On Great Thursday morning the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is celebrated and we chant this wonderful Communion hymn: “Of Your mystical supper, Son of God, receive me […]
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Who is the Theologian?
To answer this challenging and hard question, I would like to tell you first the following story. Three students from the Theological School of Thessaloniki visited […]
Sin from a Palamite and from a rational views
“Son, your sins are forgiven” Some Jews brought a paralytic to Jesus asking, of course, to heal him and deliver him from his sickness. Jesus, however, turned to […]
What is an ”Anathema”?
By St. Theophan the Recluse (┼1894) Rarely does the Rite of Orthodoxy, which is now being performed, take place without censures and reproaches on somebody’s part. And no matter […]
The Lord’s Prayer PART 7
For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen This is natural that the Prayer ends with the glorification of God […]
The Lord’s Prayer PART 6
And lead us not in to temptation, but deliver us from Evil And do not allow us, Ο Lord, to fall into temptation, but deliνer us from eνil. According to […]
The Lord’s prayer PART 5
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us As long as man lives self-centredly, he can not forgive his fellow men. His offended ego […]
The Lord’s Prayer PART 4
Give us this day our daily bread According to Saint Chrysostom, as far as our life and our morals are concerned, the Lord orders us to ask for angelic conduct and to fulfil whateνer the angels fulfi1. Howeνer, since we […]
The Lord’s Prayer PART 3
Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven Man’ s selfish will separated him from God, exiled him from Paradise and caused all his misfortunes. If […]
The Lord’s Prayer PART 2
Our Father, who art in heaven 17.7.14 (The Orthodox Path) Hallowed be thy name This is the first petition of the Lord’s Prayer. ‘Hallowed’ means ‘glorified’ according to Saint Chrysostom. […]