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By Metropolitan †SERAPHIM (Motovilov) “Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:10) The ashes of the ancient land knock on…
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By Prof. A. Lopukhin The First Ecumenical Epistle of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian does not contain the name of the author either in the title or…
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By Prof. A. Lopukhin Who is the author of the Epistle The author of the first, according to the canonical order, Epistle of the Apostles, does not call himself an…
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By Prof. A. Lopukhin Authorship of the Epistle The attribution of this epistle to the chief apostle Peter, although sometimes disputed in more recent times by Western biblical scholars, is…
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By Prof. A. Lopukhin The author of the Epistle, known in the canon as the Second Epistle of the Holy Apostle Peter, from the very beginning calls himself Simon Peter,…
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By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos So far, we have examined the weekly festive cycle, that is, the meaning of the days of each week, and we have seen what we…
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By Λεξικό Βιβλίκης Θεολογίας When we encounter numerical designations in the sacred books, we must first establish whether they have been transmitted correctly. Since in ancient times numbers were written…
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By St. Asterius of Amasia A Word of Asterius, Bishop of Amasia on Luke’s Parable of the Unrighteous Steward (Luke 16:1-13) Many times, in speaking with you, I have said…
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By St. Photius the Great Question 14: What do the words: “their eyes were opened” mean (Gen. 3:7), and how did the crime have the power to open their eyes?…
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By St. Photius the Great The pit spoken of here signifies a plot against one’s neighbor and great destruction, according to what is written: “He dug a pit, dug it…
