Lydia
By Elena Gogou Situated near the ancient town of Philippi, by the port of Kavala in Northern Greece, is the Shrine of St. Lydia. It is a beautiful place, amidst corn and sunflower fields, at the foot of a hill, with a gurgling stream running through it. St. Lydia is said to be the first […]
The institution of Deaconesses in the light of the contemporary mission work of the Orthodox Church
Αbstract of a paper presentation at an International Symposium by Evangelia Voulgaraki The institution of Deaconesses is generally studied either from an historical point of view or in terms of the Church order for the ordination of Deaconesses and their exact liturgical role, and since it is recognized as a primitive tradition of the Church, […]
“Deaconesses: Past – Present – Future» International Symposium
The International Hellenic University (IHU), and the Center of Ecumenical, Missiological and Environmental Studies (CEMES), are organizing an International Symposium, with the title “Deaconesses: Past – Present – Future»”. The symposium will be held between 31 January and 2 February 2020 at the International Hellenic University in Thermi, Thessaloniki. There will be a particular emphasis […]
Urgent Announcement: Graduate Studies in Philosophy of Religion and Missiology at the University of Athens
By Haralambos Ventis and Evi Voulgaraki Already in its second year of operation, a graduate program in Philosophy of Religion and Missiology, unique in the Orthodox world, is offered in Greek at the NKUA. The program leads to the degree of Master of Arts, in Religious Studies Area of Study: “Philosophy of Religion and Missiology” […]
Fighting the Copper, Rejecting the Gold
By Rev. Michael Oleksa The Yup’ik Eskimo people in southwest Alaska depend on harvesting hundreds of salmon each summer to feed their families throughout the year. At the turn of the century, a consortium of British and Canadian investors announced their plans to dig the world’s largest open-pit gold and copper mine at the headwaters of […]
Why Salt? Views of Members of the Board
Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia For many centuries most Orthodox Churches have existed in the situation of a national or state Church. This was true, in a modified way, even of Orthodoxy within the Ottoman Empire. During the twentieth century, in one Orthodox country after another, the alliance between Church and State has come to an […]
The Ends of the World
by KEX