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The Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord, God, and Saviour Jesus Christ

August 19, 2020

Troparion, tone 7: Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, O Christ our God, showing to Thy disciples Thy glory as each one could endure; shine forth Thou on us, who are sinners all, Thy light ever-unending. Through the prayers of the Theotokos. O Light-giver, glory to Thee.

An Orthodox Response to the Emerging Church Movement

August 18, 2020

Theology

This article constitutes the final installment in a series adapted from the author’s undergraduate thesis, An Ancient Future Church?: An Orthodox Examination of the Post-modern Christianity of the Emergent Chu... Read More...

Mark Driscoll preaching on the Ten Commandments at Mars Hill Church

The Deconstruction of the Church

May 14, 2020

Ecclesiology, Theology

The fifth installment of our series examing the Emerging Church movement in its own self-awareness and in the eyes of the Orthodox Church

Does the Church Need Doctrine?

February 3, 2020

Theology

A look at the Emergent Church Movement's attempts to de-emphasize doctrine and credal belief.

Orthodox chapel nestled in the mountains.

The Image and Likeness of God in Man

December 18, 2019

Spiritual Discipline, Theology

By St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov) Excerpted from The Refuge: Anchoring the Soul in God (The Collected Works of St. Ignatius (Brianchaninov), Vol. 3. Translated by Nicholas Kotar - Paperback - 448 pages - 978-088... Read More...

The Inestimable Value of Orthodoxy

December 16, 2019

Theology

A short essay by the late rector of St Nicholas Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia, on the beauty and truth held within the Orthodox Church.

Mary Naumenko on Nous, Dostoevsky, and the “Ridiculous Man”

November 22, 2019

Spiritual Discipline, Theology

An audio interview with author Mary Naumenko on the subject of her new book, Restoring the Inner Heart: The Nous in Dostoevsky's Ridiculous Man.

A New Reformation?

February 1, 2018

Theology

The third installment in a continuing series examining the theological and historical substance of the Emergent Church Movement. Part 3 looks at the phenomenon as natural heir to the Reformation.

On the Writings of Archimandrite George (Kapsanis): A Correction

September 22, 2017

Theology

A letter received from the Holy Monastery of St Gregory on Mount Athos defending the name of their abbot and elder from criticism in a previous article.

Icon of the Holy Wisdom (16th c., Sophia cathedral, Novgorod)

On the Nature of Byzantine Philosophy

August 11, 2017

Theology

by Cyprian R. Fennema The mystery of the embodiment of the Logos holds the power of both all enigmas and all types in the scriptures. Furthermore this mystery holds the foundational knowledge of all things imm... Read More...

Five Streams of Self-Identity in the Emergent Church Movement

August 4, 2017

Theology

by Rassaphore Monk Angelos This article constitutes the second installment in a series adapted from the author's undergraduate thesis, An Ancient Future Church?: An Orthodox Examination of the Post-modern Chri... Read More...

An Ancient Future Church?

July 8, 2017

Theology

This first installment of an ongoing series gives a broad overview of the Emergent Church Movement (ECM) and describes this loose coalition within a wider Protestant context.

The Concept of the Person in Orthodox Theology

December 19, 2016

Theology

Dr Alexis Torrance elucidates the Orthodox understanding of Personhood based on the Dogmas of the Trinity and Christology in this talk originally delivered at Holy Trinity Seminary.