New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want to follow a Paleo-diet you should quite simply eat a lot of fish. Continue reading “Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet”
Οne of the biggest ancient cemeteries unearthed in Albania
In a rich agricultural basin near the town of Korca in southeastern Albania, gas pipeline construction work is offering archaeologists a unique insight into 5,000 years of history in a country that was off most experts’ radar during decades of isolationist Communist rule. Continue reading “Οne of the biggest ancient cemeteries unearthed in Albania”
Limiting children’s recreational screen time to less than two hours a day linked to better cognition, study finds
Limiting recreational screen time to less than two hours a day, and having sufficient sleep and physical activity is associated with improved cognition, compared with not meeting any recommendations, according to an observational study of more than 4,500 US children aged 8-11 years old published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal. Continue reading “Limiting children’s recreational screen time to less than two hours a day linked to better cognition, study finds”
The “Our Father”
When Jesus’ taught His disciples how to pray, He gave them the “Our Father” (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:1-4). They were not to mindlessly recite it, saying it with their lips only (Matthew 15:8; Mark 7:6) but rather that the words would be said with the heart and mind and become a vehicle for communion with the Father. Continue reading “The “Our Father””
Ο Ορθόδοξος λαός ως θεματοφύλακας της Πίστεως
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Φιλοκαλική διάκριση Ορθοδοξίας και αιρέσεως
π. Γεωργίου Δ. Μεταλληνού
Εἶναι γνωστό, ὅτι εἶναι ἀδύνατος ἕνας ἀκριβὴς ὁρισμὸς τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας ὡς Ἐκκλησίας, διότι ἡ Ὀρθοδοξία-Ἐκκλησία εἶναι Θεανθρώπινο μέγεθος καί, ὅσον ἀφορᾶ στὸ θεῖο στοιχεῖο της, ὑπέρκειται κάθε διανοητικῆς-λογικῆς σύλληψης. Ἂν θὰ θέλαμε, λοιπόν, κατὰ προσέγγιση, νὰ ὁρίσουμε τὴν Ὀρθοδοξία, θὰ μπορούσαμε νὰ ποῦμε τὸ ἑξῆς: Ὀρθοδοξία εἶναι ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Ἀκτίστου στὸν κόσμο καὶ τὴν ἱστορία, καὶ ἡ δυνατότητα τοῦ κτίσματος νὰ ἁγιασθεῖ καὶ νὰ θεωθεῖ. Continue reading “Φιλοκαλική διάκριση Ορθοδοξίας και αιρέσεως”