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Showing posts with label Church History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Church History. Show all posts
November 7, 2022

History, Politics and the Church (Metr. Hierotheos of Nafpaktos)

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 By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos History is closely connected with the Church, since Christ with His incarnation did His work in tim...
December 26, 2018

Seven Men Who Tried To Paganize the Origins of Christmas But Failed

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Painting shows “The Triumph of Christianity Over Paganism” by Gustave Doré, painted perhaps in 1868. Every Christmas season, the usual m...
November 18, 2015

Saint Plato of Ancyra as a Model for our Lives

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St. Platon of Ancyra (Feast Day - November 18) By Protopresbyter Fr. George Papavarnavas Saint Plato was from Ancyra (Ankara) and lived...
February 7, 2015

Why Heretics Were Burned Alive

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By John Sanidopoulos When we think of heretics being burned alive, most people think of the time of the medieval Inquisition. Civil author...
December 10, 2014

Christianity, the Light of Humanity

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By Archimandrite Chrysostomos K. Papathanasiou Christianity is the revelation of the true God to humanity. It is not an ideological constr...
August 17, 2014

Fr. John Romanides Resource Page

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"My good friend, the most pious Presbyter John Romanides, is not an ordinary theologian. He learned theology in two or three Universit...
July 28, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (6 of 6)

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...continued from part five. 5. The Aftermath of the Schism The exhaustive research of the sources during the twentieth century led many ...
July 24, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (5 of 6)

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Patriarch Michael Cerularios sitting on a throne with clergymen,  from the Chronicle of John Skylitzes ...continued from part four. 4. T...
July 23, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (4 of 6)

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...continued from part three. 3. The Summer of 1054 The events of 1054 directly caused the military developments in Southern Italy, when ...
July 21, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (3 of 6)

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Pope John XVI the Benevolent ...continued from part two. 2. The Stages of the Schism The Schism was in fact gradual. However, influenc...
July 18, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (2 of 6)

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...continued from part one. 1. The Times In 1054 the Byzantine Empire was still living in its "golden age". Its boundaries stre...
July 16, 2014

The Days of the Schism of 1054 (1 of 6)

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By Anastasios Philippides On the morning of Saturday 16 July 1054, shortly before the Divine Liturgy began in Hagia Sophia in Constantinop...
February 26, 2014

Saint Porphyrios of Gaza and the World of Late Antiquity

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By Anastasios Philippides On February 26th our Church celebrates the memory of Saint Porphyrios, Bishop of Gaza in Palestine. Saint Porphy...
November 12, 2013

Fr. John Romanides as a Historian

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By Anastasios Philippides Bachelor of Arts, Yale University; Master of Arts, Georgetown University The huge contribution of Fr. John Roman...
September 18, 2013

Modern Discourse and the Challenge of History

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Fr. James Siemens September 2, 2013 RISU A good deal of our current malaise, both in the Church and in society more broadly, can be attrib...