7/24/2015
Fr. Theodore Zisis
Rating: 9,4|Votes: 51
As of today, four of the five Grecophone Churches have not united with the Constantinople Church, while the fifth—the Church of Greece—is waiting and remaining silent. Furthermore, two Churches, of Cyprus and Albania, have synodically resolved to require that a Pan-Orthodox Council be convened to decide the Ukraine question.
Rating: 8,7|Votes: 47
Will it come to pass, that Constantinople can now, these days, voluntarily invade the canonical territories of autocephalous Churches under the pretext that they once belonged to its jurisdiction?
Protopresbyter Theodore Zisis
Rating: 10|Votes: 5
In this video, Fr. Theodore Zisis introduces audiences to the oft-misunderstood 15th Canon of the First-Second Council (861) and the canonical practice of ceasing the commemoration of bishops who have fallen into heresies condemned either by councils or the consensus of the Holy Fathers. He also examines cases of the cessation of commemoration in the Greek Church in the 20th century.
Rating: 6,4|Votes: 5
Why a great well known Serbian Elder - and now Saint - Elder Justin Popovich, described Ecumenism as a 'Pan-heresy', and the 'summation of all the other heresies'. What is Ecumenism? It is not just one heresy. All of the other heresies are contained within Ecumenism!
Rating: 4,7|Votes: 3
"With sorrow, but also with much spiritual joy and happiness, I wish to inform you by means of the present letter that I am ceasing to commemorate your name during the holy services following the Apostolic and Patristic tradition as this pertains to communion with heretics on account of the fact that you, along with many of your fellow bishops, have abandoned the Holy Tradition and strayed from the path of the Holy Fathers."
Rating: 2|Votes: 1
Fr. Theodoros Zisis is Emeritus Professor of Patrology and former Chair of the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, discusses the rise of ecumenism in Greek theological schools, from its healthy beginnings as a means to proclaim the truth of Orthodoxy, to its decline into illegitimate syncretism.
Fr. Theodoros Zisis is Emeritus Professor of Patrology and former Chair of the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, discusses the recent about-face of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with respect to the potential ecumenicity of the forthcoming Council. He demonstrates that until very recently the Ecumenical Patriarchate clearly held that the Great and Holy Council could potentially be an Ecumenical Council.
Fr. Theodoros Zisis is Emeritus Professor of Patrology and former Chair of the Department of Pastoral and Social Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, offers his thoughts on the report of Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon to the recent synaxis of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, concerning the upcoming Great and Holy Council:
In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, offers his thoughts on the report of Metropolitan John (Zizioulas) of Pergamon to the recent synaxis of the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, concerning the upcoming Great and Holy Council.
Rating: 6|Votes: 1
In the video below Fr. Theodore, known as a staunch defender of traditional, patristic Orthodoxy, offers his thoughts on the upcoming Great and Holy Council, the decades of preparatory councils in which he sometimes took part, and the themes to be discussed:
Rating: 6,3|Votes: 3
Assuredly, the Holy Fathers and the venerable Elders did not have less love and understanding than the contemporary champions of union. On the contrary, their attitude was based on a pastoral and pedagogical concern that those who had deviated should become aware of their error and be led to the correct faith, which is the indispensable prerequisite for salvation. He who speaks the truth has love, even if he causes distress at the outset and creates a reaction, not he who misleads and conceals the truth, taking account of temporary human relations and not of eternal realities.
Rating: 6|Votes: 2
It is truly dreadful the vision that Saint Anthony had regarding the presence of the heretics inside Orthodox churches. This vision illustrates and explains graphically the reasons why the Holy Fathers forbid with Synodal canons the entry of the heretics into consecrated places, their participation in services and liturgies, with common prayers and common worshipping.
