The Orthodox Way

If God is Love, why Hell, “Purgatory”, Judgement, Eternal Punishment, Darkness and the Lake of Fire? I want to speak very much more briefly on a second topic, which is…

7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and…

Eutyches and the Oriental Orthodox tradition The Oriental Orthodox communion has been regularly and routinely accused of following the teaching of Eutyches, the controversial archimandrite of Constantinople. Historical sources, such…

I recently discovered an interesting book, Sinai and Golgotha: A journey in the East, which was published in 1849. I enjoy finding the different accounts of Egypt written by visitors…

When our Lord Jesus was about to teach his disciples how to pray in the words that begin, Our Father… he warned them, do not use vain repetitions, as it…

We only understand how we are who we are when we consider the influences that have come to bear on our ancient community. This is true of the controversies and…

Someone asked me… if God cares infinitely for every soul, then what does our prayer for one another add or what’s it’s purpose? This is a good question. I would…

Father Peter Farrington has been invited to act as an Ecumenical Observer at the Roman Catholic Liverpool Archdiocesan Synod. This will take place in 2020, and as preparation Father Peter…

On Wednesday 24th September, Father Peter Farrington was very pleased to return again to Moorlands College, Christchurch, Dorset, where he studied for three years for ministry in the Evangelical movement…

How was Christ said to become a curse for us? Of the three thousand or more letters which we know that St Severus wrote during his very active ministry, we…