I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.
Seventh Ecumenical Council - Second Council of Nicaea
Empress Irene: (786-787) In the year 775, Constantine V died and was succeeded by his son Leo IV. Like his father, Leo rejected icons
Andrew of Crete, martyr among the priests
Andrew was born on the island of Crete in the eighth century. He is not St. Andrew of Crete, the Damascene-born Bishop of Gortina, who wrote laws
Advocate parents
Since its inception, Christianity has clashed with its Jewish and pagan environment and was forced to defend itself. A certain style emerged
Philip the Apostle is one of the seven deacons
The primary source of our information about Saint Philip the Apostle is the Book of Acts of the Apostles. Chapter six mentions him by name as one of the seven deacons
Eleftherius, the martyr among the priests, and his mother Anthea
Our saint was born in the city of Rome to a pious mother named Antheia. She was guided to faith in the Lord Jesus through the disciples of the Messenger
The first article: Paradise
The beauty of paradise: “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man whom he had formed” (Genesis 2:8
Preaching in the liturgical role
Introduction: Preaching Elements in the Prayers of the Early Church Perhaps many of the first prayers, and in thanksgiving itself, were sermons, and carried
Features of divine nature
It is uncreated, without principle, immortal, immeasurable, eternal, immaterial, good, creative, just, luminous, immutable, unchanging.
Praying for the deceased
The Orthodox Church refers in its prayers to death as “sleep,” because it believes in “personal existence after death,” and it hopes for all those who have fallen asleep to rise.