Allow me to say that whatever evidence you present to your professor will, in all likelihood, fall on deaf ears. It is difficult to convince another of an opposing viewpoint, particularly when their conviction is strengthened by their professorial p…
Xristos Anesti!
In addition to these quotes, a few from our own revered Orthodox Fathers:
"The Church has never appointed women presbyters or priests." ~"Panarion" by St. Epiphanius (4th century)
"The appointment of women priests to stand before …
We must therefore keep to the saints the honour befitting them, and must look at them rather through their inward hidden glory, than what they are in the flesh. Yet most of us cannot bear to think that which is low in the world worthy at all of hono…
Be no wise offended then, O man, when thou hearest Him say, I have come down from Heaven, not to do Mine own Will, but the Will of Him that sent Me. For what we said at the beginning, this we will say again. Christ said this of a definite and plain …
and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.
He says that conversion through faith will not be profitless unto them that come to Him. For He had to shew that the being brought by God the Father was a most desirable thing, and productive of…
That is most absolutely applicable to us, if viewed in the proper mindset of the Orthodox Church. This is the same rationale as saying that Luke 14:26 is not applicable to us, "If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, …
As the body has but one head, and our Head is Christ Jesus, so, too, would I rationally expect that the Church would have but one, consistent, clear mind about how people are to function within the Church. If this were not the case, then we would se…
My dearest brother,
I suppose that you are attempting to find a written account that comments on the Biblical verses within the first century on the specific role of women in the Church. I will venture to say that this will be most assuredly diffic…
As it seems that you would not have sufficient time to receive the book I had in mind, read it sufficiently in detail to be able to present to the "historian," and so forth, I refer you to this post...
http://www.monachos.net/forum/showthread.php?6…
Khristos Anesti!
How long do you have until you plan on responding? It is a large topic with several articles having been written over the years. If this is simply a discussion in passing, that is one thing. If it is a topic that will be discussed …
If I may make a suggestion in my weakness... I do not mean to offend anyone, but only wish that we all grow together in the proper Orthodox manner.
We must be cautious as to what it is that we cite as appropriate sources in explaining our faith. W…
Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen!
I pray you are all well in Christ as we begin this Holy Fifty Days.
Provided below is a quote from St. Cyril of Alexandria's commentary on the Gospel of Luke. It is just one of many examples of how the Fathers …
Dear Stavroforus,
Allow me first to begin by quoting a few verses from the Holy Bible:
"And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met h…
Beloved brother Stavroforus,
If I may ask a question, after asking for the forgiveness of CopticStrength and dzheremi, as they have already posted on the matter... why do you feel that you need to become "comfortable with the concept of death?"
Ke…
Dearest brothers and sisters,
I hope that this message finds you well in Christ. I have seen several topics such as these arise over the years, concerning whether or not a certain sect, denomination, or religion's adherents would be admitted into t…
My dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,
I hope that this message finds you well, as we come to the completion of the first week of the Great Lent. Permit me to provide some excerpts from the Church Fathers concerning this particular topic:
You …
Dearest waterandspirit,
I hope that this message finds you well in Christ, as we embark on this great season of Lent. It is precisely at times like these when we should look inwardly at ourselves and examine our strengths and our weaknesses, wishin…
Is it possible that God is sending you a message to start working on your weaknesses, confessing them openly to your father of confession, and correcting the things that you feel make you out to be not a "good" person? Maybe we shouldn't try so hard…
St. Cyril of Jerusalem mentions in his lectures to catechumens:
Let men be with men, and women with women. For now I need the example of Noah’s ark: in which were Noah and his sons, and his wife and his sons’ wives. For though the ark was one, and …
My dear brother christ_rose,
I commend you for your fervor in wanting to include all men and women who were created in God's image; I understand why you feel that those things that we are continuously presented with now in our world that fall under…
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
I feel that it is important at this juncture to step back for a moment and reflect on the fatherly recommendations that our great Defenders of the Faith presented in the past concerning the topic of musical instru…
My dear brother kalsam,
There are numerous theses and dissertations on this particular topic. Most patristic interpretation on this matter is found in the writings of the Eastern Orthodox Church, but there certainly exists some patristic interpreta…
There is a great book that I read some time ago entitled "Jesus: The Messiah in the Hebrew Bible" by Fr. Eugen J. Pentiuc, an assistant professor at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. The book is great in that it elucidates a number o…
Dearest brothers and sisters in Christ,
I have watched the forums over the last few weeks as new topics and posts are created on an almost daily basis concerning either the faith of Muslims or some sort of politically related discussion. I have see…
A sermon recently delivered that will, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, illuminate our understanding and bring us closer to His will.
http://www.stdemiana.org/sermons/?sermon_id=340