COMMITTING SINS AND COMMITTING TO GOD: THE EXAMPLE OF ST. MARY OF EGYPT FOR A PANDEMIC-RIDDEN WORLD

Committing Sins and Committing to God:
The Example of St. Mary of Egypt for a Pandemic-Ridden World
by V. Rev. Protopresbyter Stelyios Muksuris, Ph.D., Th.D.
Professor of Liturgical Theology and Languages

THE GOD PERSPECTIVE, CHURCH, AND COVID-19

THE GOD PERSPECTIVE, CHURCH, AND COVID-19
by Fr. Stelyios Muksuris, Ph.D., Professor of Liturgical Studies and Theology
Comment in FB

An unprecedented pandemic of global proportions has altered the life of billions of people on our planet. Many adjustments have been and are constantly being made. Most of these adjustments, which lean on the side of caution, seek to remind our people to exercise prudence and plain old common sense.

A HISTORICAL AND PASTORAL RESPONSE TO THE FORTY-DAY CHURCHING OF INFANTS PART ONE: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS

A HISTORICAL AND PASTORAL RESPONSE TO THE FORTY-DAY CHURCHING OF INFANTS PART ONE: HISTORICAL CONSIDERATIONS 

by Rev. Dr. Stelyios Muksuris, Public Orthodoxy

The pre-baptismal rite of the forty-day churching of infants has raised manifold questions with regard to the manner of its execution by clergy. Supplementing such quandaries are issues regarding the gender of infants, the need to reassess and modify the language of certain prayers, and to include the father into the rite in such a manner that the focus becomes not simply the “forgiveness” and reincorporation into communion of the mother but the sanctification and celebration of the whole family in the fulfillment of the will of God.

REFLECTION ON “THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY”

Rev. Dr. Stelyios Muksuris, Rev. Dr. Alkiviadis Calivas, Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, John Klentos, Paul Meyendorff, Lewis Patsavos, Teva Regule, Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris.

In accordance with Orthodox Christian scriptural and patristic tradition, fasting finds its origins in the divine commandment given in paradise (Gen 2.16-17; St. Basil, On Fasting 1.3; PG 31.168A), where man is invited to honor his relationship with God by obedience.