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A Quarterly Conservative Journal To Defend The Apostolic Faith, Morals And Canons Of The Ancient Orthodox Church.
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Message By His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Winter 2019 To the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 24) (Poland, December 3-14, 2018) Dear and distinguished friends, We are pleased to send this brief greeting of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to the members of the United Nations Conference of the Parties and to all people of good will assembling in Poland this year…
Christmas proclamation by His All-Holiness Patriarch of Constantinople
Winter 2019 *Patriarchal Proclamation of Christmas (2018). Prot. No. 1099 + B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Mercy and Peace from the Savior Christ Born in Bethlehem * * * Venerable brothers and…
QUESTION: HOW DO I RESPOND TO MUSLIMS’ OBJECTIONS OF JESUS?
Winter 2019 Question: Often when I’m out doing street evangelism I speak to Muslims. Many Muslims bring up the problem they have with Jesus being God in the physical flesh (as Colossians:1:15 says) because they say that the Second Commandment prohibits any images of God. What is a good response to this concern? Response: The…
The Love of God
Winter 2019 By Dave Hunt (Dave Hunt was a prominent Protestant Theologian who authored several works of Christian erudition and edification. A brilliant mind, he attacked atheistic writers who tried to destroy Christianity in the light of modern scientific reasoning with several of his works with profundity of scientific thought and precision. As a Protestant…
Hospitality: Keynote Address of His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aprem II of Antioch
at the General Assembly of Conference of European Churches– Novi Sad, Serbia June 7, 2018 Summer 2018 You“ shall be my witnesses” – Witness, Justice, Hospitality. Hospitality Your Eminences, Graces, Excellencies, Reverend Fathers, dear sisters and brothers in Christ, We thank God, our Heavenly Father, for the opportunity to participate in this General Assembly of…
Encyclical for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (August 15, 2018)
Summer 2018 Protocol No. 122/18 To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the…
Following Christ Together in Discrimination, Persecution, Martyrdom: What does this mean for the global church today?
By Patriarch Ignatius Aprem II of Antioch Speech at the Third Global Gathering of Global Christian Forum April 25, 2018, Bogota, Columbia Summer 2018 Dear sisters and brothers in Christ. I wish to start by greeting you all with the paschal season’s greetings: Christ is Risen, After giving thanks to our Heavenly Father for having…
The Universal Exaltation of The Precious and Life-Giving Cross
Archiepiscopal Encyclical of Archbishop Demetrios on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Summer 2018 To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and…
Speech of His Holiness Patriarch Ignatius Aprem II at the Opening of the General Synod of the Church of Sweden
October 2, 2018 Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala – SWEDEN Summer 2018 Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Your Grace, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Sisters and brothers in Christ: It gives us a profound spiritual joy to be able to be with you all during the opening session of the General Synod of the Church of Sweden. On…
THE GREEN PATRIARCH
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Protection of the Environment John Chryssavgis Summer 2018 1. Introduction In the past few decades, the world has witnessed alarming environmental degradation – with climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the pollution of natural resources – and the widening gap between rich and poor, as well as increasing failure…