Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs in the cross
How do Jehovah's Witnesses try to refute the doctrine of the cross? In front of me is one of their books, “Discussion from the Holy Scriptures.” If you return to the chapter on the cross […]
Chapter Twenty-Three - Holy Icons
The people of the Old Testament were forbidden to make and worship idols. There are several texts that explain this, but some heretics separate the first part of those texts from the second and distort their interpretation. In the Old Testament, God appeared through actions and spoke through the mouths of the prophets. In the New Testament, the Word of God became incarnate, “and we have seen his glory,” and established a personal relationship with us. Therefore, we can depict the person of Christ in the icon.
Niceta the Confessor, head of the Medicion Monastery
Our father Saint Niceta saw the light in Caesarea Bithynia. When his mother fell asleep, on the eighth day of his birth, he dedicated himself to God as Samuel
Nectarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of the Five Cities in Libya
Saint Nektarios, whose name was Anastas Kefalas, was born in Southern Thrace on October 1, 1846 AD. He grew up in a large and poor family, and his mother and grandmother were poor
Marcellos of Apamei, head of the Monastery of Those Who Do not Sleep
He was born from a wealthy family that lived in Apamea, Syria (located near the city of Hama and containing important antiquities). He was orphaned as a young man and moved away
Photius the Great, Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople
His upbringing: Saint Photius the Confessor was born in the year 820 AD to a distinguished family. His father, Sergius, and his mother, Irene, are confessors of the church. It is celebrated for them in
Chapter Seven: Saint Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers
The Church is of course “apostolic,” but it is also patristic. It is essentially the “Church of the Fathers.” These two “characteristics” cannot be separated, and because it is “patristic,” it is truly “apostolic.” The witness of the Fathers is more than a historical feature, more than a voice from the past.
Christophoros, the bearer of Christ, the saint and martyr
All we know about him from ancient sources is that he was martyred in Asia Minor. There is a church, built in his name, in Bithynia, to which it belongs
Orthodox Sunday (First Sunday of Lent)
When this holiday was established in 842, the word “Orthodoxy” referred to the defeat of the fight against icons and the declaring of the legitimacy of honoring them (15). And expand the meaning
Chapter Three: Belonging to the Church through rituals
1- The importance of rituals, their principle, and their nature in the church. We belong to the church by rituals in general, that is, by a set of symbols and movements (from candles, incense, and cycles).
Theophylactus of Nicomedia, our venerable father among the saints
Theophilectus was born around 765 AD to a humble family of commoners. He left his homeland as a young man and went to the royal city, where he was an imperial advisor at that time.
Theophanus of Singrian the Confessor, the Righteous Saint
Saint Theophanes was born in Constantinople in the year 759 AD, during the time of Emperor Constantine V, known as “Al-Zubli” (742-775 AD), into a family of