By Elias Hazou
IF NOTHING else, the small, but very public dispute over the Pope’s visit to Cyprus has highlighted the deep divisions within the Church of Cyprus.
No sooner had the ink dried on a Holy Synod circular – bearing the signature of all the metropolitans – welcoming Benedict XVI to Cyprus, than a number of [...]
Egyptian Convert Endures Life at a Standstill – on the Run
Compass Direct News
May 25, 2010
Cairo, Egypt – From the mosque across the street, words blasting from minaret megaphones reverberate throughout the tiny apartment where Maher Ahmad El-Mo’otahssem Bellah El-Gohary is forced to hide. Immediately following afternoon prayers, the Friday sermon is, in part, on how [...]
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Metropolitan Ephraim of Boston
Preface
The purpose of these articles was to explain to our faithful, in a simple and easily-understood manner, some of the differences that exist between the Old Testament (Masoretic) text used by most of today’s Roman Catholics and Protestants and the Septuagint Old Testament used by Orthodox Christians since the time of Christ. [...]
Icon Presented to Priest Monk Fr. Geevarghese Kochuparambil
It was a great joy for the Orthodoxy Beyond Limits Forum to visit the Iconography institution of the Indian Orthodox Church on 29/5/2010. The delegation of Subin Varghese (Vice-Chairman & Secretary) and George Alexander (Spokesperson) visited Mar Baselius School of Icon Writing & Liturgy. This School is [...]
One of the most popular saints among Greeks today is St. John the Russian whose incorrupt relics are the boast of the island of Euboia. The multitudes who visit his shrine are such that there is daily bus service to the shrine from Athens. Countless miracles flow from his relics and icons, and even now-when [...]
“Late in the 13th century, at Our Lady Monastery in Hamatoura, Saint Jacob began his ascetic life. Later, when the monastery was destroyed by the Mamelukes*, he reestablished monasticism along the perimeter of the ruined monastery. In time, he rebuilt the monastery, regenerating and giving renewed vigor to monastic life in the area. His spiritual [...]
Have you ever had a fist fight about the natures of Christ? If you have, you would fit right in among ancient Christians, says this church historian.
Christians today may take it on faith that Jesus has both human and divine natures, but any church historian will tell you that in the early church the question [...]
St. Glyceria suffered as a martyr for her faith in Christ in the second century during the persecutions against Christians under Emperor Antoninus. She came from an illustrious family, and her father, Macarius, was a high-ranking Roman official. Later, the family moved to the Thracian city of Trajanopolis.
St. Glyceria lost both her father and mother [...]
UPDATED VERSION
In an interview published on, May 23, 2010 in the Cypriot Newspaper “Phileleftheros” the Metropolitan distances himself from the Archbishop’s decision to host the Pope in Cyprus.
The following are excerpts from the interview:
“For us Orthodox, the Pope is a heretic, outside of the Church, and, hence, not even a bishop”.
“He [the Pope] has been [...]
By:
BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
5/22/2010
The son of Francis Schaeffer, one of the most influential evangelical theologians of the last century, is now a sharp critic of the evangelical world in which he was raised.
Best-selling novelist Frank Schaeffer grew up in the shadow of his father in L’Abri, a Christian community in Switzerland that drew thousands [...]
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