The Evergetinos: Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite
Prologue By St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite from the 1783 edition of The Evergetinos He Who transcends all understanding, and so remains unintelligible, …
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Definition of Glorification
Definition of Glorification (http://wp.me/p2vXPg-28r) By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos After purification of the heart and illumination of the nous comes glorification, …
The Desert as Space
Why did these elders choose the desert in the first place? What was the significance of the desert? What is …
So that we are not infants forever
For it is absolutely necessary for the grace of God to leave, once a tried struggler has acquired a good …
The Stages of Spiritual Perfection
Christ said: “Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). This means that the Christian, by …
A Convenient Christianity
We have made our own Christianity, a convenient, humane and reasonable Christianity, as the Grand Inquisitor of Dostoevsky says, because …
The Mystery of Pentecost
After Christ’s Ascension into heaven, as He had affirmed, on the fiftieth day after His Resurrection and the tenth after …
The Purpose of the Church
The purpose of the Church is not social, moral, philosophical or anything else, but pre-eminently soteriological and theological. This is especially obvious …
The Spiritual Perfecting of Christians
The Spiritual Perfecting of Christians Man was created by God in the image and likeness of God. Being in God’s image …
Man After (Orthodox) Baptism
…continued from here THE GREEK ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL REVIEW — VOL. I, NO. 1 Catechumens and Exorcisms Because of the nature …
