Orthodox Churches 53

Christian debates today are loud, confident, and everywhere. From campus confrontations to viral online clips, arguments about Scripture, salvation, authority, and the Church are delivered in sharp ……続きを見る

Comentariu la Cartea Facerii al Sfântului Efrem Sirul este una dintre cele mai vechi și profunde tâlcuiri creștine ale primelor capitole ale Sfintei Scripturi. Scris în secolul al IV-lea, în mediul ……続きを見る

Vincent Crane's book The Cross and the Sword: An Analysis of the Crisis of Russian Orthodoxy is a comprehensive critical study of the transformation of the Russian Orthodox Church from a spiritual i……続きを見る

On the Holy Spirit, Basil of Caesarea's letter-treatise to Amphilochius (c. 375), intervenes in Arian and Pneumatomachian disputes by arguing the Spirit's full divinity through Scripture and liturgi……続きを見る

St. Athanasius addresses a high-ranking official with a compact, instructive composition aimed at guiding conduct in public life. The work emphasizes Christian virtues, pastoral wisdom, and the alig……続きを見る

St. Gregory struggles to find words for overlapping sorrows: a recent calamity and memories of an older earthquake that devastated a neighboring city. The present loss-a beloved young royal compared……続きを見る

St. Basil the Great expresses frustration that repeated exhortations and fasting failed to reform the audience, comparing failed persistence to a farmer discouraged by seeds that do not sprout. Thos……続きを見る

Athanasius, with bishops from Alexandria, appeals to Antiochian ministers to welcome back those separating from Arian factions, especially those gathered at Palai, on the sole condition that they an……続きを見る

The Council of Salona (15 June, in the consulship of Lampadius and Orestes) issues canonical decrees to protect church resources, enforce proper procedures for borrowing or pledging church property,……続きを見る

Mount Athos is often referred to as the centre of Orthodox spirituality, and so it has been for over a thousand years. Each chapter in this collection focuses on a turning point in the spiritual his……続きを見る

These three letters contrast dawn for most people with midnight for devoted ascetics, portraying the night as an ideal time for spiritual solitude and reflection. In this silence the soul avoids har……続きを見る

The Eternal Poet and The Cosmic Drama is an exploration of how the Art of Story relates to the Person of Jesus Christ and the Salvation of the world. By drawing upon the nature of poetry throughout ……続きを見る

Early Christian spirituality is a topic of enduring fascination today among scholars and general readers alike. Stories of hermits living in the desert in their pursuit of God catch our fancy. What ……続きを見る

«Неугодный. Путь против течения» ー документально-художественное расследование о священнике Георгии Кочеткове и о том, как в позднесоветской и постсоветской России «живая вера» может оказаться неудо……続きを見る

L’orthodoxie, au sens de l’Église orthodoxe, est l’une des trois principales confessions du christianisme, avec le catholicisme et le protestantisme. Ce guide complet et très accessible en présente ……続きを見る

The full text in Church Slavonic of the liturgical service of the Canon of St. Andrew of Crete , this is the classic canon of repentance, as used during the first four days of Great Lent and on the ……続きを見る

In his final work, the great and beloved Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. ……続きを見る

Considered by some to be the greatest novel ever written, The Brothers Karamazov stands as a masterpiece of Russian literature. In the trials of three brothersーDmitri, Ivan, and AlyoshaーDostoevsky……続きを見る

"A small thing is not small when it leads to something great" - St. John of Damascus Often called the Three Treatises on the Divine Images, John of Damascus' On Holy Images is a defense of Christian……続きを見る

Margarita Woloschin's narrative of the life of Seraphim of Sarov, translated into English here for the first time, was published in Moscow in 1913, just ten years after Sarov's canonization by the R……続きを見る

"Observe-toi, songe que tu es mortel, que tu es poudre et que tu retourneras en poudre" - St. Basile Dans Observe-toi toi-même, Saint Basile appelle le chrétien à une vigilance intérieure exigeante ……続きを見る

«Поморские Ответы: путь к оригиналу» ー это не просто историческое исследование, это духовный манифест возвращения к истокам. В центре внимания ー сакральный код веры, запечатленный в имени Исус, и ……続きを見る

African Pentecostals in the Diaspora explores the theology of mission in the context of African Pentecostals in the diaspora, using the Apostolic Faith Mission in the United Kingdom as a case study.……続きを見る

The Eulogy of St. Nicholas of St. Andrew of Crete is a monumental penitential hymn of the Byzantine Christian tradition, composed in the late 7th or early 8th century. It is traditionally prayed dur……続きを見る

A compilation of pastoral questions to Bishop Nifont covering Communion, liturgical vessels and services, monastic rules, penance, conversion rites, usury, and Sunday practices. 続きを見る

Gennadius praises John the Forerunner as a pivotal figure between the Old and New eras, focusing specifically on his martyrdom as a fitting subject given signs of the approaching Second Coming. He a……続きを見る

The Philokalia was published in Venice in 1782. It is an anthology of patristic writings from the Eastern Church, spanning the 4th to the 15th Centuries, which has been the subsequent focus of a sig……続きを見る

Den Schwerpunkt des XLVII. Jahrgangs der Simpliciana bilden die Beiträge zur Tagung «Lust, Drogen, Rausch – Zur Dialektik von Moralität und Devianz im Werk Grimmelshausens und in der Literatur der E……続きを見る

The text (the Athanasian Creed) states that salvation depends on holding the catholic faith: worshiping one God in Trinity and Trinity in Unity, without confusing persons or dividing the substance. ……続きを見る

According to history books, the Roman Empire ended in 476 CE with the fall of Rome. But if you asked most people alive at that time, they would have pointed you to what they considered the continuat……続きを見る