Holy Pascha in Hong Kong (2013)
The Service of Resurrection at Saint Luke Orthodox Cathedral in Hong Kong. Christ is Risen!
Tag: Theotokos
On the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary
The two articles that follow below, «On the Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary» and «On the ancestral sin of the holy and ever virgin Mary», are the chapters 50 and 51 of the Treasury of Orthodoxy of Bishop Theophilos of Campania (1749 1795). We place them here at this time so that we may be go deeper into the Mystery of the Theotokos and the Incarnation of the Son of God which constitute the Chapter of our Salvation.
The Holy Icon of Panagia of the Akathist
One of the most treasured and revered Icons of Mount Athos is that of Panagia of the Akathist Hymn or Salutations of the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou. It is the oldest Icon chronologically of all of the others of Mount Athos.
It is made of beeswax and mastich, a product derived [...]
Lessons in Orthodox Faith and Theology-The Mother of God
Lessons in Orthodox Faith and Theology by Fr.Vassilios Papavassiliou.
The Story of the Miraculous Icon of the Virgin Known as “Paramithia” (Comfort, Consolation) at the Holy Mountain Monastery of Vatopedi
In olden times there came once to the Holy Mountain a band or pirates to enter into and loot one of the wealthiest monasteries of the Holy Mountain, the Monastery of Vatopedi. They arrived in the evening and hid in the bushes around the monastery so that they could enter as soon as [...]
Saint Proclus’ Homily for December 26th
On the Incarnation of the Lord
by St. Proclus of Constantinople
Many different festivals brighten our manner of living, transforming by festive cycles the pain of the hardships of life. For just as those who comefrom stormy seas rejoice in harbors as if in the arms of life, so [...]
The Institution of the Synaxis of the Theotokos
After a great feast, the Orthodox Church traditionally honors the memory of those persons who played a chief role in the events commemorated by the feast. The Most Holy Mother of God occupies first place after Christ, in the events connected with the Nativity of our Lord. For this reason, in the first centuries, the [...]
Why Jesus Had to be Virgin Born: Saint Maximus the Confessor Explains
Pleasure and Pain According to St. Maximus the Confessor
In his Centuries on Theology St. Maximus the Confessor refers to the nexus of the dualism of pleasure and pain, which, by any standard, is an important subject. This means that we cannot discuss Orthodox Theology if we fail to face this crucial point, [...]
The Patristic Understanding of the Virgin Birth of Christ
Where God Wills The Order Of Nature Is Overruled
“And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered” (Lk. 2:6).
Concerning the birth of Christ, the Prophet Isaiah spoke thus:
“Behold she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain [...]
The Day after Christmas: The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos
The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos: On the second day of the feast, the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated. Combining the hymns of the Nativity with those celebrating the Mother of God, the Church points to Mary as the one through whom the Incarnation was made possible. His humanity [...]
The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple
When the Most-holy Virgin Mary reached the age of three, her holy parents Joachim and Anna took her from Nazareth to Jerusalem to dedicate her to the service of God according to their earlier promise. It was a three-day journey from Nazareth to Jerusalem but, traveling to do a God-pleasing work, this journey [...]
