
I Believe – The Nicene Creed | He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate
Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” Jesus answered, “Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about Me?” Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief

A Christ-centered approach to emotional and spiritual well-being | Dr. Ioana Popa
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39) What does it mean to love ourselves, and how can we

I Believe – The Nicene Creed | Who for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. John 1:14 Christ is Risen! May 15 marks 27 years since my ordination to the Holy Priesthood of the Orthodox Church. As

Meeting with the Samaritan Woman (2)
George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki While the Samaritan woman was talking to Christ, she basically didn’t understand what he was saying. He was talking on the level of eternal life. She automatically transferred what she heard to the level of this transitory life. There

Sunday of the Samaritan woman (John 4:5-42)
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou This Gospel reading is exceptional, loaded with great and sublime truths which the Lord condescended to impart to a dissolute woman, a heretic who had led a reckless life and hailed from Samaria, an abomination for the Jews. The reconciliatory way that Christ relates with this

Mid-Pentecost
About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. The Jews marveled at it, saying, “How is it that this man has learning] when he has never studied?” So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me; if any man’s will is to do