We learnt enough in order to have confidence in what we think we know but we did not learnt enough...
The question ‘Why did Christianity triumph?’ is the same as ‘Why did the Greeks become Christians?’ Identifying the two questions in this way is not an arbitrary choice. Had the Greeks not become Christian, then neither would the Romans. Given the rejection of the Jews and the indifference of the collectivist peoples of the East, there would have been no Christianity. This organic contiguity makes the question ‘Why did Christianity triumph?’ the fundamental problem of Greek identity. 1. The modernity of the question Over the Christian centuries people generally saw nothing out of the ordinary in the triumph of Christianity: the Greeks became Christian because the old pagan religion was false and Christianity was the only true religion. The ‘baptism’ of Hellenism ...
Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: Πηγή: www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr
The chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for Society and Mass Mediа Relations, Vladimir Legoida, this week reiterated the...
A fire caused half a million dollars worth of damage to the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ in...
The issue of the completion of the iconic St. Nicholas Cathedral at «Ground Zero» in Manhattan, at a spot where...
The Church today venerates the memory of Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra. The saint lived during the reign of...
With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the feast day of Saint John of Damascus, patron saint of...
On Sunday, December 1rst, 2019, the second year students at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology – Balamand...
His Beatitude Patriarch John X, presided the vigil in honor of Saints Barbara and John of Damascus at the Church...
There’s no way we can achieve salvation other than by a transformation of the mind, changing it into something it hadn’t been until then. Our intellect is sanctified through a unique act of God’s Grace. It becomes passionless and holy. A sanctified intellect lives constantly in the remembrance of God.
There was a young boy in Thessaloniki who was ill with kidney failure. He had to have hemodialysis all the time and led a life of pain and misery. His parents were devout people who were heart-broken at this. They couldn’t bear to watch their child suffer in this way. The father volunteered and offered a kidney of his own in order to save his son. Elder Anthimos from the Skete of Saint Ann (1913-1996) Unfortunately, however, the patient’s organism rejected the transplant and the boy became increasingly ill. He was placed on a waiting-list again but there was no donor to be found. In her despair, his mother turned to Father Anthimos. She was in tears as she explained the situation to ...
Pro Vita Iași, pro life department of Iași Archdiocese, is running a large-scale food drive for two weeks this month...
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned,...
Fr Jonah from Taiwan speaks on the parable of the foolish rich man (Luke 12, 16-21).
Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: Πηγή: www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr
The Bishop of Gulu and eastern Uganda, His Grace Silvestros, over the weekend officiated at the baptism of 60 adults...
The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, on Wednesday officiated at a hierarchical service celebrating the Feast...
Millions of Russian send information about relatives who fought in WWII for listing in new Cathedral
More than 15 million citizens in Russia have sent information about relatives that served in the armed forces during World...
The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week issued an encyclical for Friday’s Feast Day of St. Nicholas the...
