September 25th, 2020
Online COURSES N O W Being Offered
Fr. Peter Heers
August 30th, 2020
Should we send our kids to school if they are requiring them to wear masks?
Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou
Question: They want our kids, from 6 years up, to wear masks in school. What should we do?
Answer: Listen, my brother Aristeides, you who ask this good question: “Our children and our eyes!” [A Greek saying meaning ‘all your attention and care on your kids!’] “Your kids and your eyes!” Both the eyes and the mouth wish for a face that will see God - without a mask. The ancient...
August 19th, 2020
“They thought that by closing the churches they would stop the virus...Lord have mercy!. . .”
Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou
“They thought that by closing the churches they would stop the virus...Lord have mercy! Is this the first outbreak of a virus? From what I know, during epidemics the churches are open day and night and the Liturgy is offered nonstop. Some have attempted to create doubt about Holy Communion, that it can impart infection. Do you know what is the Divine Liturgy? The Body and Blood of the Resurrected...
August 11th, 2020
AN ORTHODOX SURVIVAL COURSE: What Participants Are Saying
Lessons 1 & 2 are Complete; Lesson 3 Just Ahead
NEXT LESSON:
The Mystery of Iniquity and the Apostasy
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July 25th, 2020
Περί της Kαινοτομίας του Tρόπου Mετάδοσης της Θ. Κοινωνίας: Συνέντευξη με τον κ. Δημήτριο Τσελεγγίδη
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast (Greek edition)
Περί της Kαινοτομίας του Tρόπου Mετάδοσης της Θείας Κοινωνίας και του Νέου Σταδίου Πειρασμού: Συνέντευξη με τον κ. Δημήτριο Τσελεγγίδη.
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OE is NOW ON PATREON, where you can also sign up for The Orthodox Survival Course:
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July 25th, 2020
The Method of Holy Communion & the Temptation of Little Faith: A Talk with Professor Demetrios Tselengides
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
The Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the University of Thessaloniki, Demetrios Tselengides, talks to us about the move by some to change the method of Holy Communion and the ensuing temptation of little faith.
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00:35 - Question 1: The use of many lavides ("spoons"), is it blessed and in accordance with Holy Tradition?
02:14 - The "good uneasiness" of the Faithful is a...
July 21st, 2020
The Current Challenge of Caesaropapism to the Orthodox Faith: Interview with Fr. Savas Agioreitis
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
In this fourth part of our four-part discussion (4/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to the current crisis, including the contemporary challenge of Caesaropapism to Orthodoxy and the innovations surrounding our understanding of the Holy Things in the Holy Temple of God.
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00:39 - Question 1: Should...
July 20th, 2020
Τhe Sunday of the Holy Fathers and the Meaning of Heresy
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
A pernicious and dangerous re-definition of heresy is spreading among theologians and hierarchs which blurs the boundaries of Orthodoxy and heresy and thus blocks the path of return and salvation for many. In this podcast Fr. Peter examines the teaching of the Holy Fathers on heresy, heretics, and the key differences, including, first of all, the therapeutic methodology in the Church, the fruit of which,...
July 17th, 2020
How Shall We Live During This Current Persecution of Orthodoxy?: Interview with Fr. Savas Agioreitis
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
In this third part of our four-part discussion (3/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, which took place on May 8th, we discuss a wide-range of matters pertaining to how we must live in a spiritual manner in face of the current persecution of Faith in Christ and His Church.
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00:00:34 - Question 1: How will we live and survive this current situation?
00:01:14 - Answer 1:...
July 13th, 2020
OE is now on PATREON ~ and offering Online Courses!
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July 3rd, 2020
The Role of the Spiritual Father in the Current Crisis: Interview with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
The second part of our four-part discussion (2/4) with Archimandrite Savas Agioreitis, given on May 8th, on the need to find, have and come under the direction of a spiritual father.
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00:37 - Question 1: The Responsibilities of the Faithful
02:39 - Criterion given by St. Symeon the New Theologian - The Apostolic Life
05:03 - The criterion is not that the...
June 23rd, 2020
St. Gregory Palamas: A Guide of Orthodoxy vis-a-vis the West and Roman Catholicism (Australia Lectures)
~ By Archpriest Peter Heers, Lecturer in Dogmatic Theology (CTS), Holy Trinity Seminary, Jordanville, NY.
June 11th, 2020
Our Spiritual and Ecclesiastical Crisis (3/3): An Interview with Professor Demetrios Tselengides
The Orthodox Ethos Podcast
For a transcript of this episode go to the podcast page:
Part Three of our three...
June 6th, 2020
BE ANGRY, AND SIN NOT. HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea
The great feast has arrived, a feast of great joy for Christians: The Holy Spirit has descended upon the apostles, and not only upon the apostles—the Holy Spirit has come to the world to fulfill the promise made to us by our Lord Jesus Christ when He said, “I will not leave you orphans, I will send the Holy Spirit, the...
June 5th, 2020
The Suicidal Church, in Body or in Spirit
By Archimandrite Gregorios Estephan, Abbot of Holy Dormition of the Theotokos Monastery, Bkeftine, Lebanon
April 4, 2020
(Translated by: Maher Salloum)
Christ is risen, truly He is risen!
Christ is risen despite all of Satan’s attempts to prevent His Resurrection. Neither pandemics nor all of the evils of this world are able to prevent Christ’s Resurrection. Christ is risen and creation still trembles until this day as it beholds the light of the Resurrection, just as it did 2000...
