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On Priesthood
By St. John Chrysostom Priests are the men entrusted with spiritual birth and regeneration through Baptism. Through them we clothe ourselves in Christ and are buried together with the Son…
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God not being responsible for evil
St. Basil the Great (330-378) Much wisdom is shown to us through the holy psalmist king David by the Spirit working in him. Sometimes the prophet, describing his own sufferings…
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Interpretation of the First Psalm of David
Author: Alexander Belyakov Blessed is the man who does not go into the assembly of the wicked, does not stand in the way of sinners, and does not sit in…
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From the teaching of Saint Basil the Great about the Holy Spirit
Saint Basil's book "On the Holy Spirit", written for Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, is of exceptional importance for Orthodox theology. In this book, St. Basil polemicized with the heretics who…
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An American museum returned to Greece a precious exhibit stolen by the WWI Bulgarian army
Washington, USA 30 Aug 2022, 03:53 Author: BLITZ It was seized from a Greek monastery during the First World War The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., which is…
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Onomatodoxy (the Russian heresy of “Imyaslavie“)
Name worship (Gr. Onomatodoxia) - a teaching that asserts that God's name is God Himself, condemned by a Synodal Definition from the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). It arose in 1907…
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What do the Christian cross and stavropegial monasteries have in common?
The Cross is the main symbol of Christianity. And what they have in common is that both there and there, the ancient Greek word ὁ σταυρός (stavros) is used in…
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Open letter regarding the endangered monuments of Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery
The Association of Greek Archaeologists on 22.8.2022 published an open letter to the UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay, sounding the alarm about both Hagia Sophia and the Chora Monastery, which was also…
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The freedom of man
Salvation and, in particular, justification for the Orthodox is a free-moral state, although it can be accomplished only with the help of the grace of God. In order to be…
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Angels: Nine Ranks
According to Orthodox doctrine, God created not only the visible world, but also the invisible, spiritual world. What do we know about the world of "Powers of heaven"? From ancient…