Patrology - Orthodox Fathers

    ORTHODOX CATECHISM TOPICS ConfessionBy Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos. Holy Confession was a familiar act in the Old Testament (Lev 5:5-6; Num 5:5-7; Prov. 28:13). That is why people would come to John the Forerunner and confess their sins while he would confirm their repentance with baptism (Matt 3:5-6; Mark 1:4-5). This activity was also continued in the Christian Church … Read More

    ORTHODOX CATECHISM TOPICS Baptism By: Fr. Anthony AlevizopoulosPhD. of Theology, PhD. of Philosophy http://www.egolpion.com/Baptism%20%20.en.aspx Holy Baptism, with three immersions in water, in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, is the Mystery with which the Church acquires its new members (Gal. 3, 26-29) and in this way the entire body grows through the “birth” (“rebirth”) of … Read More

    By Monk Damascene, Gregoriou Monastery – Mount Athos In August 1994, Kolouezi was turned upside down with advertisements, posters, notice boards and panels that “Christ” is coming to heal the blind, the lame and every sick person in the region. Thousands of dollars were spent on the preparations for the reception of a Pentecostal pastor, who started out … Read More

    Saint Theophan the Recluse  WHY CHRISTIANITY SHOULD NOT CHANGE WITH THE TIMES It reached my ears that, as it seems, you consider my sermons very strict and believe that today no one should think this way, no one should be living this way and therefore, no one should be teaching this way. “Times have changed!”  How glad I … Read More

    A True Story from the Years of the Missionary Fr. Cosmas Grigoriatis of Blessed Memory We find ourselves in one of the graphic villages of Zaire (today’s Congo). The tropical vegetation around is bountiful. The banana trees further down are filled with fruit, their branches are tilted and the palm tree next to the grass hut proudly boasts … Read More

    What is Orthodoxy?  By Protopresbyter George MetallinosPast Professor, School of Theology, University of Athens         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?” For the truth is not an idea, a theory, a system, but a person, the … Read More

  Unity and Uniqueness of the Church. By: Abba Justin Popovic         Just as the hypostasis of the Godman Christ is one and unique, so too is the Church, through Him, in Him and founded upon Him, one and unique. The unity of the Church is necessarily the outcome of the unity of the Person of the Godman Christ. The … Read More

  SAINT LUKE ARCHBISHOP OF SYMFEROUPOL AND THE CRIMEA, A PROFESSOR OF SURGERY THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HIS LIFEA PUBLICATION OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF SAGMATA 1877.  He was born in Kerts, in the Crimea.  He grew up in Kiev where in addition to his studies; he studied also art in the School of Fine Arts. 1898-1903. He studies medicine … Read More

    ΤΗΕ CHARISMATIC PRESENCE OF ΤΗΕ PROTOTYPE ΙΝ ΤΗΕ ICON ΤΗΑΤ REPRESENTS ΙΤ ACCORDING ΤΟ ΤΗΕ CHURCH’S ICONOLOGY*,** DIMITRIOS TSELENGIDIS / Professor of the Theological School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki         The charismatic presence of the prototype in the icon that represents it is a truth of the Church that is clearly formulated in the patristic texts dealing with … Read More

    The Ascetic and the Thief  There was an ascetic elder and anchorite, who had been leading an ascetic life in a desert place for seventy years, in fasting, chastity and vigil. Although he labored for God for so many years, he was never accounted worthy to receive a vision or revelation from God. Thinking about this and bearing … Read More