Editor's Note: Today, on the Church Calendar (Old Style, i.e., October 24) is the feast day of Arethas the Great Martyr and His Fellow Martyrs. Saint Arethas the Great Martyr He is celebrated in the Orthodox Church, Catholicism, and by the Monophysites. The Monophysites have rewritten history to claim he was a Anti-Chalcedonian. In academia, this has become the fashionable narrative. The following article presents all the evidence against this newly crafted narrative. It is s

by Metropolitan Augoustinos of Florina   “In an acceptable time I have heard thee…” [Isaiah 49:8, 2 Cor 6:2]   I ask, dear friends, that you pay close attention to these words. We will spend some time in interpreting them; they are a prophecy by Isaiah and those of you who will comprehend them will become the “lottery’s grand prize winners.” Otherwise I am left with no alternative and I wash my hands…   What is the meaning of these words? I will start my interpretation from a

“Hagiorite Testimony” of the Sacred Monastery of Xiropotamos of Mount Athos, vol. 12-13, source (translated by K.N.) Xiropotamou Monastery, Mount Athos Let’s pause for a moment and observe a small prayer rope, like the ones made with black wool on the Holy Mountain Athos. It should be regarded as a blessing from a Holy site. Like so many other things of the Church, this is likewise a blessing which has been prepared and given to us by an in-Christ brother or father — those li

Read the two-part introduction to the "Pearls from the Pedalion" series here . From The Orthodox Ethos: The Canons of St. John the Faster, Patriarch of Constantinople (+595), were adopted by the Ecumenical Council of Trullo (the Fifth-Sixth or Quinisext Council) and included in the Pedalion. St. John’s canons were criticized by some in his day for shortening the length of abstention from Holy Communion for various sins, compared to what had been prescribed by the Councils and

Editor's Note: Some of you may recall that a Cypriot bishop, Met. Tyckikos, was ousted from his metropolis for receiving heterodox into the Church in a strict canonical matter and not according to the ecumenist policy of the Church of Constantinople. The Patriarchal Synod heard his appeal and arguments for the legality of the Cypriot synods decision and upheld the decision to depose him. Met. Seraphim of Kythira and Antikythira wrote a well-written, pastoral, and fraternal le

From Saint Nicodemos Publications From the Editor: We are thrilled to introduce our audience to the newly canonized St. Christophoros of Arbouna, affectionately known as "Papoulakos" to the Greeks. Constantine Zalalas of Saint Nicodemos Publications has made him known to us in the English-speaking world by adapting the main book about him from Greek into a playlist on his life and teachings that can be found on his YouTube channel . He has given permission to post the serie

From Dr. Constantine Cavarnos' "General Introductory Remarks" in his book: Orthodox Christian Terminology . Dr. Constantine Cavarnos “Orthodox Liturgical Terminology,” on which I have been invited to speak, includes the whole range of Orthodox Christian terminology. The traditional Orthodox sermon, which is part of the Divine Liturgy, encompasses all aspects of the Orthodox Church. Taking as its starting point the Gospel and Apostolic excerpts that are read on a particular da

Elder Joseph of Vatopedi On the days leading up to the Annunciation in 1983, a Roman Catholic monk, Father Lorenzo, accompanied by a lay...

By Michael W. Davis Originally posted here from the Union of Orthodox Journalists Errors of the Latins, Volume 1 & Volume 2 are both...