After Pascha—What Happens Now?
Pascha has come and gone, and we might be tempted to adopt an attitude that allows us to drift back into habits and patterns best avoided. We normally think of New Year’s Day as the time to make resolutions for changing our lives, however slightly or greatly, but I suggest...
The Theology of Gender – 8. St. John Chrysostom
Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara Throughout the history of Christianity many voices from the Church rose to protest the established order of society. It is obvious in the patristic writings that the Fathers many times tried to defend the equality of man and woman, demonstrating that discrimination was a problem at all...
Agapas Me? Do You LOVE Me with Agape?
We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. The Resurrection of Christ When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I...
The Myrrh-Bearing Women arrive at the empty Tomb
Athanasios Moustakis, D. Th. According to the Jewish custom which was observed at the time of Christ, a dead body was to be anointed with precious myrrh, so that it would be prepared to be given over to the decay of death. Christ’s body was no exception to this...
