From A Protestant View On Orthodoxy “We could take a cue from Orthodoxy, whose priests stand with their backs to their congregation, leading a liturgy that is neither clever nor impassioned, but simply beautiful, like stone smoothed by centuries of rhythmic tides. It’s an austere ritual, … [Read more...]
Was Adam an Actual or Symbolic Figure, According to the Fathers of the Church?
From the Orthodox Outlet for Dogmatic Enquiries. I've included this article due to a multitude of requests from seminarians about the Church teaching regarding the historical reality of Adam and what the Church, not the seminary Bible Studies professor, actually teaches. This is a great article to … [Read more...]
Basic Pre-requisites For Ordination
by Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos It is certain that the apostles transmitted this priesthood of Christ through a definite sacrament called the Sacrament of Holy Orders. The Church also fixed the canonical prerequisites for anyone to receive this great grace and to exercise this highest … [Read more...]
Between Heaven and Earth: Pastoral Reflections on the Psychodynamics of the Clergy Family
by the Rev. Vasileios Thermos, M.D., Ph.D. Our family is a special gift of God in our lives. It is through our family that we struggle for salvation, for personal integration, for well-being. The apostolic tradition of a married priesthood should be considered an invaluable blessing of God in … [Read more...]
The Priesthood As Vocation
". . . the priesthood unites all of the callings to which man may respond and cannot be thought of as just one of them. " INTRODUCTION Since it is the divine grace that elevates a man, through the laying-on-of hands, to be a priest, it is clear that the priesthood is unlike any other vocation … [Read more...]
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