The Church is the bride of Christ
In the Old Testament, the prophets often used the image of a wedding to talk about God’s relationship with his people. In this image, we find that God […]
In the Old Testament, the prophets often used the image of a wedding to talk about God’s relationship with his people. In this image, we find that God […]
One of the many phrases that the Apostle Paul used to describe the redeemed church was the phrase “the body of Christ.” We will try, in this haste, to discover the meaning
Saint Paul used the word “church” about 62 times in his letters. The word “church” is an Arabization of the Greek word (Ekklissia - εκκλησία), which means “calling.”
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تدل لفظة kharisma في العالم اليوناني (χάριμα) على “الهبة المجانية”، أصلها kharis ) χάρις) اي “نعمة”. ومن المعلوم أن الأباطرة قديما
يروى أن فلادمير أمير كييف لمّا رغب، وهو وثنيّ، بالتعرف الى الدين القويم، أرسل مبعوثين من قِبلِه الى بلدان العالم
The phrase “people of God” has a special meaning in the teaching and behavior of the Orthodox Church. This is because it is considered to be all who believed in the Lord Jesus and received
The incarnation of the Son of God is not an idea or a theory. It is, as Father Serge (Bulgakov) says: “An event that occurred once in history, but it contains
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الكلام على “التقليد الشريف” صعب ودقيق، وذلك لأنه تراث الكنيسة وذاكرتها المقدسة التي “حُفظت فيها الحقيقة: رسالة خلاص الإنسان”. وهذه
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The Orthodox Church alerts those to her, her guardian, and the world in which she lives that “the form of this world is passing away,” and calls on everyone (not just
الكنيسة، بحسب دستور الإيمان، واحدةٌ، جامعةٌ، مقدّسةٌ، رسوليّةٌ. غير أنّ العهد الجديد يطلق على الكنيسة العديد من الصفات والنعوت والتشابيه
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The Gospels were written to proclaim the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel is “the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mark 1:1). The Gospels were mentioned
On the ninth of December, the Orthodox Church celebrates the anniversary of Saint Anne’s miraculous conception of Saint Mary, Mother of God. And the canonical narrative
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