In the Greek world, the word kharisma (χάριμα) denotes a “free gift.” Its origin is kharis (χάρις), meaning “grace.” It is known that the ancient emperors [...]

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

الكلام على “التقليد الشريف” صعب ودقيق، وذلك لأنه تراث الكنيسة وذاكرتها المقدسة التي “حُفظت فيها الحقيقة: رسالة خلاص الإنسان”. وهذه

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

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