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[English Edition / Theology]

History Through New Eyes

Seraphim Hamilton

It is time that we see the world through new eyes. Neither God nor His people have sat on the sidelines of history. They both are at the center of history, the goal of which is the birth of Jesus Christ and the divinization of all mankind.

[English Edition / Theology]

Prosphora & Theosis: Teaching Transformation

Elissa Bjeletich

"May God bless us all as we enter into this beautiful process of offering and transformation, teaching our children to understand the profound beauty of the Orthodox life and the prosphora they offer."

[English Edition / Theology]

The Intercession of Saints in God’s Divine Council

Seraphim Hamilton

Those who have died in Christ are “greater prophets,” and prophets are intercessors. We know they hear our prayers since they are in direct and intimate communion with the Holy Spirit. Christ knows everything—even in His glorified human mind. We participate in Christ through the Spirit, and those in deep contact with the Spirit participate in this all-knowing.

[English Edition / Theology]

Remembering Impulsivity

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

"Put simply, impulsivity, that quintessentially corrupted power of choice, is related to sin, to missing the mark. The remembrance of irrational pleasure (παρὰ λόγον ἡδονή) and the pursuit of irrational pleasure, however, always bring the pain of regret that those who are impulsive know so well."

[English Edition / Theology]

Unecumenism and the Sins of All

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The concept of the One Church shifted during the Reformation. I offer a case in point as well as a reflection on how it changes our current understanding.

[English Edition / Theology]

If Satan is Alive, Why Not Millennialism?

Fr. John Whiteford

"The problem with premillennialism is that it tended to feed into other heresies, such as Montanism, which believed that Montanus was the Holy Spirit incarnate, and which believed that the Kingdom of God was soon to come to be established in Phrygia. We have seen similar heresies with millenialist eschatology in more recent times, with the Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Mormonism, the Jim Jones Cult, and Branch Davidians. Given the excesses this view has tended to produce, the Church felt it necessary to clearly define the matter."

[English Edition / Theology]

The Error of Chiliasm

Fr. Michael Pomazansky

"It is not difficult to see the error of the chiliastic interpretation of the twentieth chapter of the Apocalypse. Parallel passages in Sacred Scripture clearly indicate that the "first resurrection" signifies spiritual rebirth into eternal life in Christ through baptism, a resurrection through faith in Christ."

[English Edition / Theology]

The Inconsistency of Chiliasm

Bishop Alexander (Mileant)

"It is important to understand that the twentieth chapter of the book of Revelation does not introduce any new teaching about the end of the world and the Second Coming of Christ. Its purpose is to summarize the battle between the devil and the Church which permeates the whole history of mankind. The devil is defeated twice: first spiritually, by the redemptive death of the Savior, and at the end of the world, completely and finally, when he will be thrown into the lake of fire. Christian martyrs began to celebrate their victory over satan immediately following their death for Christ."

[English Edition / Theology]

On the Thousand Year Reign (Chiliasm)

Ch. 16 from The Truth of Our Faith by Elder Cleopa of Romania

Archimandrite Cleopa (Ilie)

"This kingdom of Christ, derived not from this world, constitutes the Church, or the Body, of Christ, of which the head is Christ Himself (Eph. 1:22). The adoption and entrance into this kingdom takes place only through the laver of regeneration (Titus 3:5) or birth from above (Jn. 3:3)."

[English Edition / Homilies and Spiritual Instruction]

Paradise – Spiritual and Empirical

Fr. Ted Bobosh

The Fathers of the Church were biblical literalists in the sense that they took every single word of Scripture seriously. The words of Scripture had a plain meaning, but they also both hid and revealed a spiritual sense.

[English Edition / Theology]

Consequences of the One Church – Unecumenism

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Put yourself in the fourth century. There is only one Church, and that Church is One.

[English Edition / Theology]

Un-Ecumenism

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The Church is steadily diminished in the life of the nation, privatized and relativized. Its loyalty becomes subsidiary to the loyalty of the State.

[English Edition / Theology]

Time, Patience, and the Impulsive

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

This God-bestowed gift of patience is required to no longer be subject to the impulsive desires swirling in our hearts. Patience affords us the opportunity to break out of the gratification-filled desires of the present and reflect upon both similar past actions and the future consequences of potential impulsive acts. In that sacred space created by holy patience, we can find another luminous path leading not to the object of our impulse, but to Christ Himself.

[English Edition / Theology]

The Levitical Offerings and Sacrifices

Fr. John A. Peck

If we were to state the motto of the book of Leviticus, it might best be described as "You shall be holy for I, the LORD your God, am holy" (Lev. 19:2).

[English Edition / Theology]

Is Infant Baptism Biblical?

Fr. John Hainsworth

Jesus was once an infant Himself. And Jesus was never separate from God, even in His mother’s womb. The heretical Nestorians claimed that Jesus’ divinity only descended upon Him at baptism. But the Orthodox Church has always declared that He united God and man from the moment of His conception, and the Orthodox believe that His Kingdom belongs to children.

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On the Word to St. Silouan, “Keep Thy Mind in Hell and Despair Not”

Jesse Dominick

The path to humility is encapsulated in the advice that St. Silouan heard from God in his heart: “Keep thy mind in Hell and despair not.” Our generation especially struggles with pride and all of its trappings, and thus we have much to learn from the life of St. Silouan.

[English Edition / Theology]

Divine Providence and Pastoral Care

Rev. Gregory Jensen

"Each of us must discern the providential working out of God’s grace in our own lives. Just as spouses are called to discern God’s providence in each others’ lives parents are to do this for their children. Turning from the family to the Church, priests are responsible for discerning and fostering the vocation of their parishioners and bishops for the members of the diocese. All of this is, necessarily, personal."

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The God-Seer Moses as a Prophet of the Past

Jesse Dominick

The prophet Moses occupies a unique position in the Scriptural Tradition of prophecy, having been granted not only to see the future and call the people to a greater faith in God, but alone was given to see the awesome creation of the world—that which God alone witnessed, and God alone can reveal. Moses, alone in the Scriptural canon can be called a prophet of the past, and his experience is confirmed for us in the experience of the saints in every age of the Church. He responded to the call of God and ascended the mountain to speak with Him, experiencing divine vision in His presence, and in turn offering to us the life-giving knowledge of the creation of the world, and there arose no greater prophet in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face (Deut. 34:10).

[English Edition / Theology]

The Fathers’ Response to the Three Kinds of Impulsivity

Hieromonk Alexis (Trader)

In our ever-changing, fast-paced contemporary world that rewards Type-A aggressive behavior and a results-oriented lifestyle, impulsivity can become our default mode for interacting with the world. This “ready-fire-aim” approach to life can be framed as quick reflexes and speedy adaptation needed for success and getting ahead. Of course, if one’s gut reactions are wrong, that same approach can be one’s ruin.

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Ecumenism and the Ecclesiology of Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Fr. Daniel Degyansky

Saint Cyprian of Carthage developed with fearless consistency a doctrine of the complete absence of Grace in every sect which had separated itself from the True Church. His doctrine is one of the basic foundation blocks of Orthodox ecclesiology and it stands in direct opposition to the presuppositions of the ecumenical movement. Moreover, his warnings about the enemies of the Church have traditionally guided Orthodox in their response to those outside Her fold.

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