(continuation from 2) Literature and the Arts Outside the Augustaeum, in Constantinople, one would notice a statue of Justinian wearing...
Continuation from (1) The Advancement of Architecture The ruler as builder was one of the oldest ideals of a sovereign....
In the same way, any child who grows up surrounded in an atmosphere of prayer in the home will, almost...
I.The Foundation of Constantinople and the Adoption of Christianity We begin our story about the history of Romiosini or the...
http://macedonia-evidence.org/obama-letter.html The Honorable Barack Obama President, United States of America White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear...
St. Cosmas Aitolos Perhaps the most misunderstood sacrament of the Christian Church is confession (or repentance). How did it originate?...
Reuters May 22 2009 UK ISTANBUL (Reuters) – One of the world’s oldest functioning Christian monasteries has won a legal battle...
I need to share a story that changed my life forever even though it did not involve me directly. You...
Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. At the end of...
Sacraments (or Mysteries) are holy actions of the Church by which spiritual life is imparted to those receiving them. Ordination,...
The family is the basic unit or ‘cell’ of society, and the Christian family is also a major building block...
by Fr. Stephen The title of this post is quite misleading – for in proper theological language – there are...
“For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same...
From earliest times the church has practised chrismation immediately following baptism. In the sacrament of chrismation (Gr. chrismatis, “anointing”) the...
I have written often on the subject of “personhood,” drawing to a large extent on the writings of the Elder...
Born in Thessalonica, Saint Methodius was a military man before becoming a monk on Mount Olympus. His brother Constantine, known...
By Archpriest Aleksiy Uminskiy Translated by Zhanna Menshikova If we understand that confession is not merely a conversation with a...
The Abbot of the Monastery of Lepavina The Archimandrite Gabriel (Vuckovic) entered the monastery as a novice at the end...
Warsaw, 29-30 April 2009 Freedom of Religion – Safeguarding the Role and the Prerogatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate The European...
by Archimandrite Justin Popovich All the truths of Orthodoxy emerge from one truth and converge on one truth, infinite and...
