Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)
I should say that there are no doctrinal differences or disagreement in canon law among the Local Orthodox Churches. All the difficulties we encounter concern political issues that can be resolved either in dialogue between the two Local Churches or on the inter-Orthodox level.
Rating: 3,7|Votes: 3
Archbishop Dmitri was born Robert R. Royster into a Baptist family in Teague, TX on November 2, 1923. He often credited his mother with providing him and his sister with a strong, initial faith in Christ. After discovering Orthodox Christianity as teens, he and his sister asked their mother for a blessing to convert, whereupon she asked one basic yet predictive question: “Does the Orthodox Church believe in Christ as Lord and Savior?”
Terry Mattingly
The man in the next seat recently asked the priest a question he has heard many times: “What is Orthodox Christianity, anyway?” Ironically, Finley was — at that moment — writing some comments about a contest in which participants prepared a 30-second “elevator speech” response to strangers who asked that very question.
Rating: 8,7|Votes: 6
Having a minor in biology, I have maintained an interest in earth sciences. Following are insights from keen scientific minds on the subject.
Archbishop Mark of Berlin, Maria Podlesnaya
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
Another big problem is the attitude of the parishioners to those of little or no faith. We have many families that have people of different confessions. It is very rare when everyone is of the same religion. Sometimes there is only one Orthodox Christian in the family.
