Salvation is not a moral problem
It is easy to mistake moralism, the practice of moral behaviour, for Christianity. Sometimes they look the same from the outside. Both are concerned with human behaviour. But moralism is…
The mercy of God and the unborn child
I am often in contact with people who have sadly faced the experience of loss of a child through miscarriage or still-birth. Indeed, it is an experience which many people…
Being the Church in the West
It becomes very easy for us to become so engaged in the local and particular circumstances of life that we lose a sense of the wider picture. This is something…
I am Orthodox but not perfect
It is always difficult in these relativistic times, when the only heresy is to speak of heresy, to present the Orthodox teaching about the completeness of our faith. It comes…
Why bother going to Church?
Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.…
The state of the soul according to St Severus
This post continues to explore the teachings of the Orthodox Fathers about the intermediate state of the soul after death. We have already seen that all of the Fathers of…
A Christian Refugee Policy
I was reading the Gospel passage for the Liturgy today. It is Luke 16:1-12, and is the parable of the rich man and the steward. The steward is told by…
True Christianity – Be converted
We need to be converted to Christianity, to life in Christ. It doesn’t matter if you were born into a Christian family. It doesn’t matter if you attend Church services…
Understanding “On the Incarnation” – Chapter 11
On the Incarnation – Chapter 11 Text 1. When God the Almighty One was making mankind through His own Word, He saw that they, owing to the limitation of their…
Holy Women – Saint Hilaria
As I proposed online a little while ago, I wish to research and write a series of posts about the many Holy Women venerated in our Orthodox Church of Alexandria,…