ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
by Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
It’s certainly difficult to get rid of the mistaken assumptions about interpersonal relationships, our connection to God and also our view of our self when we’ve been fed these from childhood. Because the soul of a child soaks up whatever ‘lessons’ are offered as blotting-paper does ink. It keeps them, absorbs them and lives with them. Continue reading “In the end, are we wrong about life?”
by Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol, Cyprus
Having promised yesterday that we would say a few words on the topic, I will say a few things, just so that I won’t be untrue to yesterday’s promise.
As a follow-up to all those things, one wonders: all these things that take place – everything that we do – our pilgrimages, our candles, our night-vigils, our prayers, our fasts, our gestures of charity – everything that we do in our life – are for what purpose and what is the reason that we do them? The answer to this question is very important, because our correct or incorrect spiritual life is dependent on it. Continue reading “Curing the sickness of Pharisaism”
By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos
1. The Human Body according to Ancient Greek Philosophy
From ancient times, the mystery of man engaged philosophers who, as expected, studied man in relation to the He who Is, God. The questions of what man is, what the body is and what motivates the body are questions of utmost significance and importance. Continue reading “The Human Body: Ascesis and Exercise”
Here we present the same-titled chapter of the book “An Orthodox Handbook“, by Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos. Continue reading “The Salvific Truth”
OBJECTIONS TO GENUINENESS
THE most plausible objection to the genuineness of these [Areopagite] writings is thus expressed by Dupin: “Eusebius and Jerome wrote an accurate catalogue of each author known to them, with a few obscure exceptions, and yet never mention the writings of the Areopagite.” Great is the rejoicing in the House of the Anti-Areopagites over this PROOF; but what are the facts? Continue reading “The Authenticity of Dionysius the Areopagite’s Writings (Part 2)”
DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE AND THE ALEXANDRINE SCHOOL
ALEXANDRIA became the home of Christian Philosophy, but Athens was its birthplace. Pantaenus and Ammonius-Saccus were chief founders of the Alexandrine School. They were both Christian. They both drew their teaching from the Word of God, “the Fountain of Wisdom,” and from the writings of Hierotheus, and Dionysius the Areopagite—Bishops of Athens. For several centuries there had been a Greek preparation for the Alexandrine School. As the Old Testament was a Schoolmaster, leading to Christ, so the Septuagint, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristobulus, Philo, and Apollos were heralds who prepared the minds of men for that fulness of light and truth in Jesus Christ, which, in Alexandria, clothed itself in the bright robes of Divine Philosophy. Continue reading “The Authenticity of Dionysius the Areopagite’s Writings (Part 1)”
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