The Holy Fire at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, JerusalemHoly Pascha (Easter) night In designing this page I was thinking about which picture might most effectively sum up what Orthodoxy was all about. It didn’t take me long to decide on Pascha night. The celebration of Christ’s overturning of death by his glorious resurrection … [Read more…]
In this unit we shall explore the Orthodox Christian teaching concerning Jesus Christ, who He is and what He did. If you are a Christian but not Orthodox you may think you know already most of the answers to these questions. This section may surprise you for Orthodox Christianity has radically different answers to those … [Read more…]
In this unit we shall explore the Orthodox Christian understanding of the Cosmos and Life, particularly human life from the complementary perspectives of science and faith. In Orthodox Christianity these two, faith and science very much go together as addressing two distinct questions:- (very simply put …) How does the world work? (Science)Why are we here? … [Read more…]