June 1, 2020 I Am Arius Does it really matter if Jesus is God or not? Couldn’t God have just picked a man and made him a savior or a…
May 31, 2020 An Exclusive Creed The Nicene Creed was created to exclude. This goes against the grain of our modern secular society, where the word “inclusive” has become a…
May 30, 2020 What Ascetic Means Are Recommended to Combat the Passion of Filthiness? 1. In order to conquer sin, first of all it is necessary to hate it, to realize all its perdition and abomination before God…
May 30, 2020 Why Do Only Monks Become Bishops? The tradition of ordaining representatives of monastic clergy as bishops is not inherent in the Church at all. The evidence of this is provided…
May 29, 2020 It’s Not Always Possible to Judge Others by Yourself It happens that pious people who please God with various deeds are confused when they see people who are also pious, but who, in…
May 29, 2020 A True Friend or What Must Remain on this Side of the Grave? Saint Barlaam says in one of his parables, “One man had three friends. He loved the first two especially, and was ready to sacrifice…
May 28, 2020 The Ascension: a Beginning, Not an Ending If one read the four Gospels as if they were four separate biographies of Jesus, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Ascension…
May 28, 2020 Iconography of the Ascension The holiday of the Ascension was established in the Church calendar around the 4th century. The great Fathers of the Church – St. Gregory…
May 27, 2020 Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker’s Commemoration Day In truth you were revealed to your flock as a rule of faith, / an image of humility and a teacher of abstinence; /…
May 27, 2020 The Holy Objects of the Mount of Olives It was on the fortieth day after His Resurrection that Christ appeared to His disciples in Jerusalem for the last time. He gave them…
May 27, 2020 The Pleasures: Which Are Blameworthy and Which Are Innocent? “Pleasures” are those things which give pleasure (ηδονή) and sweeten our lives. They are dual, like our human nature. As we possess a body…
May 26, 2020 Whom and Why Did Christ Actually Drive Out of the Temple? Some people use the Gospel story about Christ expelling merchants from the Jerusalem temple to substantiate the thesis that a believer has the right…
