Αν και οι περισσότεροι είμαστε βαφτισμένοι ορθόδοξοι χριστιανοί, κυριαρχούν πολλοί μύθοι σ’ αυτά που νομίζουμε για τη θρησκεία και την Εκκλησία. Οι μύθοι αυτοί είναι τόσο πολλοί, που θα μπορούσε να γραφτεί γι’ αυτούς ολόκληρο βιβλίο. Διαλέξαμε πέντε, για λόγους χώρου, και θα τους σχολιάσουμε με τη μεγαλύτερη δυνατή συντομία… (Οι Μύθοι 2 και 3 προέρχονται από επιρροές ιδεών της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής Εκκλησίας, που πέρασαν σιγά σιγά στη νοοτροπία των Ελλήνων ως δήθεν ιδέες της Ορθοδοξίας). Continue reading “5+1 μύθοι για τη Θρησκεία και την Εκκλησία (μέρος πρώτο)”
Mother Gavrilia: “A Holocaust to His Love” – The Ascetic of Love
by John Brady
The roster of 20th-century saints includes some who lived very public lives, such as Russia’s Royal Martyrs, and not a few who strove to live “hid with Christ in God.” Saint Silouan of Mount Athos might have passed without a worldly trace if God had not sent Archimandrite Sophrony to record his life for our benefit. Continue reading “Mother Gavrilia: “A Holocaust to His Love” – The Ascetic of Love”
New material cleans and splits water
Some of the most useful and versatile materials today are the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are a class of materials demonstrating structural versatility, high porosity, fascinating optical and electronic properties, all of which makes them promising candidates for a variety of applications, including gas capture and separation, sensors, and photocatalysis. Continue reading “New material cleans and splits water”
Archaeogenetics: DNA and the Population Prehistory of Europe
Here we present Robert R. Sokal’s review of the paper “DNA and the Population Prehistory of Europe“, edited by Colin Renfrew and Katie Boyle, Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, 2000. Continue reading “Archaeogenetics: DNA and the Population Prehistory of Europe”
The role of music and the brain development of children
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Joyanta Sarkar, Utpal Biswas. Continue reading “The role of music and the brain development of children”
Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Iosif Lazaridis, Alissa Mittnik, Nick Patterson, Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland, Saskia Pfrengle, Anja Furtwängler, Alexander Peltzer, Cosimo Posth, Andonis Vasilakis, P. J. P. McGeorge, Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou, George Korres, Holley Martlew, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, Mehmet Özsait, Nesrin Özsait, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael Richards, Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg, Yannis Tzedakis, Robert Arnott, Daniel M. Fernandes, Jeffery R. Hughey, Dimitra M. Lotakis, Patrick A. Navas, Yannis Maniatis, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, Kristin Stewardson, Philipp Stockhammer, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Johannes Krause & George Stamatoyannopoulos. Continue reading “Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans”