Intercession of the saints
Why do we ask for the intercession of the saints? Didn't Christ command that we pray to God only and not to the saints? Can the saints hear […]
Saints and Fathers
Saints: When the Apostle Paul calls Christians “saints,” he means that they are “set apart.” When Peter describes the church as a “priestly assembly,” he means that they are “set apart.”
Intercession of the Saints and the Intercession of Christ
* Holiness is the goal: The Christian, then, is the one who walks the path of holiness in the company of brothers. No one understands except through
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Holiness
The Old Testament shows that God alone is holy. The word “holy” means “the one who has no equal” among all creation. He
Christ the Redeemer
The word “redemption” refers to the work by which God liberates all of His people, redeeming them and acquiring them. In other words, this word refers to the “salvation” that he achieved
An orthodox view of The Da Vinci Code
Novel events: A monk named Silas from the Opus Dei association kills the director of the Louvre Museum, Jacques Saunière, who is the head of a secret association whose mission is...
The deification of human nature
Christ the Lord is our Savior because He is the same God-man. In His person God becomes man and man becomes God. In His divine-human person
Nativity - the birth of Christ
The birthday of Christ as a human being is the head of the feasts, according to what Saint John Chrysostom says. All other feasts of the Lord - Apparition,
Direction towards the east in prostration
Why does the church face the east in its prostration? - Unwritten tradition: It is not a simple matter, nor is it a matter of course
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In the cross and faith
Beings cannot be created by human thinking - faith is a general necessity - What is faith: “The word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. As for us
Talents of Orthodoxy
What is special about Orthodoxy? What elements define the identity of Orthodoxy in the context of present pluralism, secularism, and post-modernism? These questions
Transfiguration of Christ
The transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor occurred shortly before the Passion, precisely forty days before the Passion and Crucifixion. To this, goal