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Christ in the Old Testament and the Ecumenical Councils
Father John S. Romanides Editor's Note: This is a paper of Fr. John Romanides that has not been digitized before. It is helpful in conversations with the heterodox. It regards the presence and activity of Christ in the Old Testament, in the contexts of St. Augustine's speculations on the matter. A paper delivered at the Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission Eighth Meeting, Limasol, Cyprus, 1-8 August 1995. Metropolitans of the Church of Greece assume that Latins and Protestants
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Latest Articles
Christ in the Old Testament and the Ecumenical Councils
Father John S. Romanides Editor's Note: This is a paper of Fr. John Romanides that has not been digitized before. It is helpful in conversations with the heterodox. It regards the presence and activity of Christ in the Old Testament, in the contexts of St. Augustine's speculations on the matter. A paper delivered at the Lutheran-Orthodox Joint Commission Eighth Meeting, Limasol, Cyprus, 1-8 August 1995. Metropolitans of the Church of Greece assume that Latins and Protestants
The Orthodox Ethos Team
3 hours ago
They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wait
Short Reflection on the Conception of the Theotokos Editor's Note: Today is the Conception of the Theotokos, and Archimandrite Symeon Kragiopoulos (+ September 30, 2015) has a short but fantastic reflection on this feast. Fr. Symeon was a lecturer, preacher, and confessor in the Metropolis of Thessaloniki, Greece. His spiritual lectures often draw on his study of psychology. He founded one men's monastery, Monastery of the Holy Trinity, and one women's monastery, Monastery of
The Orthodox Ethos Team
3 days ago
Those Seeking Marriage, Pray the Akathist to Saint Nicholas!
Editor's Note: Tomorrow is the feast day for our Father among the Saints: Nicholas the Wonderworker or Myra. In honor of him, we bring to your attention how he is helpful for a faithful Orthodox Christians to find the right husband or wife to marry. Young Orthodox Christians feel this sense that there is a matrimonial crisis in the Church today (a shortage of marriageable young men and women). Many Orthodox pastors will confirm this. There is a practice, which appears to be
Why Gregory VI of Constantinople Refused Invitation to Vatican I
Editor’s Note: On Saturday, November 29, 2025, Pope Leo XIV was escorted by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I around Nicea and the Patriarchal Palace. They commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council and the 60th anniversary of the 1965 lifting of the mutual anathemas between Catholicism and the Orthodox Church. This spirit of Ecumenism is well-known inside the Patriarchate. However, given this event is in relation to the First Ecumenical Council, we
Pearls from the Pedalion: The Proper Use of Antidoron (Blessed Bread)
Read the two-part introduction to the "Pearls from the Pedalion" series here . From The Orthodox Ethos: Canon 4 of the Regional Council of Antioch states that any bishop or priest who has been deposed by their synod and serves liturgy anyway should not be reinstated, and that laity who commune with deposed clergy should be excommunicated. In Footnote 7 to St. Nikodemos’ interpretation of this canon, he elaborates on the proper use of antidoron. St. Nikodemos further elabora
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