Rating: 2.9|Votes: 27

Holy Week Anti-Semitism?

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Secondly we should beware of the temptation to conform to all the current canons of political correctness. It is true that many if not most in the Jewish community find offensive the classic Christian assertion that “the Jews killed Christ”, and some have gone to the lengths of denying any Jewish responsibility at all and putting the entire responsibility for His death on the Romans. It is also true that the statement, “the Jews killed Christ” is so general as to be unhelpful.

Rating: 8.1|Votes: 16

Old Testament Images of Christ’s Birth

Fr. Ted Bobosh

There were three hymns that caught my attention with beautiful imagery.

Rating: 8|Votes: 14

Who Are the Holy Forefathers, and Why do We Commemorate Them Before the Nativity of Christ?

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

We honor all the righteous of the Old Testament, including those who became the Savior’s ancestors according to the flesh, because these people burned like candles of God in the darkness of paganism, and lived in the hope of the coming of the Messiah and mankind’s deliverance from slavery to the devil, sin, and death.

Rating: 9.6|Votes: 39

If Nothing Else, the True Faith

Protopresbyter-Stavrophore Srboljub Miletic

What is the difference in the understanding of the Church and the Church affiliation between Orthodox and Roman Catholics? For other “Christians”, there is no clear and consistent teaching about it, so we will consider this particular difference, in hopes that the understanding of it will also make the other differences clearer.

Rating: 9|Votes: 33

The Eternal God is Calling You to Himself

The text explains the problem of the human condition and the Orthodox theology of how Jesus Christ came to save fallen mankind, also offering an overview of the Ten Commandments and how to apply them in our lives.