
On Two Kinds of Faith
Human beings can have two kinds of faith. The first kind of faith, which has its seat in the mind, is the reasonable faith of acceptance. In this case, a
One in Three Old People in Hong Kong are Living Below the Poverty Line
Large-scale poverty is now endemic in Hong Kong as the gap between rich and poor widens, with old people the hardest hit, according to one of the city’s oldest and
Saint Isaac of Syria and the Responsibility of Each for All
While it may not seem a purely spiritual practice, I’ve made a habit of re-reading Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov every summer for the past 15 years. Early on, I wasn’tSaint Isaac the Syrian
Isaac was born in Nineveh and in his youth lived an ascetical life in the Monastery of Mar [Saint] Matthew in the proximity of Nineveh. When Isaac became known becauseSaint Ephraim the Syrian
Saint Ephraim the Syrian, the great poet saint of the Syriac Church, was born in c. A.D. 306 in Nisibis of Mesopotamia (northwest of Mosul, Iraq). While some late sourcesFeast of Saint John Chrysostom at the Ecumenical Patriarchate
On Sunday, January 27, 2013 His All-Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George for the commemoration of Saint John Chrysostom. The tradition of enthronementPatriarchal Divine Liturgy in Tbilisi
On Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, His All-Holiness presided over the concelebration of the Divine Liturgy together with Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia, Patriarch Irenej