FASTING REAFFIRMED

public orthodoxy 
Philip Mamalakis, Nathanael Symeonides, Gayle E. Woloschak,

The draft of the Holy and Great Council’s document, The Importance of Fasting and its Observance Today, affirms the importance of fasting for the spiritual development of the person. 

THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IN AGE OF MODERN SCIENCE AND PLURALISM

by Nathanael Symeonides, Gayle E. Woloschak,

The document, “Mission of the Church in the World,” was released in preparation for the upcoming Holy and Great Council to be held in June (during the Feast of Pentecost) on Crete. This document relates to areas of great significance for problems in the world today—technology, war, discrimination and human dignity, globalization, the influence of the media, and others.