Matthew Gallatin is the author of the popular book, Thirsting for God in a Land of Shallow Wells (Conciliar Press, 2002). Audiences around the country have heard him share the story of his journey from evangelical Protestantism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity. “Pilgrims from Paradise,” his weekly podcast on Ancient Faith Radio, reaches thousands of listeners each month with timely teachings on the Orthodox Christian experience. Continue reading “Matthew Gallatin: Thirsting for God in a Land of Shallow Wells”
Top 10 Most Common Atheist Arguments, and Why They Fail
by Eric Hyde
I write very little in the area of Christian vs. atheist apologetics, and for good reason.
It was in atheist chat-rooms and blogs that I first cut my teeth in theology many years ago. Since those days I have not heard anything new from atheists. Continue reading “Top 10 Most Common Atheist Arguments, and Why They Fail”
Pentecost (the Descent of the Holy Spirit)
Pentecost (also called Trinity Day or Descent of the Holy Spirit) is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, celebrated fifty days after Pascha (thus always falling on a Sunday, this year: June 19, 2016, next year: June 4, 2017, and May 27, 2018, the year after that.) Continue reading “Pentecost (the Descent of the Holy Spirit)”
A Noetic Life
by Fr. Stephen Freeman
Eskimos really do have over 50 words for snow. In total, there are around 180 words for snow and ice. There is “aqilokoq” for “softly falling snow” and “piegnartoq” for “the snow [that is] good for driving a sled.” There is also “utuqaq,” which means, “ice that lasts year after year” and “siguliaksraq,” the patchwork layer of crystals that forms as the sea begins to freeze; and “auniq,” ice that is filled with holes, like Swiss cheese. The reason, of course, is simple. If the information about snow and ice are a matter of survival, human beings develop a vocabulary sufficient to cover their need. They also develop a keen eye for snow and ice. They do not see better or different than anyone else, but they pay attention to certain things that others would ignore. Continue reading “A Noetic Life”
Knowledge and Vision of God in Cappadocian Fathers
by Anita Strezova – Macquarie University, Sydney
The recurrent charges of atheism carried by the Cappadocian fathers against the neo-Arian Eunomius, show to what extent the Byzantine theologians of the fourth and fifth centuries were faced with the possibility of intellectualism in the knowledge of God. Continue reading “Knowledge and Vision of God in Cappadocian Fathers”
Why Orthodoxy is the True Faith?
We would like to acquaint you with the lecture “Why Orthodoxy is the True Faith,” delivered on September 13, 2000, at the Meeting of the Sretenskaya Lord’s School in Moscow by A.I. Osipov, a professor of the Moscow Theological Academy. Continue reading “Why Orthodoxy is the True Faith?”
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