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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. HIDDEN BEHIND EVERY TRIAL IS A BLESSING OF GOD Almost everyone owes their conversion to a certain trial. Sorrow is a bad thing. However, hidden behind it – behind the pain, behind the sorrow, behindContinue reading “HIDDEN BEHIND EVERY TRIAL IS A BLESSING OF GOD”

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH (Part II) Man is inaugurated into the Kingdom of God (into the Body of Christ) through Holy Baptism, and he is called to live the life of the Body, i.e.Continue reading “SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH By Father Anthony Alevizopoulos After the Fall, we are told by Holy Scripture, was cast out of Paradise (Genesis 3:24). God, however, through this expulsion, did not lead manContinue reading “SALVATION ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX CHURCH”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THE HOPE OF THE WORLD (Part II) The Orthodox believer knows that man after the Fall ceased to offer creation up to God as a doxology, i.e., TO PRACTICEContinue reading “OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THE HOPE OF THE WORLD (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THE HOPE OF THE WORLD By Father Anthony Alevizopoulos Ph.D. of Theology, Ph.D. of Philosophy The entire world is God’s creation and therefore it is BY NATURE GOOD; evilContinue reading “OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD AND THE HOPE OF THE WORLD”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. What is Orthodoxy (Part II) By Protopresbyter George Metallinos Professor Emeritus, School of Theology, University of Athens 3. The purpose of the presence of the Church, as in Christ community, in the world is theContinue reading “What is Orthodoxy? (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. What is Orthodoxy? By Protopresbyter George Metallinos Speaking of Orthodoxy, we must not repeat the mistake of Pilate when he asked Christ "what is the truth?" (John 18:38). The proper question is: "Who is truth?"Continue reading “What is Orthodoxy?”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. DIVINE INTERVENTION AT TIMES OF WORLD PLAGUES The Plague in 1630 on the island of Corfu (Kerkyra), Greece How the plague in 1630 on Corfu was stopped, through the mediations of its Patron and ProtectorContinue reading “DIVINE INTERVENTION AT TIMES OF WORLD PLAGUES (Part II)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. DIVINE INTERVENTION AT TIMES OF WORLD PLAGUES How Cholera was stopped in Constantinople in 1910 In the year 1910 disease once again befell Constantinople and its environs: cholera. People were dying by the hundreds everyContinue reading “DIVINE INTERVENTION AT TIMES OF WORLD PLAGUES”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT By Monk Markellos Karakallenos The Holy Spirit is the Source of the Divine Gifts and when He descended upon the Holy Apostles, He gave them all the graces. ThroughContinue reading “THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT”