Theophany in the Middle of an Australian Summer
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Life in summer carries an intensity. Days are bright and stretched, and heat settles heavily. Summer holidays are intertwined with anticipation and pressure. Some families travel, others remain home, balancing work commitments with the constant presence of children whose routines have
Don’t Work for Only What Is Temporary
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews; to those under the law I became as one under the law—though not being myself
Three Holidays on One Day
And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them. And at the end of eight days, when He was circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. And
Omar Epps & Wiz Khalifa in “Moses the Black” | Director Yelena Popovic on Faith Films that Work
Director Yelena Popovic discusses her approach to making Moses the Black, an Orthodox film starring Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, and Quavo. She explains how she created an original modern-day story about gang violence in Chicago that reflects the journey of the 4th-century Saint Moses the Black, and why she
Reflection for the 12 Days: A Foreign and Strange Mystery
The following in an excerpt from “Eros of Orthodoxy,” translated by Fr. Nicholas Palis and written by Mr. Pantelis Paschou. Whoever desires to feel something more spiritual, something deeper and more invigorating for the life of our worn souls, it’s not enough to read the philology that every pamphlet offers.
Circumcision of Christ—A Sign is Necessary, but It’s More Than That
Brethren, see to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness