Leonidius of Tripoli and his companions Hypatius and Theodolius, saints and martyrs
Leonidius was an officer during the time of the Roman Emperor Vaspasian (69-79) and his headquarters was Tripoli in Lebanon. He was huge, solid, […]
Chapter Ten - The Person of the Holy Spirit
ليس الروح القدس غريباً عن طبيعة الآب، فهو يأتي من جوهره، أي أن كلاهما من جوهر واحد. لا يستطيع الإنسان أن يصل إلى هذه الحقيقة بمفرده، ولا بدّ أن يرشده الروح القدس نفسه، ولا نستطيع أن نضع له حدوداً، أو أن نفصله عن الآب والابن.
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Philotheos Zervakos, Elder
Blessed Elder Philotheos was born in 1884 in a small village in the Peloponnese, and was given the name Constantine in holy baptism. Appeared, ago
Philetus and Lydia, his wife and their two sons, and the writer Cronidus are martyrs
Philetus was a member of the church and had a wife named Lydia and two sons, Theobripius and Macedonius. The family believed in Christ and walked in piety. When they were stopped
Chapter Five - The Work of the Triune God in Time
عندما نتحدث عن عمل الله في الزمن، لا نعني أن الخليقة عمل مباشر لجوهر الله. وبكلام آخر، أن الخليقة التي أوجدها الله المثلث الأقانيم في الزمن ليست نتيجة الجوهر الإلهي، بل ثمرة إرادة الله المثلث الأقانيم.
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Chapter Four - The God of Advertising
Man cannot know the divine truth, that is, he cannot know the essence of God, but only knows the uncreated actions of God, that is, His effects. However, the Church tradition and the Holy Bible speak of specific appearances of God, the most important of which was His appearance to Abraham in the form of three angels. The Church Fathers say that this event is the first appearance of the Holy Trinity in the Old Testament.
Chapter Two - Knowing the Truth
By knowing God, we do not mean understanding Him logically, but rather a personal encounter with Him. When a person surrenders completely to God, desires to meet Him, and yearns for Him, and after passing through the dark cloud of ignorance, God comes to him, illuminates everything around him, and reveals Himself to him.
Chapter One - The Redemptive Truth
“What is truth?” This statement does not pose the question correctly. Truth is not a thing or an abstract concept, and so we cannot ask: “What is truth?” Truth is not a thing but a person, and the correct question should be: “Who is truth?”
Gregory of Nyssa
We do not have sufficient data about the details of his life, but we can trace its stages through information scattered in his writings, from letters
Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem
A saint from Antioch, Sophronius, whose name means “chastity,” was born in Damascus, to two pious and chaste parents, Planthus and Myra. That was about
Simeon the New Theologian, Saint and Righteous
Among the shining stars in the sky of the righteous saints, three are worthy of the title of “theologian”: Saint John the Evangelist, the disciple whom Jesus loved.
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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.
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