Russian Council of Bishops: Crete Council significant step but not pan-Orthodox

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Orthodoxy Today

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 8

Russian Council of Bishops: Crete Council significant step but not pan-Orthodox

The 2017 meeting of the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church, which concluded its work on Saturday, offered its evaluation of the Council of Crete that gathered representatives from 10 of the 15 Local Churches last summer and the documents it released, calling it a significant event in Orthodox history, but not pan-Orthodox.

The Creed and the Trinity

Fr. John Whiteford

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Theology

Rating: 7.6|Votes: 23

The Creed and the Trinity

Fr. John Whiteford

Why is there no mention of the Trinity in the Nicene Creed? If it was written by a Synod of bishops in order to direct the young Church’s thinking, why then is there no mention of the Trinity? Is/was the Trinity less important than the other tenets laid out in the Credo?

Figure It Out Yourself

Fr. Ted Bobosh

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Theology

Rating: 9.2|Votes: 17

Figure It Out Yourself

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Wisdom is as an essential element of our Scriptures and Tradition as is any set of rules or rubrics that have been offered to the faithful. And yet, Wisdom is often given a secondary place in the pedagogy of the Church as many in leadership roles prefer to lay down the law of God rather than to wrestle with Wisdom.

Why is Psalm 103, Which Speaks of the Creation of the World, Placed at the Beginning of Vespers?

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

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Theology

Rating: 9.8|Votes: 26

Why is Psalm 103, Which Speaks of the Creation of the World, Placed at the Beginning of Vespers?

Priest Andrei Chizhenko

The worship of the Orthodox Church is closely connected with the sacred history of the Old and New Testaments. It as if illustrates this history from the very beginning, symbolically and spiritually, deeply connected with it.

The Passions

Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Rating: 10|Votes: 11

The Passions

Metropolitan Ephrem (Kyriakos)

The chief passions are three: money, authority and pleasure. Authority is itself legitimate, but domination is not legitimate.