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 […]
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.
Chapter Five: The mission of tradition in the ancient church
The problem of the correct interpretation of the Bible remained acute until the fourth century during the Church’s conflict with the Arians, and it did not lessen in intensity than it was in the second century during the resistance of the Gnostics, the Sabalians, and the Montanists. All parties to the conflict resorted to the Bible, to the point that the heretics cited—and still do—its chapters and verses and resorted to its authority.
Chapter Four: The Church: Its Nature and Mission
Christ himself belongs to this community as its head, not only as Lord and Master. He is not above the Church or outside it, for the Church is in him. The Church is not merely a community that believes in Christ and walks in his footsteps or according to his commandments, but rather the community that resides in him and in which he resides through the Holy Spirit.
Chapter Three: The catholicity of the Church
The Church is the work of Christ on earth and is the image of His presence and dwelling in the world. When the Holy Spirit descended on the Church on the Day of Pentecost, which was represented by the Twelve and those gathered with them, He entered the world to dwell among us and to make His work more effective in us than before.
Chapter Two: Announcement and Interpretation
The Bible does not contain all the historical, legislative and devotional texts that exist, but rather a select few of them. This select few became authoritative through their use - especially in the liturgy - in the community and through the value given to them by the Church.
Anna the prophetess and Simon the friend who accepts God
“When Anna, who was contemplating God, and Simon, who was most happy, when they shone with prophecy and appeared faultless in the law, they now saw the Giver of the Law manifest.
Elder Germanos from Stavrophoni Monastery - Cyprus
A brief overview of the ever-remembered Sheikh Germanos Stavrovoni Sheikh Germanos was born in the village of Ogoro in the Diocese of Ammohostos (Cyprus) in 1906.
Advanced priest John Romanides
Father Romanides: Father Romanides revealed in an introduction about himself, something he rarely did, the following: “My parents came
Theodoros of Ash'ari, the righteous saint
We do not know exactly when he lived. We only know that he grew up in Constantinople to a rich, pious family. Become a monk in one of the monasteries in
Chapter Four: The Eucharist and the unity of believers in the church community
Who has not felt one day that the best thing in life, in the end, is the joy of friendship, pure and constant joy?
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).