February 7, 2012

On Worship Facing East

  
Basil

by St. Basil the Great Our father among the saints Basil the Great (ca. 330 - January 1, 379), was bishop of Caesarea, a leading churchman in the 4th century. The Church considers him a saint and one of the Three Holy Hierarchs, together with Saints Gregory the Theologian (Gregory Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. Basil, Gregory the Theologian, and Basil's brother Saint Gregory of Nyssa are called the Cappadocian Fathers. The Roman Catholic … [Read more...]

East & West – Fundamental Differences: Pt. 2

  

by Fr. John Romanides Our father in the faith, John Romanides (1927 - 2001), was a prominent 20th century Orthodox Christian priest, theologian, and writer. He argued for the existence of a "national, cultural and even linguistic unity between Eastern and Western Romans" that existed until the intrusion and takeover of the West Romans (the Roman Catholics) by the Franks and or Goths (German tribes). This article originally appeared in "The … [Read more...]