CATHOLICISM By Father Theodore Pulcini, PhD Every so often we hear someone say, “Orthodox Christianity — let’s see, isn’t that sort of like the Eastern branch of the Roman Catholic Church?” No, not really. Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism are distinct bodies with significant differences. In discussing these differences, my approach will be primarily [...]
Word Magazine October 1961 Page 11 ORTHODOXY AND THE CHURCH FATHERS (From the special Easter 1961 issue of the Zoë” Brotherhood. Athens Greece, dedicated to ORTHODOXY.) The Fathers of our Church derived all of their teachings from Orthodoxy. However, they gave everything they possessed for the triumph of the Orthodox Faith, which is the priceless [...]
Word Magazine April 1984 Page 5 - 7 ORTHODOXY IN AMERICA: SUCCESS AND FAILURE by Metropolitan PHILIP Once every year, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the Orthodox people in North America emerge from their ethnic islands to celebrate the triumph of the Orthodox Faith over the iconoclastic heresy. This victory happened in the year 787 [...]
Pope Gregory The Great (Gregory ho Dialogus) 540-604 (Gregory: The Man of Balance) The Pastoral Rule Introduction The fourth of our patristic commentaries on the pastoral life, that of Pope Gregory I of Rome was written in the sixth century, some two centuries later than those of Gregory The Theologian and John Chrysostom. This commentary [...]
SHARE YOUR FAITH WITH CONFIDENCE By Archpriest Joseph Sakkab Dean The Prairie Deanery “Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [...]
The Holy Angels An Orthodox Perspective NOVEMBER 8 Angels: Our Elder Brethren Written by St. Nicholai Velimirovic, Bishop of Zica Compiled by Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes Boise, Idaho, USA August 13th 2004 "Whom Christ loves, His angels love too." St. Nicholai of Zica (1880-+1956) Our Holy Bible starts with this sentence: In the beginning God created [...]