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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
".. من دون القدس تاريخنا مبتور ، القدس مشوهة طعنة في صحة ايماننا، القدس هي مكان حيث نرى بابا من ابواب السماء"(البطريرك اغناطيوس الرابع هزيم)" ..كل ما في القدس مقدسا"(المطران جورج خضر)القدس من منظور مسيحي هي ام الكنائس لانها المدينة التي شهدت الاحداث المثيرة في حياة السيد المسيح وقيامته وهي عاصمة العقيدة المسيحية ولا تزال [...]
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 and [...]
في دراسة الفروق بين الأرثوذكسية والكثلكة يسهل الحديث عن نقاط الخلاف بينهما؛ أما في دراسة الفروق بين الأرثوذكسية والبروتستانتية، فالأسهل هو الحديث عن نقاط الاتفاق المعدودة بينهما. بادئ ذي بدء، لا بد من القول إن البروتستانتية تمثّل جملة من الفرق الكنسية المنشقة عن الكنائس الرسولية (الأرثوذكسية والكاثوليكية) والتي تجمع هجيناً مختلفاً غير متجانس من التعاليم [...]
The Great Schism 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 [...]