Fr. Peter Heers
In this interview with Protestant podcaster Ruslan KD, Protopresbyter Peter Heers talks about theosis, the heart of the Christian life, and how it differs from Protestant notions of glorification or sanctificaiton.
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
As soon as the contents of the censer were poured out on earth, seven angels with seven trumpets come, ready to blow. And then the Apostle begins to talk about what each of the angels trumpeted.
Metropolitan Saba (Esber)
In order to approach this matter from an Orthodox perspective, we must talk a bit about the creation and fall of man, because the concept of fallenness is the point of departure in the theology of transformation—that is, "transfiguration."
As long as the Divine Liturgy is celebrated, this world will stand.
Revelation was written to give us the optimistic message that everything that is, that was, and that will be should not lead us to despair and scare us, but we should know that God will prevail in the end.
The Apostle John greatly wept because there was no one worthy to come and take this book and open it and look upon it.
John (Amir) Azarvan
Just as the Holy Spirit guided the fallible Apostles in writing infallible Scriptures, we believe that the Holy Spirit inspired those who provided the elevated language with which we venerate the Mother of God—the “cause of our salvation.”
Fr. Lawrence Farley
On what basis should decisions be made regarding how to receive former schismatics into the Church?
St. Gregory the Theologian
But we have so much confidence in the Deity of the Spirit Whom we adore, that we will begin our teaching concerning His Godhead by fitting to Him the Names which belong to the Trinity, even though some persons may think us too bold.
What is the sign of holy people? For those saints whom we have known in our days and who still live among us, perhaps already elderly, even 100 years old, it’s a living soul.
The book of Revelation was written to help us trust in Christ, to hope in Christ, and to know that Christ will prevail in the end, and that we’ll all inherit the Kingdom of God—that our goal is the Kingdom of God.
Elijah Rogers
The saints in Heaven are not dead. That is a fundamental rejection of what Christ did during His decent into Hades.
Priest Tarasiy Borozenets
From the moment you meet and convert to Christ, your intensely difficult spiritual work begins of self-improvement, of being transformed into the image and likeness of Jesus of Nazareth.
The everlasting Heavenly bliss and torments of hell in the afterlife are the natural fruits and natural consequences of our earthly lives.
We have to examine ourselves, whether we’re alive or not. And how can we know that someone has died?
Sin will never lead us to good; it brings only evil, torment, and suffering. It’s the consequence of our deeds, not the punishment of God.
The greatest miracle is that the Church exists.
One of the most significant and frequent references to the Holy Trinity is in the text of Revelation.
A man who is close to God, my dears, truly feels like a king—he has no need of anything. At the same time, he may have absolutely nothing.
Christ sent the revelation through an angel to His servant the Apostle and Evangelist John, who conveyed the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ about what he saw and heard.
