Delivery and the Bible
In the early church, there was no duality at all between what the apostles and their disciples carried in terms of oral life gospel and what […]
Sources of tradition
The divine and apostolic tradition constitutes the general balance of all the faith of the early churches, which remains the basis of the constitution of faith of the entire universal Church. We have mentioned it
The vitality of tradition
The reality is that the Church, from the beginning, did not preserve its apostolic tradition as a rigid heritage, but rather used it not only as a basis for faith and for interpreting the Holy Bible.
Factors that help maintain the vitality of tradition
There are many factors that help tradition develop along with life. By which we mean in particular the more and more in-depth representation of the facts
Responding to those who reject imitation
The teaching of the Protestant churches regarding the Bible is summed up as follows: “The word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments is the only law.”
The holy icon, a historical and doctrinal overview
The beginning of the use of icons: The historian Eusebius narrates that he saw a statue of the Lord Jesus in Banias, Mount Hermon, and that he saw real icons of the apostles.
Orthodox icon
0 – Introduction: Since childhood, icons have accompanied us in every aspect of the church, especially on the iconostasis. Our churches are a kind of celebration,
Prostrating to icons
The origin of prostration for man is the presence of the image of God in him: - When some blamed us for prostrating to the images of the Savior and Our Lady the Virgin Mary and honoring them,
Symbols in icons
In the Orthodox icon there are multiple symbols. We will try to understand the most important icon symbols found in our church, especially the ones most used in
Saint John of Damascus and the Seventh Council
The question of icons that arose in Byzantium at the end of the seventh century appears in the Eighty-Second Law of the Council of Trullo (
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
Frequently asked questions about the icon
1- What is an icon? An icon is an often two-dimensional image of the Lord, Lady, saints, and Biblical incidents and parables