Foreword Well dearly beloved readers, it is clear that democracy, which means the rule and governance of the demos (people) is something that is being gnawed away at by legislators in many countries on a whole range of issues from matters pertaining to finance to immigration to social policies. Within Australia for example, legislators created an issue and forced it …

  ENTHRONEMENT SPEECH OF PATRIARCH JOHN X OF ANTIOCH Distinguished guest and beloved children, We thank the Lord our God who allowed us, in the two previous months, to celebrate His appearance in the flesh as man and His manifestation as God coming to save us. After Jesus has fulfilled His plan of salvation by dying on the cross and …

By Philip Kariatlis The most basic questions in life occasioning answers so that we can have peace of mind and happiness are often related to discovering our distinct ‘identity’. Those who have not found answers to such questions are said to be suffering an “identity crisis” which can lead to much anxiety and unhappiness. For this reason, it is not …

By Guy Freeland* Pilgrimage to Skellig Michael From my perch along the gunwale of a fishing boat I look out across a gently heaving Atlantic Ocean towards the soaring needle-sharp pinnacles of two rocks on the very Western limits of Europe: Skellig Michael and Small Skellig. Two red sandstone and slate islets 12km off a small island (Valentia), off a …

Foreword In the early formative years of the spread of Christianity beyond its Palestinian-Jewish context, there lived a Greek who was a presbyter (priest) that ministered to the Christian congregations of Imperial 3rd century Rome. It seems that the Faith was growing within this great and powerful city, and it seems that like any good minister of Christ, Hippolytus sought …