Patristic selections about the Bible
Saint Ippolitus In Paradise there was the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. Today also two trees have been installed in the Church: the Law and the Word. because […]
09:1_8 - Healing of the paralytic in Capernaum
Text:1 So he entered into a boat, crossed over, and came to his own city. 2 And behold, they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said
08:28_34 - The demons were cast out and the pigs drowned
Text:28 And when he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two demon-possessed men, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly furious, so that no one could
06:22_34 - The eye is the body’s lamp and the inability to serve two masters
Text: 22 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of light.
05:14-19 - The light of the world and the fulfillment of the law
Text:14 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but
Why do we light candles in front of icons?
First: The candle expresses an accurate pictorial expression of the worshiper’s stance before God! She appears calm and calm, and her heart is burning with fire
Meletius the Great, Archbishop of Antioch
He is one of the fathers of the fourth century AD. St. Gregory the Theologian described him as “a pious, meek, humble heart whose lights of the Holy Spirit shine.”
Greek Orthodox Church
It goes without saying that the word “Orthodoxy”, which is derived from the verbs “δοκώ” and “ορθώς” and refers to the straight faith or truth, is not
The twelve disciples
The Apostle Peter (his feast day is June 29): His name is also Simeon or Cephas, which means the Rock. He lived in Bethsaida and Capernaum
A list of the names of the Antiochian Patriarchs
This list is taken from the book “The Church of the Great City of God, Antioch,” by Dr. Asad Rustom. You can go through history to learn more about the patriarchs
Patriarch Ignatius IV of Antioch
He was born in 1921 in the city of Mahardah, Hama Governorate, Syria, from a religious Orthodox family. Since he was young, it was his love
Heads of churches around the world
Your Beatitudes Patriarchs of the Ancient Sees Except Rome His BeatitudeTHEOPHILOS IIIPatriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine His BeatitudeIGNATIUS