Author Archives: Father George

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. EVANGELICAL MONASTICISM [Part IV c] A New Life in Jesus Christ THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST is a ‘god-spell’ or ‘good news’ because it brings to theContinue reading “EVANGELICAL MONASTICISM Part IV c”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE HOLY MOUNTAIN: THE WITNESS TO AN ORTHODOX SOCIETY [Part IV b] The Holy Mountain bears witness to the hidden life in Christ. At the same time, its testimonyContinue reading “THE HOLY MOUNTAIN: THE WITNESS TO AN ORTHODOX SOCIETY [Part IV b)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE WITNESS OF A LIVING GOD [Part IV a] The mind of our present age is anthropocentric (human-centered). It is thus neither eucharistic, nor liturgical, nor sacrificial. It isContinue reading “THE WITNESS OF A LIVING GOD Part IV a”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE WITNESS TO A LIVING GOD [Part IV] ‘When the monk possesses the grace of repentance, he knows the true God, and not some idea of God.’ The GodContinue reading “THE WITNESS TO A LIVING GOD Part IV”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE EROS OF REPENTANCE: THE THEOLOGICAL WITNESS OF MOUNT ATHOS. [Part III] The Holy Mountain of Athos in its entirety, both in its past and in its present, BEARSContinue reading “THE EROS OF REPENTANCE: THE THEOLOGICAL WITNESS OF MOUNT ATHOS Part III”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. MAN, AS AN IMAGE OF GOD: MODERN SECULARISM A FALSE ALTERNATIVE. [Part II] When human dynamism is not oriented in its proper direction, toward our Maker and Father, thenContinue reading “MAN, AS AN IMAGE OF GOD: MODERN SECULARISM: A FALSE ALTERNATIVE Part III”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. On the 30th of June, Our Holy Orthodox Church Commemorates the ASSEMBLY OF THE HOLY, GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED HOLY APOSTLES. Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn of the Twelve Apostles. Third ToneContinue reading “JUNE 3Oth – THE ASSEMBLY OF THE HOLY, GLORIOUS AND ALL-PRAISED TWELVE APOSTLES”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. MAN AS AN IMAGE OF GOD By Archimandrite George Capsanis The Orthodox theology of Christ as the image of God (2 Corinthians 4:4) and of man as made: "accordingContinue reading “MAN AS AN IMAGE OF GOD”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. PERFECT PATIENCE By Archimandrite Seraphim Papakostas Through the Apostles James (Iakovos), however, we hear the Holy Spirit command: "Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfectContinue reading “PERFECT PATIENCE”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Only True Lord, God, and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. Western Christianity as Heresy By Patrick Barnes It is not uncommon today to hear Orthodox theologians and clerics teach that Roman Catholicism and Protestantism have never “formally declared byContinue reading “Western Christianity as Heresy”