Artist: Daniel Gerhartz What therefore God hath joined together,let not man put asunder (Matthew 19:6). The word “love” has several meanings. We say: “I love God,” “I love Russia,” but then we also say, “I love bologna.” In ancient Greek, the highest form of love was referred to as “agape;” the word “philia” meant…
Atlanta, January 28, 2025 Photo: goarch.org The new Metropolitan of Atlanta for the Metropolis of Atlanta of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America was formally enthroned on Saturday, January 25. The former ruling hierarch Metropolitan Alexios submitted a request for retirement GOARCH’s Archbishop of Atlanta requests retirement due to healthAfter 25…
It’s up to every man whom he will end up with, with God or not. And as the father of a sick child exclaimed in the Gospel: Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief (Mk. 9:24), so we cry: “Lord, help my unbelief!” And God helps. But still, you have the last word on…
Mt. Athos, January 28, 2025 Photo: offnews.bg The abbot of Zographou, the Bulgarian monastery on Mt. Athos, reposed in the Lord yesterday after a brief illness. Schema-Archimandrite Ambrose, who had lived and labored on the Holy Mountain since 1981, had served as abbot of Zographou since 1997. He was 85 years old. “Archimandrite Ambrose…
This story happened not so long ago. My son had to take a biology exam to be admitted to college. We believed it would be in the fall; my son quietly took lessons with a biology teacher, but it turned out that the exam was scheduled for June 1. We learned about it too…
