The Feast of the Transfiguration
In the account today from the Gospel we heard the well-known passage in which our Lord Jesus Christ, the Word of God incarnate, took some of his disciples up onto…
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The St George Orthodox Ministry is one among many in the different Orthodox Churches which is sharing the Orthodox Faith with British people. This ministry serves within the Patriarchal Diocese…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 11
It is undoubtedly the case that the Virgin Mary remains a great obstacle to people from an evangelical background considering the claims of the Orthodox Faith to be the one…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 10
In this 10th reflection during the Fast of the Virgin Mary I would like to return to the account found in the Proto-evangelium of St James. The infant Virgin Mary…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 9
It is significant that the Virgin Mary is present and active at the first miracle which our Lord Jesus Christ performed. We may remember the account of the Wedding at…
An Introduction to the First Council of Ephesus
The first ecumenical council which took place at Nicaea in 325 AD, was particularly concerned with the Arian controversy. This heresy had denied that the Word of God was properly…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 8
Luke 1:26-38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” The verse I would like us to think about for…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 7
On this seventh day of the Fast of the Virgin Mary I am posting a video programme about the Virgin Mary which I recorded in Egypt in 2015 for CYC.
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 6
It has often been suggested that veneration of the Virgin St Mary, which is the respect and honour due to a human, and not worship which is due only to…
The Fast of the Virgin Mary – Day 5
If we return to the Proto-evangelium of St James, we will remember that the Virgin St Mary had been left in the Temple by her parents, Joachim and Anna when…