The Approach to God: The East versus the West By Metropolitan Saba (Isper) On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, the Holy Church commemorates St. Gregory Palamas, one of the great fathers of the Church who lived in the fourteenth century and actively contributed to one of the most contentious … [Read more...]
Is God a Fool?
by Fr. Stephen Freeman Few things are as awkward (and even painful) as “feeling like a fool,” whether it is the mild thing we call “embarrassment,” or the stronger things that make us want to disappear or run away. No one wants to be the fool. Nevertheless, I have come to see God as … [Read more...]
St. Mark of Ephesus and the Council of Florence
by Vladimir Moss The Fall of Bulgaria in 1393 exposed Constantinople to the Turks, and the West summoned a large army under King Sigismund of Hungary to rescue the first city of Christendom. The two armies met at Nicopolis in 1396. The Turks won… Now the Serbian Despot Stephen Lazarevich was a … [Read more...]
