February 4, 2012

On Traditional Orthodox Clerical Attire In the West

  
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By Kyriacos C. Markides Since every Orthodox Christian preacher is bearing witness to the Orthodox Gospel, I thought that this short article had real value in terms of how we are perceived as Orthodox clergy. I had already made arrangements to interview Kallistos Ware, bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church and leading scholar of Eastern Orthodoxy at Oxford University. An Anglican convert, Bishop Kallistos did more than anyone I knew to create … [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...]