1. Introduction. The changes that we observe today appear to emerge from a sequence of events related to the advent of modern technology and the
An Assessment of Theological Issues Today
The subject of this introductory address in an “assessment of Theological Issues Today”; a broad subject that can be approached in various ways. Among several
Human Rights and the Orthodox Church
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
The Therapeutae of Philo and the Monks as Therapeutae according to Pseudo-Dionysius
In his De Vita Contemplativa the Alexandrian Philo makes an extremely remark-able description of an ascetic community with which he was familiar and which was
The Orthodox Church
Some preliminary clarifications “Orthodoxy” means “right belief” or “right opinion” as opposed to heresy, i.e. to the “wrong” or “false belief”. The term “Orthodoxy” combines