Elder Moses the Athonite † The paradise of the kingdom of heaven is the culmination of the perfection of freedom. In this life, the faithful have a foretaste of the grace of this peace-bearing freedom and ease, which has been the earthly experience of all the saints. Source: pemptousia.com
Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis † On the evening of Great Friday, we begin the service with a rather strange hymn. It’s a tropario which isn’t mournful but joyful. Not a lament, but a doxology. ‘God is the Lord and has appeared to us…’. He came to earth. And he Read more…
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana ‘Fear not’ (Matth. 28, 10) ‘Do not be afraid’, the angel of the Lord said to the myrrh-bearing women who had been overcome by fear and trembling at the empty tomb, ‘for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; Read more…
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous We’ve learned about a God who determines people’s fate, who decides what will happen to us without consulting us first, who’s revealed as the ruler over the whole world. In the face of such a God, who can doubt or deny Him without fear of the Read more…
Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † In the beginning, God made Adam and Eve free. They could accept His love or reject it; they could make good use of the freedom or misuse it. The commandment not to eat of the tree of the Read more…
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis Only the Son of God can free us, because He is Himself true freedom. Only if we follow the Savior are we able to remain free and can cast off the slavery of sin. So, if we wish to be free, we should follow Christ Read more…
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor of the School of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki Saint Paul’s 1st Epistle to the Corinthians is the richest in terms of the number of issues he addresses. Among the many subjects the Corinthians asked him about was that of eating or not eating food Read more…
Protopresbyter Efstratios Karatsoulis The issue of freedom is of great importance in the Orthodox view of humankind. According to this, people are made to be free. Freedom is the result of the fact that we’re made in the image of God and have the opportunity and potential to use Read more…
Angelos Alekopoulos People are free and autonomous and can decide on matters pertinent to their lives and even as regards their death. According to the Church, people are an image of God, autonomous, certainly, but only in terms of their relationship with others. Our freedom has to do with Read more…
Session Three: Freedoms of Religion and the Press Photos: ©GOA/Dimitrios Panagos Live from Washington DC at the 3rd Annual Archon International Conference on Religious Freedom. Opening Remarks: Panel Chair/Archon National Secretary The Hon. B. Theodore Bozonelis Moderator: Fox News Chief Religion Correspondent, Lauren Green Panelists: US Commission on International Religious Read more…