By Open Producer Susan Rooney-Harding, Open Producer from Riverland SA Thu 06 Jan 2011 I met Father Dimitrios when I was doing a ‘Now and Then’ workshop with Poppy, a Greek Community member, and thought that it would be great time to start ‘A Stranger a Day’ project. Father Dimitrios struck me as a kind and gentle man. As we …
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SOME THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS In all truth, when looking at the present “engineered” crisis in the Ukraine, one is at a loss for words, and even more so due to our hesitancy to provide a critique on geopolitical matters.[1] But on the other hand, we are presented with very serious questions that also pertain to spiritual …
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March 1, 2014 Young Sydney woman Reme Sakr risked her life to travel to war-torn Syria in an attempt to convince her father to return to Australia. Chris Ray charts her journey. The slight young Australian is boarding a dilapidated long-distance bus on the outskirts of Damascus, steeling herself for the perilous journey ahead. Syrian friends have begged her …
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Woman claims she was denied committee membership because of her gender Helen Velissaris Reporting 25 Feb 2014 – Neos Kosmos English Edition A Greek woman in the Victorian town of Mildura has taken the local Orthodox Church committee to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT), arguing her application to join the committee was rejected because of her gender. Maria …
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– Elder, Abba Isaac writes, “No kind of repentance that takes place after the removal of our free will will be a well-spring of joy, nor will it be reckoned for the reward of those who possess it.” How can anyone repent without exercising his own free will? – One may be forced to repent, having fallen in the eyes …
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This article “On Repentance” is from the well known Treasury of Orthodoxy (chapter 18) of Bishop Theophilos of Campania (1749-1795). By Bishop Theophilos of Campania *1. Repentance wipes out post-baptismal sins Spiritual Master: O my child, we were reborn with holy baptism, we were armed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit through Chrismation and the divine grace of the …
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WHY DOES UKRAINE SEEM SO MUCH LIKE SYRIA? Daniel McAdams In Ukraine, US-backed rebels seize weapons from a military depot and begin firing on police — killing at least ten. The rebel groups occupy and torch government buildings, trade union headquarters, the central post office, and political party headquarters. They occupy local government facilities in other cities and physically attack …
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19.02.2014 By Giovanni Giacalone On February 12th and 13th 2014 Field Marshall Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s had his first and historical visit abroad as Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister as well as Defense Minister and head of the Egyptian armed forces and such visit was to Moscow, not Washington. A clear sign that the relations between Egypt and the US are in …
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CHRISTIANS ARE BEING THROWN TO THE LIONS AGAIN Friday, September 27, 2013 Archbishop Justin Welby’s choice of the word “martyrs” to describe the 81 Pakistani Christians killed when their church in Peshawar was targeted by suicide bombers has raised eyebrows. It is the sort of language avoided nowadays in the secular, sceptical West, with its taken-for-granted religious freedoms, in case it makes people …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.