“Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him”(Romans 14:3). Paul had sent a letter to the church in Rome with those words. In spite of his communication to them it seems that troubles arose in whether ‘to eat or not …

For many people the impression they could get after reading the second half of this passage, might be ‘fear’.  The words in verse forty-one, “Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matt 25:41), are truly dreadful.  Fear certainly becomes one of the motivators.  However, as a picture of hell, is the …

FOREWORD There are numerous works entitled “Treasury of Orthodoxy” within the Greek language, which have different authors, and as it seems belong to a specific genre of writing within the Byzantine and Post-Byzantine ecclesial tradition. The particular focus of this genre is to provide an anthology of essential items of faith, liturgical rites, Scripture and ecclesial teaching on morals and ethics …