Date of the schism - by Metropolitan Gerasimus Massara
History of the Schism - Part One A book that includes the history of relations between the Eastern and Western churches from the first century to the era of the Patriarch […]
Youssef Al-Dimashqi, the saint and martyr among the priests
He is Father Youssef bin Girgis Musa bin Muhanna Al-Haddad (1), known, for short, as Father Youssef Muhanna Al-Haddad. He is of Beirut origin.
Macrina, the righteous saint
She is the older sister of Saint Basil the Great and Gregory of Nyssa. She lived in the fourth century. She was born in Caesarea, Cappadocia (present-day eastern Türkiye).
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
Gregory the Theologian, Patriarch of Constantinople
His life: Gregory’s family belonged to the large and rich royal families and lived in a town called “ARIANDOS – Ariandos” near the town.
Gregory the Wonderworker
He was born in the new city of Caesarea in the Land of Pontus (currently in Turkey) around the year 213 AD. His parents were pagans, and his name was Theodoros
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
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.
Christodoulos (Abdullah Christ), the miraculous saint
He was born in a village in Bithynia around the year 1020 AD. He studied and learned, by the grace of God, to belittle the passing women and ask for the rest. His family wanted to
Entering into fasting
The Monday following Cheesefare Sunday is the first day of Lent. So here we are in this series of
Chapter One: The mystery or essence of the liturgy
Introduction We do not mean liturgy as a ritual, but rather the liturgy that is beyond the rituals. Rituals, as a group of different and diverse human movements, are a valuable heritage
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.