Chances are, your first experience in visiting an Orthodox Church will not be like visiting just another Protestant denomination or non-denominational church. This One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is pre-denominational and has traditions that go back to the Apostles themselves. I recommend that you speak with a friend or priest before you make your first visit that will help guide you in exploring the faith. But, there are a few quick things to know before you go for the first time: Continue reading “Visiting an Orthodox church: what to know before you go”
Orthodox Church & Capitalism: Orthodox Fathers of Church on poverty, wealth and social justice
Here are some awesome quotes about how the early church (90 ad – 500 ad) viewed and was viewed in regards to wealth and related topics. I tried to personally research these so you can be sure that they are legit. Also, I put links to biographies and original works. Hope this blesses you! Continue reading “Orthodox Church & Capitalism: Orthodox Fathers of Church on poverty, wealth and social justice”
A Life Centred on Christ or on Ourselves?
The third Sunday of Matthew, and the Gospel reading, attempts, perhaps more than at any other time, to get us to move us to make a change, to put to right inclinations which are foreign and alien to us. In the text, the Evangelist castigates the perpetual, disordered attitude among many people- then among pagans and idolaters, now among those influenced by our Western life-style- who, rather than having Christ and the opportunity of an encounter with Him as their priority, instead have any trivial, banal thing that’s given value by our sick adherence to what’s become our culture. Continue reading “A Life Centred on Christ or on Ourselves?”
Capitalism, Protestant Ethics & Orthodox Tradition
By the Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Saint Vlasios, fr. Hierotheos Vlachos
It must be underlined that Orthodoxy – Romanity (Romanity = Byzantine Tradition & Culture) has no affinity whatsoever to Protestant ethics – as realistically presented by Max Weber with regard to the capitalist spirit – nor is it expressed by Latin theology. For this reason, in what follows, we will examine as briefly as possible the views of the Orthodox Church on the central positions underlined by Max Weber. We will underline five basic points, without citing Patristic texts and related bibliography, because in my other studies, there is ample material. Continue reading “Capitalism, Protestant Ethics & Orthodox Tradition”
Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 2
The Apostles’ letters also point to the great value of the wilderness, noetic hesychia, inner purification and watchfulness. Here too I would like to recall a few relevant passages. Continue reading “Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 2”
Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 1
by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
One of the fundamental methods of curing the soul is stillness in the full sense of the word. I believe that we have already made this clear. Contemporary man is seeking healing for his life, especially for his inner condition, precisely because he is over-strained. Therefore one of the messages which Orthodoxy can offer to the contemporary weary, discouraged and floundering world is the message of silence. Continue reading “Hesychia: Our Method of True Healing (Orthodox Psychotherapy) – Part 1”
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