This is the final interview conducted by the magazine PEMPTOUSIA with the great Byzantologist Sir Steven Runciman at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on 14/7/2000, where he was hosted during his three-day stay on Mount Athos for the arrival of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who was to inaugurate the new sacristy of the monastery and the […]
Saints Called Upon for Various Needs
In the Orthodox Church, a patron saint is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person. Since the time of the early Christians up to the present, a vast number of patron saints have been recorded. The following is a list of saints who are often called upon for special purposes.
The Orthodox Church is Standing in the Way of the New World Order
by Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov) Taking part in the recent solemnities in Russia surrounding the celebration of Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Vladimir were representatives of Local Orthodox Churches from around the world. Present from the Serbian Orthodox Church was Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović) of Montenegro, who has long been a friend of the Russian Orthodox Church. Hieromonk Ignaty (Shestakov) of […]
Our Times, the Future of Russia, and The End of the World
by Fr. Seraphim Rose Every Orthodox Christian is placed between two worlds: this fallen world where we try to work out our salvation, and the other world, heaven, the homeland towards which we are striving and which, if we are leading a true Christian life, gives us the inspiration to live from day to day […]
Orthodoxy in the American Public Square
by Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster The prevailing political and cultural elites in America are succeeding, steadily and surely, in plunging our society into a post-Christian vortex that bears a striking resemblance in many ways to the formative centuries of the ancient Church. Faithful early Christians had to endure an inhospitable culture and a decadent ethos, […]
EU: “(Christian) Orthodoxy is the Enemy”
by George Michaelopoulos Lest anyone think that the New World Order (NWO) crusade against Russia is based Vladimir Putin being nasty to gays or on differences between political ideologies, please take the time to read these alarming words by Carl Bildt, Sweden’s Foreign Minister. Bildt is merely reiterating what Zbibgniew Brzinski recently said: “Orthodoxy is […]
Millenials Want Orthodoxy – Will We Give It To Them?
Millennial Christians, and a good number of seekers among their generation, are gravitating to churches where the teaching and preaching is given a high priority. They are attracted to churches whose focus is not only on the members, but on the community and the world. Inwardly focused congregations will not see many Millennials in their churches.
Too Much Beauty In The Church?
by Rod Dreher Anastasia, who is Orthodox, writes to caution that too great a focus on beauty in church worship can be spiritually harmful: Well, yes, beauty is important. The Orthodox Liturgy is very beautiful, and the Catholic mass can sometimes sound like a stripped down McDonald’s version of prayer. But there’s danger lurking here! […]
The Repetitious Character of Orthodoxy
By St. Nikolai Velimirovich In no other Churches are there so many repetitions, in no other so many symbols, as in the Orthodox Church. The whole worship is a continual repetition for thousands of years. In Byzantium was fixed the image of Christ, His mission, His worship. The whole system of belief and worship came, […]
Where Orthodoxy Stands
by Fr. Stephen Freeman Many of the postmodern challenges to the modern perspective are questions about the character and nature of knowledge. A particular focus has been on the concept of objectivity. When we view something objectively, we think of ourselves as standing outside the thing being observed. We are able to “walk around” it […]