Herman Middleton first appeared in Road to Emmaus in Winter 2003, when he described his life as a theology student in Thessalonica, Greece.[1] Since then, he has received his Master’s Degree and published what has quickly become an English-language Orthodox classic, “Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit” – short lives and excerpts from the writings of contemporary Greek spiritual fathers. …
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Herman Middleton first appeared in Road to Emmaus in Winter 2003, when he described his life as a theology student in Thessalonica, Greece.[1] Since then, he has received his Master’s Degree and published what has quickly become an English-language Orthodox classic, “Precious Vessels of the Holy Spirit” – short lives and excerpts from the writings of contemporary Greek spiritual fathers. …
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The Bible and Tradition, each having its own personal characteristics, function in unison and are never separated. The words of Scripture initiated and inspired the spirituality of the early Christian Church. Indeed, the Bible is considered the supreme expression in word of God’s revelation to the world; it is a living testimony of a lived history about the relationship of …
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At a recent, post-liturgical coffee hour, a catechumen raised a question that has troubled many people who were brought up in a Protestant environment and at some point found themselves drawn to Orthodoxy. “If we are saved by grace, and not by works,” he asked, “why does the Orthodox Church put so much stress on ascetic practice? Why should it …
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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.