The Transfiguration of the Saviour
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Transfiguration of the Saviour occupies a central position in the Orthodox Church and theology. It is the event that reveals the glory of the Church and of the faithful. It is the evidence of...
Can You Imagine Giving a Gift to God?
God Shares Our Gifts! What would you give Him? He could have anything! In today’s Gospel reading, we hear the story we all know—the wonderful miracle story of the feeding of the 5,000 men (plus women and children!). In the story, remember, the people came to listen to Jesus speak....
Moses and the Vision of God
Georgios I. Mantzaridis, Professor The vision of God is presented in the Holy Scriptures in two different forms which appear to be mutually exclusive. Some passages characterize the vision of God as an impossibility. In the book of Exodus, for example, God tells Moses: “You cannot see My face;...
The Participation of Nature in Worship: the Blessing of the Fruits of the Vine
Georgios N. Manolis, Theologian According to Saint Basil the Great, nothing exists without due cause, nothing’s fortuitous, everything has some secret and unexpressed wisdom. Thus, regarding plants and their fruits, apart from their ecological importance as producers of eco-systems they’re also schools for rational souls and colleges of the...
Transfiguration
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. There are blessed or tragic moments when we can see a person revealed to us in a light with a depth, with an awesome beauty which we have never suspected before. It happens when...
Transfigured in Prayer
The story of the transfiguration of Christ shows us Christ’s divinity, but it also demonstrates how transformative time in prayer can be. The story begins with Jesus going up to the mountain to pray with Peter and John, immediately linking prayer with transfiguration. It is in prayer that God reveals...
LIVE Bible Study Guide – Session 34 – The Book of Acts
LIVE STREAM Bible Study Guide The Book of Acts 15.13-35 Homily 33 October 14, 2015 With Father Athanasios Haros Every Wednesday at 7 p.m. EST Watch LIVE Bible Study When: October 14 2015 & Every Wednesdays at 7 p.m. EST What: A Bible Study on the Book of Acts Click...
The Transfiguration of Our Lord on Mt. Tabor
With life changes so fast you probably may have even lost track of the days of the week, puzzled if it was Thursday or Friday, or what you had for dinner the night before. In August we celebrate 2 major feasts of the Orthodox Church calendar: the Transfiguration of Our...
Orthodox Time and the Last Weeks of the Old Year
Time seems to move slower for many in America in early to mid-August, traditionally a time of vacation or of a “re-set” before the start of the academic year. It is also, in our region of Central Pennsylvania, often a time for fairs and festivals, such as the West End...
How Much Can We Bear?
At times pop cultural, classical and ecclesiastical literature, music and art deal with the idea of awareness, openness and the ability to absorb “Light”. Christians might notice this theme, found in so many creative outlets, as being a hint or shadow of the deep truth found in the “Light” of...
