Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol
The Church is in constant persecution.
You may ask: “Then why was Revelation written if we can’t interpret it?” It’s written to show the warfare taking place in the spiritual realm, to show the serious war that the antichrist, the devil, wages against Christ.
We’re spiritual warriors and must fight against the opposing forces that try to crush the work of the Church.
The Divine Liturgy is a conversation between man and God: The priest addresses God in his prayers, and God answers through the grace of the Holy Spirit He sends down, and this is how God and man meet.
From the very beginning, the devil has wanted to destroy Christ Himself: both as a living being, and His teaching—and he is waging a war against the Church.
Another angel appears, surrounded by a cloud, descending from Heaven. Above his head is a rainbow, and his feet are like pillars of fire.
Fr. Lawrence Farley
The Nicene Creed enshrines for all time the reason why we should give our souls to another human being, the Man Christ Jesus.
Whom does the Lord receive? The Gospel answers this for us: the publican.
Metropolitan Serafim (Joanta)
The Eucharist is the principal sacrament of the Church, which creates it.
Metropolitan Paul Yazigi
Life in Christianity is not the life of an individual. Because, from our anthropological point of view, human life cannot exist alone.
Since the days of Galileo, science and faith have frequently been at odds with each other. But inside Professor Liberato De Caro’s laboratory, they seem to be in union.
There is not a shred of evidence in the epistles or the earliest history of the Church to sustain the notion that Jesus was beginning a Zealot movement or that His apostles expected Him to come back soon and overthrow Rome.
Fr. Joseph Gleason
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all in perfect unity, and have always been in perfect unity. They love us. They have always loved us.
Having turned their backs on Egypt’s gods, and having slain lambs and bulls — two of the most sacred animals in the Egyptian religion — God’s people were set to live a new way, loving God and loving their neighbor, following the two greatest commandments.
This is the world into which Abraham was born, of a nation steeped in pagan worship and human sacrifice, surrounded by nations which were equally deceived.
As a loving Father, God permitted them to face the challenge of death, because He knew it would aid them on the quest for humility, repentance, and spiritual healing.
In Genesis, we find this beautiful marriage between Adam and Eve. And in Revelation, we find the marriage supper of the Lamb, celebrating the mystical union between Christ and the Church.
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.
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 (Isper)
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."
