After all our previous clarifications, it remains for us to become acquainted with the teaching of the Church Fathers as summarized by John of Damascus, which is considered an argument among the Orthodox […]
Chapter Nine: The Trinity according to the Church Fathers Continue reading »
His life: Saint Alexander Saphir was born on July 15, 18 AD, on the feast day of Saint Amos, and took his name at baptism.
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
Nectarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of the Five Cities in Libya Continue reading »
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
“I have trusted in you from the womb; from my mother’s womb you have been my guide” (Psalm 70:6). The ancient enemy of our salvation felt his powerful and implacable adversary in...
He is a disciple of Saint Paul the Apostle. He was mentioned in the Book of Acts of the Apostles among those who believed in the gospel of Saint Paul in Athens:
Dionysius the Areopagite, judge of scholars Continue reading »
Ibrahim al-Tabarani was a Palestinian monk who died around the year 820 AD. He introduces himself by saying: “I am Abdullah from the family of Adam
The Orthodox Church commemorates the Russian Saint Andrei Rublev, the icon painter, or icon writer, as some like to say, on the Fourth.
It is not surprising to find in the lives of the saints that a man and his wife possess the heavenly crowns that had previously been symbolically placed on them.
Elias, the martyr of the priesthood and the curate of Afghania Continue reading »
The Old Testament book called Third Kings, at the end of the sixteenth chapter, writes about how he reigned in the city of Samaria and its environs
The glorious Saint Elijah, the zealous prophet and the second forerunner Continue reading »
Belief in the Holy Trinity is not an abstract theoretical, philosophical, or rational doctrine. Rather, it is a doctrine based on the divine revelation that took place.
Belief in one God: Therefore, we believe in one God, one beginning without beginning, neither created nor begotten, who does not fade away or die.
