What is the meaning of the term «human rights»? The adjective «human» attributes something to all humans in general. «Rights» belong to each human individually,
The Orthodox Church in a Pluralistic World
The active and transformative presence of the Orthodox Church in the public life of a pluralistic society depends not only on what Orthodoxy has to
“Hellenic thought and ecumenical perception as preparators for the gospel.”
Christianity was born in a historical environment that was shaped by three worlds: the Judean, the Roman and the Hellenic. These were not just three
Christ And Culture
The question of the Person of Christ has been a dominant theme running throughout the entire history of Christianity, both eastern and western. This is
The birth of Christ
” When the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, so that He could redeem those living under
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
Prayer
The Orthodox Catholic Church, while recognizing the great importance and power of prayer, does not include it among the special means by which sanctifying grace
The Sacrament
THE “sacrament” (sacramentum) is, etymologically, either a result of consecration or a means of consecrating by religious sanction (1). The word began to be used in
Gregory of Nyssa on the Nature of the Soul (1)
I For Gregory, bishop of Nyssa in Cappadocia, the problem of the soul is a pivot on which many an important subject is hinged. This
The Problem of Pre-existence of Souls in St. Cyril of Alexandria *
The idea of Pre-existence of Souls has always been a great and difficult problem for every Religion and every philosophical System as it is connected