Rating: 10|Votes: 7

Fr Daniel in the Lion’s Den: ‘Paris’ Theology and Neo-Renovationism

Fr. Daniel Sysoev

At the heart of modernism, both in Russia and in the West, is one and the same thing - the rejection of Patristic tradition in its entirety.

Rating: 6|Votes: 4

There is no middle ground between the Truth and a Lie” (St. Mark of Ephesus); or, to what Church do the followers of priest Georgiy Kochetkov belong?

Hieromonk Job (Gumerov)

Priest Georgiy Kochetkov is the leader of a heretical movement within the Russian Orthodox Church. His activities have lead to a considerable disturbance among the Orthodox, and his community is in conflict with the rest of the Orthodox community in Russia. Even more alarming is that it he is not content to confine his activity to Russia, but is attempting to spread it in other countries among people new to the Church, who do not know better. Biblical scholar and hieromonk of Sretensky Monastery Fr. Job (Gumerov) explains why Fr. Georgiy Kochetkov’s teachings are heretical in the extreme.

The Beliefs of Iconoclasm

For Eastern Orthodox Christians, icons are sacred images that represent Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, saints or events in the life of Christ. In the Byzantine era, Christians created icons in many media such as gemstones, ceramic, precious metals, mosaic and fresco. Byzantine icons varied greatly in size and shape, with some even worn around the neck. Byzantine Christians believed that focusing on an icon helped them communicate with the figure represented by the icon, aiding the Christian’s prayer in its journey.

Rating: 6.1|Votes: 66

The Veneration of the Virgin Mary in the Orthodox Church

Archbishop Dmitri (Royster)

The Incarnation of God was foretold in the Old Testament. A race was chosen for a specific purpose: to produce a holy humanity from which God could take flesh. Mary is the one who, in the Lord's words, "heard the word of God and kept it." (Luke 11:28) Through her personal sinlessness she fulfilled all the hopes and prophecies of Israel. She figured greatly in the very prophecies, the most important of which is that of Isaiah: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel."

Rating: 5|Votes: 2

The Road to Rome? Why Orthodoxy Deserves a Second Look

Vincent Martini

Vincent Martini

For those who aren’t aware, Catholic Lane is a well-maintained Roman Catholic news and resource site that I have had the pleasure of contributing to from time to time (by the gracious invitation of their staff). While there are (from an Orthodox perspective) a great number of differences between our two churches — and we are not in full communion, nor really anywhere close to it — there are still many ways in which our two worlds overlap and our distinctives and theological viewpoints merge.