The great problems, persecutions and dangers that hieromissionaries and the faithful of the various Christian denominations have been facing for centuries from fanatical followers of
The Question of the Priesthood of Women (part 2)
… 7. The Christocentric Character of the Priesthood and the Pneuma-tocentric character of the Woman’s role in the Church Through this most specific relation of
The Question of the Priesthood of Women (part 1)
1. Ordination and Priesthood The Orthodox Church has never had any real canonical problem as regards the grounds for the possibility or impossibility of the
Ethnicity, Nationalism and Religion
Any form of national egotism whereby the love of one’s own people leads to the suppression of other nationalities or national minorities, or to the
A Meaningful Storm, some reflection on Autocephaly, Tradition and Ecclesiology
“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another” (Eph. 4:25 ). 1. The storm provoked by
The Pastoral Dimension of Mixed Marriages
Until the beginnings of the 19th century, Orthodox populations living in the traditional “Orthodox lands” of the East Mediterranean, of the Balkanic peninsula and of
Analyzing the Holy and Great Council
The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church to be held in Crete during Pentecost has prompted a great deal of discussion. The affirmation
Chalcedonians and Monophysites after Chalcedon
The circumstances of the great schism which divided the Eastern Church in connection with the Council of Chalcedon are generally better known than the various
The Reciprocal Relation between Doctrinal and Historical factors in the Separation of the Oriental Churches from the ancient Catholic Church
The consideration of the historical circumstances of the separation of the Oriental churches from the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church in the 5 th
Nationalism in the Orthodox Church
The subject of this study, ‘Nationalism in the Orthodox Church’ (1), has its beginning in the apostolic period, where the first weak manifestations of nationalism