Veneration of Holy Relics and Relics of Saints in the Orthodox Tradition
Chapter One: The Theological Concept of the Relics of Saints A- A General Concept of the Phrase “Relics of Saints”: The word “relics” in Greek and in Latin […]
Chapter Twenty-Five - The Transformation of the World
The Church's war, then, is not against the body but against its passions. If the man of the new creation is freed from his corrupt passions, his senses and his entire body will become pure and enlightened, and everything around him will shine with the love and glory of God. In the lives of the saints of our Church there are examples of liberation from the slavery of passions.
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
Concerning the saints and the necessity of honoring them and honoring their remains
The saints must be honored because they are beloved of Christ, children and heirs of God, as John the Theologian and Evangelist says: “As many as received him he gave to be
Saint John of Damascus and the Seventh Council
The question of icons that arose in Byzantium at the end of the seventh century appears in the Eighty-Second Law of the Council of Trullo (
Laws, systems and rituals
Justinian and canon law: The fathers in the fourth and fifth centuries were concerned with collecting ecumenical and local laws, but they did not succeed in studying, examining, and coordinating them.