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Which Professions Are Incompatible With The Priesthood?

January 17, 2017 Filed under: 18 Comments

All dioceses of the Russian Church will soon be receiving the document “Professions compatible and incompatible with the priesthood,” intended for broad discussion, writes the Church’s official site. The draft document was created by order of an inter-council commission dated January 28, 2015. To … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Leadership, Priest, Tentmaking Tagged With: Church, incompatible. priesthood, Orthodox, professions, Russian

Christian Priesthood and Ecclesial Unity

June 10, 2015 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Some Theological and Canonical Considerations by Professor Contantine Scouteris School of Theology of the University of Athens 1. The records of the early Christian tradition leave no doubt that Christian priesthood is not a "function" necessary for the institutional being of the Church. Nor is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bishop, Deacon, Featured, General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: Christian, Church, Orthodox, Priesthood

The Orthodox Diaconate

September 5, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

By Fr. Deacon Photios Touloumes Preface My Lord Bishops, Honoured Hieropriests, Archpriests, Presbyters, Fellow Deacons, and Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I greet you with the words of our Saviour:  If any one serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deacon Tagged With: Church, deacon, Diaconate, Fr. Deacon Photios Touloumes, Orthodox

Was Adam an Actual or Symbolic Figure, According to the Fathers of the Church?

June 25, 2011 Filed under: 5 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: actual, adam, bible, Christ, Church, fathers, person, real, symbolic

Romanian Church Defrocks Divorced Priests

May 15, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

Associated Press - March 19, 2010 The Romanian Orthodox has decided to strip clergymen who divorce of their priestly duties. Church spokesman Constantin Stoica says the decision to defrock priests who divorce will apply to all. But he says that those whose marriages broke up because their wives … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Priest Tagged With: Church, divorce, Orthodox, priest, Romanian

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