Dr. David Ford
Rating: 7,3|Votes: 3
In our own times, with the Church's increased communications with other Christian confessions, including the recent meeting between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis, and also considering the upcoming Pan-Orthodox Council which will speak to the Orthodox Church's stance in relation to other confessions, the temptation to adopt a sectarian mind-set is as strong as ever. To be sure, defense of Orthodoxy is necessary and blessed, but always with humility and love.
Dr. Constantine Cavarnos
Rating: 6,2|Votes: 5
"A person must have zeal and persistently search for a place—a parish in the 'world' or a monastery—where there is authentic, traditional Orthodox Christianity. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, 'Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.'”
Archpriest Andrew Phillips
Rating: 6,3|Votes: 3
We can define art in its broadest sense by its etymology: art means something artificial, that is, manmade. However, anyone can see that there are great differences between manmade things, as manmade things fit into different levels. Thus, there is a great difference between a spade and an antique vase, or a 1960s block of flats and a palace, a Picasso and a Rembrandt, or heavy rock music and a Strauss waltz. All are manmade, but the former examples reflect a lack of inspiration as compared to the latter. What then is inspiration?
Kevin Allen
Rating: 10|Votes: 5
In this two-part interview Kevin Allen "George" who became a Sunni Muslim at age fourteen and studied to become an Imam at a madrasa. He left Islam and became an Orthodox Christian twenty years later. Among other things, Kevin and his guest discuss Islamic theology, common misunderstandings of Christianity by Muslims, differences between "orthodox" Islam and the Nation of Islam, the true understanding and practice in Islam of slavery and jihad, and the extraordinary journey that led "George" to Orthodox Christianity.