Is the filioque an addition or a clarification to the creed? What does it mean that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son? How do we make sense of scripture and the Fathers in some
In the Gospels of St. John and St. Luke there is an account of a woman that approached Jesus as he was eating at a Pharisee’s table. St. John identifies her as Mary, the woman who had been
Join Jay Dyer and Fr. Deacon Ananias as they interview Jim Jatras on the current Russia and Ukraine conflict. Jim Jatras is a Washington, DC-based attorney, political analyst, and media & government affairs specialist. He formerly served as
In the ninth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mark, we have the story of Jesus’ encounter with the boy who is possessed. The Father seeks Christ in the hope of having his boy released from this
Christ gives us the living example of submission, which is the opposite of demonic self-will. He comes to us, as a new man with new precepts. He calls us to abandon, to leave behind, and to put to
Eric Patterson and Alexander Webster discuss the conflict in Ukraine, particularly discussing motivations behind the Russian invasion of a fellow Orthodox country.
A week has passed of Great Lent. So let us struggle to maintain the enthusiasm with which we entered this holy time. Let us reflect again on what it is we’re doing? What our goal is? Why we
This is the time when the church is calling all of us to fast, to pray, to give alms to the poor, and to go inward in our journey as we move towards the day of the holy
In this stream I look at St. Gregory the Theologian’s Five Theological Orations and his letters to Cledonius. Although these orations aren’t exclusively exhaustive of his theological thought, they demonstrate his views against the heresies of his time.
In the Sundays preceding Lent the church calendar presents to us images of God’s mercy, love and forgiveness. The parable of the prodigal son and then immediately following this, the Last Judgement, we are reminded that God’s mercy
