Prologue
Saint Fanourios is without doubt an important and holy youthful figure, who stands out in a par-ticular way among the other Saints of Christianity, as he is not only honoured on a single date, but the faithful often make use of the well-known “fanouropita” (Fanourios cake).
Saint Fanourios, who lived during Roman times, went up bravely [...]
By:
Protopresbyter Theodoros Zisis
Professor Emeritus at Aristotle University
Thessaloniki
1. Papism and Protestantism have distorted the Gospel
Lately many members of the Church have been agonizing over the destructive and rapid development of the so-called inter-Christian relations of the Orthodox with the two big heresies of the West, Papism and Protestantism. Their concern has been expressed many times, this [...]
The sign of modernity is that some couples live in de facto relationship; many others don’t prefer to have children; the majority who depend on family planning techniques likes to have only two children, preferably one a son and other a daughter. Our convenience and our taste are the keynotes of worship these days of [...]
Icons play a great importance in the Eastern orthodox churches also because they drifted away from the Roman church in the 11th century, whereas the apostolic era and the early church didn’t give any importance to these things.
The Mother of Jesus is neither a saint nor a saint’saint; she is the Queen in the Kingdom [...]
Patriarch Athenagoras I was born in the province of Ioanina, Epirus on March 25, 1886, at that time still apart of the Ottoman Empire. The son of the village doctor, his mother died when he was only 13. In 1903, he entered the Halki Theological Academy near Istanbul. In 1910, he graduated with his degree [...]
By:
Theodore Riginiotes, theologian.
On September 16, 2009, I saw a documentary on television presenting the life of one of the indigenous tribes living in the Amazon region. In Greece we know very little about these tribes: only that they are ancient, that their ancestors were wise and brave warriors, with well-organized nations and noteworthy civilizations, [...]
Mere observations leads to confusion; getting to know the totality is an aspiration of the soul; when these two work together, we may tend to be absorved with the infinite and shoreless realities slowly and gradually. The close affinity that emanates from the faith in Jesus’ sacrifice is called love. We saw in my last [...]
Unia as a Model of False Unity:
The Limits of Diversity within Unity
A Talk Given by Protopresbyter Theodoros Zisis ,Professor EmerituS of the Theological School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, at the Metropolis of Piraeus’ Conference on the Theme “‘Primacy,’ Synodicality and the Unity of the Church”
Peace and Friendship Stadium, 28 April 2010
One of the [...]
Life is a cycle that is created. In the end of time, it is only the beginning. If there is a birth, there is death that is irrefutable and irrevocable, this is applicable to this planet and others too. Your first sentence itself betray you, (“All those Bible predictions are going to come true [...]
PHILANTHROPY OF ST.NIKOLAOS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH IN SURABAYA – EAST JAVA – INDONESIA
In the view of God, Children are very important and even can be said as a precious diamond, therefore Children must have a chance to have a good education and to be educated and taught so that they will be a good [...]
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