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January 31, 2020
Worthily Receiving the Eucharist
Talking about the last judgment, Jesus indicated that we shall learn that what we did...
January 30, 2020
Greatness and the Three Hierarchs (St. Basil, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. John Chrysostom)
Once, there was a debate in Constantinople concerning who among St. Basil the Great, St....
January 28, 2020
Aquinas and God: Why Muslims And Others Believe In The Same God As The Christians
St. Thomas Aquinas pointed out there is a distinction between what we can come to...
January 26, 2020
The Conversion of Zacchaeus
On five Sundays preceding the Great Fast, the Byzantine tradition prepares its people with themes...
January 24, 2020
God, Humanity and Exile
In the 16th century, Rabbi Isaac Luria presented his own developed insight on the Kabbalah....
January 23, 2020
Rooting Out Antisemitism
Meeting with a delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center on January 20, 2020, Pope Francis...
January 21, 2020
St. Maximos, The Purpose of Humanity and Universal Salvation
In his works, St. Maximos the Confessor indicated God’s desire for humanity: In the beginning,...
January 20, 2020
Speculations: 4 – Multiverse
In many contemporary science fiction stories, as well as in some speculative scientific studies, the...
January 17, 2020
St. Antony the Great and God’s Universal Presence
After seeking God through an ascetic life of prayer, St. Antony the Great realized a...
January 16, 2020
Clerical Celibacy: Not Essential to Orders
In the fourth century, perhaps at the Council of Nicea, perhaps at Sardica (which often...
January 14, 2020
Anti-Popes, Anti-Traditionalism, and the Current Attacks on Pope Francis
The very nature of an anti-Pope is duplicitous, because, on the one hand, it is...
January 13, 2020
Merkabah and Christianity
Many of beliefs and teachings expressed by Jewish mystics in the first few centuries of...
January 10, 2020
The Pope Apologized
When the Pope was walking through St. Peter’s Square, a woman grabbed his arm as...
January 09, 2020
Speculations: 3 – Artificial Intelligence
In recent times, many theorists have speculated on the possibility of the creation of some...
January 07, 2020
Did Christ Experience Pain? Concerning St. Hilary of Poitier’s Answer
St. Hilary of Poitiers, a Doctor of the Church, was declared as the “Doctor of...
January 06, 2020
In the Baptism of Christ, the Grace of God Has Appeared For the Salvation of Men
When Jesus sent his followers out to baptize the world in the name of the...
January 03, 2020
War Is Not Inevitable (But It Has Become Far More Likely)
The United States has acted wrongly in its assassination of Qassim Soleimani. No one has...
January 02, 2020
To Acquire the Holy Spirit: The Message of St. Seraphim of Sarov
One of the most beloved Russian saints of modern times is St. Seraphim of Sarov....
January 01, 2020
Thoughts, Prayers, Meditation and Action
Paul Knitter, in his dialogue with Masao Abe (a famous Japanese Buddhist professor in religious...
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