«ΑΚΟΥΕΤΕ ΑΥΤΟΥ» (ΜΑΡΚ. 9: 7) Η' Η ΜΕΤΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ

του Δρος Βασίλη Αδραχτά

ORTHODOX AND CATHOLICS: TO UNITE OR NOT TO UNITE?

 Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion).

ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ : ΤΟ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΩΝ

                  

του Δρος Βασίλη Αδραχτά, Δημοσιεύτηκε στην ομογενειακή εφημερίδα της Αυστραλίας ΚΟΣΜΟΣ (φύλλο 14/2/2020, σσ. 8-9).

Την Κυριακή 9 Φεβρουαρίου είχα την τιμή και τη χαρά να είμαι για άλλη μια φορά προσκεκλημένος ομιλητής του «Συλλόγου Ελλήνων Κων/πόλεως και Μικράς Ασίας (ΝΝΟ)» στην κοπή της πατροπαράδοτης βασιλόπιτας. Το θέμα που είχα επιλέξει να αναπτύξω αφορούσε την έννοια της οικουμενικότητας του Πατριαρχείου Κων/πόλεως. Η ομιλία έγινε στην αγγλική γλώσσα και όσο γινόταν πιο περιληπτικά, γι’ αυτό και σήμερα οι απόψεις που ανέπτυξα την Κυριακή προσφέρονται στους αναγνώστες του ΚΟΣΜΟΥ στα Ελληνικά, καθώς και σε μία πιο συστηματική και εμπεριστατωμένη μορφή.     

RESURRECTION: A CHALLENGE FOR INDIGENOUS ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

 Dr Vassilis Adrahtas, Greek City Times

Death is a limit – the ultimate limit – for human existence, and as such becomes a problem which rarely generates an experience of tranquillity and reassurance, but something however that it is more likely to do so in life-worlds of immanence, whereby everything is in some way repeated, perpetuated or preserved as an integral part of the fabric of reality. Things are quite different in the case of life-worlds of transcendence, whereby human agency aspires to go and to be beyond the confines of reality,  confronting death as the last frontier.

CAN GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY UNITE ...UNDER ORTHODOXY?

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion). He has taught at several universities in Australia and overseas..greekcitytimes

TOGETHER, TOWARDS A CHURCH BEYOND APPEARANCES

 

 Dr Vassilis Adrahtas in greek city times

THE CALLING OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion), Greek City Times

Traditionally, there are many graphic and telling images used in Scripture and theology to speak about the nature and function of the Church: body, temple, mother, vine, family, pillar, people, bride, and so forth. And, undoubtedly, this kind of imagery is highly evocative and has shaped in a definitive way the perspective, emotionality and behaviour of the faithful throughout the centuries. This discourse is poetic, beautiful and significant in itself, but is it enough? Is this enough to understand what the Church is all about?

THE QUEST FOR RADICAL ORTHODOXY

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas, greek city times

THE GLOBAL APPEAL OF ORTHODOX ICONOGRAPHY

by Dr Vassilis Adrahtas greek city times

The global appeal of Orthodox iconography is a phenomenon that captures the imagination of more and more artists, both religious and irreligious, worldwide. An exceptional case is the art of Ouresis (Uros) Todorovic, a versatile visual artist who has made Greece his permanent home.

ORTHODOXY: BETWEEN ETHNICITY AND INDIGENEITY

 

 by Dr Vassilis Adrahtas , Greek City Times

Throughout its long history Orthodoxy has been linked – or, better, infused – with ethnicity; and this for multiple reasons. In the case of the Greeks, for instance, ethnicity found in Orthodoxy its best possible booster over against Western/Latin challenges; whereas, in the case of the Slavs, one can properly speak of their ethnic determination only through and thanks to Orthodoxy.

THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: REVEALING THE TRUTH BY

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion), greek city times

Some days ago, I friend of mine asked me in all sincerity: “Do you believe we will see a female priest in our lifetime within the Orthodox Church?” In a very natural way, so to speak, and rather instinctively I replied: ‘I don’t know about female priests, but I am pretty sure that we will see female deacons. We will definitely witness deaconesses in the Orthodox Church as it has been part of our tradition for centuries. It was never abolished but the practice ceased around the 12th century or so. Now is the time for its revival.’

TOWARDS A MODERN ORTHODOX POLITICAL THEOLOGY

 

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion. He has taught at several universities in Australia and overseas, greek city times

IS ORTHODOX THEOLOGY GREEN ENOUGH?

Dr Vassilis Adrahtas holds a PhD in Studies in Religion (USyd) and a PhD in the Sociology of Religion (Panteion ) in Greek City Times

“God saw everything that he had made and indeed it was very good” (Gen. 1:31).