Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Why do we fast? Why do we make sacrifices? Why do we stand at long services? Why do we pray? To those of us who are beginning to doubt and waver after only two weeks of the Fast, the Church brings us an answer today.
Jesse Dominick
Rating: 7,5|Votes: 2
Although his theology was vindicated by several councils in Constantinople between 1341 and 1351, and he was canonized just nine years after his death in 1368, it remained a topic of disagreement. His theology and influence fell into nigh-obscurity from the late sixteenth century practically until the twentieth century, and today there is still disagreement within the Orthodox Church over how to understand his theology and interactions with his opponents, as well as continued debate from outside the Church.
Archbishop Joachim of Beroun (the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia) talks about the life of this Local Orthodox Church, the difficulties it is faced with, the cooperation among the Slavic Churches and the destructiveness of schisms.
Zurab Shioshvili and Giorgi Tcholokava
Rating: 8,4|Votes: 5
As soon as the monk of the Mount of Temptation monastery took the icon he began trembling and exclaimed, “It’s hot, hot, the icon is hot, my whole body is full of warmth from the icon!”