Orthodox Christianity & Theology

“He wanted to remind them that while they carried the burden of their own transgressions, they shouldn’t be strict judges of the transgressions of others. This alone did the Lord desire. And when this was done, the dust was again smoothed over, and that which was written disappeared.” Once, the […]

The Bible is in a sense a biography of God in this world. In it the Indescribable One has in a sense described Himself. The Holy Scriptures of the New Testament are a biog­raphy of the incarnate God in this world. In them it is related how God, in order […]

Man has always been fascinated by ultimate things–life, death, the origin of the world–and his discoveries in other fields of knowledge have given him confidence to assume that some day these mysteries will also yield to the power of his intellect. Such pride of mind, however, can only lead away […]

Fr. Justin Popovich, the renowned Serbian theologian, was a great friend of the Russian Church Abroad. A patristic scholar, poet and true philosopher, who had command of several languages, he devoted his many talents to defending the Faith against ecumenism-for which he was called “the conscience of the Serbian Church”-and […]

“You are an experienced gardener, and you know how much work is required to grow even one vegetable. You wouldn’t leave even one plant without some attention. How, then, can we not labor on our soul, our unique treasure, which the grave itself cannot destroy?” I. To a nun who […]

SHORTLY AFTER THE DOCTRINE of Christ began to be propagated among the Gentiles, the followers of Christ in Antioch began to be called Christians (Acts XI:26). The word “Christian” indicated that those who bore this name belonged to Christ-belonged in the sense of devotion to Christ and his Doctrine. From […]

First – because our faith is light. Christ said: I am the lightof the world (John 8,12). The light of the vigil lamp reminds us of thatlight by which Christ illumines our souls. Second – in order to remind us of the radiant character of thesaint before whose icon we […]

Addressing the relationship between Church and state, Fr. Michael delivers an essay that makes several very important points about the role of Christianity in the world and the function of the state. Historically grounded and philosophically informed, Fr. Michael opposes secularization and segregation of Church and state with a well […]

One of the great works of the twentieth century, “The River of Fire” is an inspired look at the Love of God and the rejection of this love by blind mankind – our hope, and our historical folly. Dr. Kalomiros explains the reality of judgement and free will, and creates […]

In this article, Metr. Anthony explains that the sacraments of the church are not mechanical and formulaic, but something entirely different. The Metropolitan upholds the Orthodox position against the Latin scholastic position, explaining the logic behind the canons and rules regarding the administration of the sacraments of Baptism and Chrismation. […]