Continued from (Part XXX) The Holy Icons One of the first things that strikes a non-Orthodox visitor to an Orthodox...
Continued from (Part XXIX) The Most-Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. In the theology and piety of the Orthodox Church, a...
Continued from (Part XXVIII) 4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. The...
Draw near to me O Lord, hasten to help me, bring my soul out of affliction and have mercy on...
Continued from (Part XXVII) The Foundations of Christian Morals. The Sermon delivered by our Savior on the Mount was preceded...
by Ecaterini I am a convert to Orthodoxy and live in regional Australia. I came to my local Greek Orthodox...
Continued from (Part XXVI) The Ten Commandments. After the Exodus from Egyptian slavery (Ex. 14), the Children of Israel encamped...
Continued from (Part XXV) Concerning one Baptism for the Remission of Sins. Man becomes a child of the Church through...
Κατά τον όντως φιλόθεο και φιλάγιο βιογράφο άγιο Φιλόθεο τον Κόκκινο, του αγίου Γερμανού πατρίδα ήταν «η περιφανής Μακεδόνων μητρόπολις,...
Πρόκειται για εναν από τους επιφανέστερους και πολυγραφότερους αρχιερείς της Εκκλησίας μας κι εναν από τους μεγαλύτερους οικουμενικούς πατριάρχες. Ο...
Continued from (Part XXIV) Concerning the Son of God — the Savior of the World. The teaching of faith in...
Continued from (Part XXIII) 6. Orthodox Dogmas and Doctrines. Holy Tradition. One of the distinctive characteristics of the Holy Orthodox...
Continued from (Part XXII) The Monastic Tonsure. The Monastic Grades. When one desiring the monastic life enters a monastery, he...
Continued from (3) St. Thomas. Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle, nevertheless thanks to the fourth Gospel his...
Continued from (2) St. Barnabas. Barnabas (originally Joseph), styled an Apostle in Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by...
Continued from (1) St. Andrew. The name “Andrew” (Gr. andreia, manhood, or valour), like other Greek names, appears to have...
Apostles of Christ. Under this title it may be sufficient to supply brief and essential information. The reader will find...
Eίς την περίοπτον τοποθεσίαν, όπου σήμερον ανυψώνονται τα επιβλητικά κτίρια της ιεράς σκήτεως του Αγίου Ανδρέου, ευρίσκομεν ήδη από τον...
Continued from (Part XXI) 5. Orthodox Monasticism. It is generally accepted that monasticism began in Egypt towards the end of...
Continued from (Part XX) The Feast of Feasts-The Holy Pascha of the Lord. On Saturday, the day after the crucifixion...
