Patrology - Orthodox Fathers

    12 Questions and Answers on Orthodox Confession and Worship.  Transcribed by A.D Kondogianakopoulou On Monday 5 September, following an invitation from a Protestant theological school (postgraduate level) located outside Seoul, the Most Reverent Metropolitan of Korea, Fr. Ambrose, gave two lectures to 35 postgraduate students, all pastors. The lessons, within which the lectures were given, were on missions … Read More

  Monk Arsenios Vliagoftis, Graduate of Theology and Philosophy,Commissioned by the Sacred Metropolis of Cassandria on matters of heresies  Source:   “DIALOGOS” magazine, issue No.22 (2000) http://www.oodegr.com/english/anatolikes/boudismos/ yoga_meditation.htm “….They are contrary to, and irreconcilable with, Orthodox Christian ascesis, especially with Prayer…” Our times are times of extreme spiritual confusion and apostasy from the Will of God. The father of this condition … Read More

  Theosophy: A philosophic and religious “gnostic” current, a continuation and synthesis of an-cient neo-Platonism and gnosticism which, in its newer form, was put forth mainly by the Theo-sophical Society (founded in 1875), by its founder Helena Petrovna Blavatski, a Russian “me-dium,” and which is now offered by the “New (Aquarian) Age” movement.

  What Is Spiritualism(A concise presentation) Spiritualism (or mediumism): a spiritual movement of “revelations” that consists in the communi-cation of people with “spirits” which are supposedly the souls of people who have previously died. Such communication is achieved through dedicated people called “intermediaries” or “me-diums.” A more careful study of the teachings of spiritualism shows that beyond some simple philosophical … Read More

  The spiritual state of man        An admonishing epistle on our relationships with our neighbour and on the meaning of sorrows.  Nothing makes the way for the approach of God easier as does the mercy that is offered from the depth of the soul for those who are in need. The Lord said: “Inasmuch you did it to one … Read More

  By Soterios Lysikatos. 1.Pacify yourself and heaven and earth will be pacified for you. (Abba Isaac) The relationship of men towards animals perhaps should be presented under the prism of the creation of the world. We specifically read in Genesis, “and God created the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the animals after their kind and all … Read More

  Advices on spiritual experiences with temptations and sorrows. By Saint Isaac the Syrian.        Just as the eyebrows approach each other, so are the temptations close to men. It was the economy of God to be so, with wisdom that we may receive benefit: namely, through knocking persistently, because of the sorrows, on the door of God’s mercy and … Read More

  The Original* “Hours of mystery and love. Hours of sincerity and reconciliation with God. Hours of enlightenment and cleansing, peace and freedom!….” A True Event        Jails of men…..! Saturday morning…..! In the Holy Church of Saint Eleftherios, the Divine Liturgy concluded. Such warm prayer to the Saviour took place again today, for the jail irons to open, to … Read More

  The differences of Orthodoxy from Papism.   Source: Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron          The differences between Orthodoxy and Papism are many and significant, old and recent  and concern as much the dogmatic matters as matters of ecclesiastical experience, worship, art and generally perception and life’s theory. We shall attempt here to provide a concise presentation derived from the … Read More

    ECUMENISM The Church and fallacy Oracle of Pachomius to Theodore who revealed to him the truth of the Church and the fallacy of heresies.      “When I chose the monastic life I was confused. Sometimes the disciples of Meletius Lykopolite would invite me and sometimes those of Markiona, to go with them to receive their teaching. I even … Read More