Πρωτοπρεσβύτερος Θεόδωρος Ζήσης Καθηγητής Θεολογικής Σχολής Α.Π.Θ.
Rating: 2|Votes: 1
Στο τελευταίο μας άρθρο με τίτλο «Μακράν της οδού των Αγίων Πατέρων η συνάντηση Βαρθολομαίου και πάπα» είχαμε εξαγγείλει ότι θα συνεχίζαμε την έκθεση των εκτιμήσεών μας με βάση τη διαχρονική συνείδηση της Εκκλησίας, όπως αυτή εκφράζεται μέσα στους βίους των Αγίων Πατέρων και διδασκάλων. Επειδή μάλιστα ο Άγιος Σπυρίδων, ο θαυματουργός πολιούχος της Κέρκυρας, έδιωξε τον πάπα μέσα από τον ναό του με ένα εντυπωσιακό θαύμα που έκανε, ενώ οι σημερινοί προκαθήμενοι, τον εισάγουν στους ορθόδοξους ναούς, τον ασπάζονται, τον θυμιάζουν και τον πολυχρονίζουν, σχεδιάσαμε να παρουσιάσουμε αυτό το θαύμα, όπως το διασώζει και το σχολιάζει ο Άγιος Αθανάσιος ο Πάριος, μεγάλος λόγιος και διδάσκαλος του Γένους και μέλος της τριάδος των Αγίων Κολλυβάδων του 18ου αιώνος. Ο σχεδιασμός αυτός και η προτεραιότητα παραμένει, με μία μικρή χρονική παρέκκλιση, λόγω της εορτολογικής συγκυρίας.
Deacon Jan Veselak
Rating: 9.5|Votes: 2
"Behold how good it is for brothers to dwell as one" (Psalms 133:1). Unity and one-mindedness (edinomisliye) are important aspects of the Christian life. St Paul tells us repeatedly that the Church is the Body of Christ (Colossians 1:18). As parts of this body we must work together. This implies, then, that we are interconnected (to use a popular term).
Constantine Cavarnos
Rating: 3|Votes: 3
Kontoglou spoke of certain ‘scientific” (epistemones) theologians, men who had studied theology in Europe and brought to the Greek universities a rather cerebral and so- called “liberal” mode of theologizing. Theocletos Pharmakidis (1784-1862), he noted, was the first Greek theologian of this type. Of recent ones, he cited Demetrios Balanos. Such theologians, he said, regard traditional Orthodox theology, which comes from the roots of Christianity and from the Greek Fathers, as “ossified,” and they come as “renewers” of it.
Nun Cornelia (Rees)
Rating: 8.3|Votes: 12
On Wednesday, the fourth day of the annual Nativity readings began the conference section dedicated to the «Orthodox understanding of creation of the world». One of the speakers was an Orthodox hieromonk, Fr. Damascene (Christensen), an American from the Monastery of St. Herman of Alaska in Platina, California, which belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America. This monastery is well known in Russia as the home of Fr. Seraphim Rose, its founder, and Fr. Damascene is a member of the Brotherhood from the time of Fr. Seraphim’s repose. He is the author Fr. Seraphim’s biography (due to appear in a new Russian version this year under the title Father Seraphim Rose: His Life and Works), and is something of an expert on Fr. Seraphim’s Life and writings in general.
Rating: 10|Votes: 1
According to INTERFAX Agency, 407 people have been killed in Moscow in the past several years as a result of terrorist acts. The tragedy in Beslan took away between 338 and 450 lives, including children’s, casualties in Northern Osetia total 1221 people. Not to mention the number of lives wrecked by the tragedies , tears shed and hopes lost. One cannot measure all the pain in the souls of those who have lost their family and friends forever. Witnessing the events and meeting the participants we often hear: ‘Why?’ or ‘What did my nine-year-old do to deserve it? Why did I have to collect her body in pieces after the explosion of the metro car? I have never been interested in dirty political games, black market or oil wars. I love my job. I worshipped my wife and daughter who I have lost…Why?’
