"Father will care more for his parish if he doesn’t have to worry where to find the money for his family’s next meal" – Fr. Alexander Anthchoutine

Alena Plavsic, Fr. Alexander Anthchoutine

As one church warden used to say to one priest, "I’ve wiped the floor with 16 priests, and you’ll be the 17th…" This certainly cannot be the case. From whence comes the idea that the priest must fulfill every wish of his parishioners or warden?

Born to Lead

Maybe that’s the crux of it, when it comes to Klaus Kenneth. Mystics will say he found God, psychologists will say he found closure, but the story’s much the same whichever way you want to tell it: the story of a man who was raised without love, coldly and abusively – who “lived in Hell,” as he puts it – wandered for years trying to find inner peace, and finally found it.

Rating: 10|Votes: 1

The Greek Economic Crisis: An Interview With Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos

Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

But there is a basic principle: Christianity does all its social work mainly within the church area. Those who perceive the Church as an ideology, as a social and religious system, become frustrated. Those living outside the Church and are involved a few times a year in church life, do not know what is in it.

Rating: 5,9|Votes: 29

Saint Elias and the Power of Prayer

Fr. Robert J. Teklinski

The prayers of St. Elias were indeed powerful in their effects for several reasons. First, Elias was a holy man who remained faithful to God in defiance of King Ahab who ordered the Israelites to worship Baal. His faith was so great that the prophet never doubted God's ability or willingness to answer his prayers.

Rating: 1|Votes: 1

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III — The Greek Orthodox Church and the Future of Jerusalem

In terms of culture and even politics, the patriarchate is very important, first of all because it gives legitimacy to the historical claims that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the PA have over the holy places — because they both have claims from the Muslim Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab, when the Muslims took over the city of Jerusalem from the then-Patriarch of Jerusalem Sophronius, and it is well known that they made a peace covenant known as “the Covenant of Omar.” This fundamental agreement has been the basis of all the legal transactions or legal agreements that have taken place so far between the patriarchate and the states and their respective authorities.