The second article: Pains, trials and sorrows
God allows suffering for our benefit: If any ship traveling on the seas is overtaken by storms and strong waves, it will be wrecked and sink, unless […]
Method and ideas of Saint John Cassian
Sources of his thought Quasten believes that Cassian's spiritual teachings depend on the Bible in addition to his connection with Alexandrian theological thought, especially in...
Excerpts from the works of Saint Athanasius the Great
* Life in Christ – (For true life is… the life that a person lives in Christ). (Pascha 3:7) –
Selections from the articles of Saint Aphrahat, 14-22
The Fourteenth Article Convincing Proofs The Sins of the Princes! [The princes rose up among our people, and forsook the law and boasted in iniquity. They acquired good things, but covetousness overcame them.
2:9 - The humanity of Adam and the humanity of Christ
In the articles, two important issues were mentioned, inserted here and there without a complete treatment that would exhaust the topic. My conditions while writing were harsh because...
A letter of condolence from Saint John Chrysostom to a young widow
The concept of widowhood in the early church shows its vitality in the knowledge of its pastors of the truth of their message, which is focused on presenting divine possibility to humanity.
No one can harm a person unless he harms that person himself - John Chrysostom
Who can hurt you? No one can harm a person unless he harms that person himself (1) Saint John Golden
Do not weep for those who have fallen asleep - a sermon on death - Saint John Chrysostom
A journey to a better place and a higher life. He who truly possesses wise thinking, and directs the course of his life with the hope of future good things, then when
It will return with greater force, a letter from Saint John Chrysostom to Theodore after his fall and fall into despair
Introduction to Theodore the Desperate Theodore was a friend of Saints John Chrysostom and Basil in the ascetic life, but he was seduced by the beauty of a young woman.
The Cross - Two sermons on the crucifixion of Christ by Saint John Chrysostom
Publisher's Introduction This book contains two sermons by St. John Chrysostom out of three sermons he delivered on Good Friday, published
Doctrinal and comparative theology
The aim of studying this material is: to become acquainted with the Orthodox doctrines, that is, the true truths of the Christian faith that the Apostles preached and taught.
The eleventh Easter message
Easter on April 15, 339 AD. Let us endure tribulation for the sake of the Kingdom! For Paul the Apostle was girt with every virtue (1), and he was called