Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens The Gospel reading for 2nd Luke comes from the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. In Saint Matthew’s Gospel, in which almost all Jesus’ teaching during his public ministry is gathered together, emphasis is placed on the overall context of the Read more…
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis Faith in Christ is principally a matter of the heart, and then of reason. The Lord didn’t say, ‘If you understand me’, but ‘If you love me, keep my commandments’. This means that we can understand him to the degree that we try to love him. Read more…
In Orthodox Christianity, the five senses are seen as gifts from God, through which we can experience and understand the world around us. These senses are celebrated and celebrated through various sacraments, including baptism, chrismation, and Holy Communion. Today, the significance of the five senses in Orthodox Christianity remains relevant Read more…
Lambros Skontzos, Theologian The feast of the Holy Spirit represents a special stage in the annual cycle of feasts in the Orthodox Church. On this holy day, we honor and venerate the Holy Spirit, who, the day before, had descended on the upper room in Jerusalem as ‘tongues of Read more…
Saint Theophan the Recluse Almost everyone has doubts about the faith at one time or another. It’s possible to dispel them, however, with opposing arguments which confirm the truth of the divine revelation regarding the world and humankind: the order and harmony of the universe; the miracle of life; Read more…
Saint John of Kronstadt Before God made this beautiful world and the people in it, he knew that we would fall and, from the very beginning, had the means of setting us to rights after this fall. And that was to descend to earth himself, the Son of God, Read more…
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi All the temptations, whenever they overcome us, do, indeed, injure us and are obstacles on our path. Their sole aim is to erode love. Satan concocts situations and events which, in essence, don’t really exist but which befuddle the minds of those who are either Read more…
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi Now we proceed with the same faith, which is no longer abstract, however, because the promises have come, the fullness of time has arrived, the incarnation of the Word of God has occurred and the ‘angel of great counsel’ has appeared (Is. 9, 6). Our Read more…
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi The dismissal hymn for the feast of the Holy Forefathers, says: ‘You [i.e. Christ] justified the forefathers in faith, and through them betrothed Yourself, in advance, to the Church taken from out of the Gentiles’. These words, if you look at them carefully, are full Read more…
Elder Moisis the Athonite † Faith isn’t some vague and abstract theory, a nice ideology or a self-serving religious view. The Orthodox faith is an experience, an ethos, a way of life and being. Faith means the life of Christ becomes my own. Let me set out my thoughts, Read more…