THE TWO BECOME ONE? MIXED MARRIAGES IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WEBINAR

Τhe Two Become One? Mixed Marriages in the Orthodox Church Webinar

DIALOGUE, CHURCH TEACHING, AND THE GERMAN ORTHODOX BISHOPS’ LETTER ON LOVE, SEXUALITY, AND MARRIAGE

by Will Cohen

In a 2015 address at the University of Munich, Metropolitan John Zizioulas observed that “[t]he agenda of Theology is set by history.”  By “history” he meant the concerns and questions particular to a given age, as he underscores in adding, “This was known to the Fathers of the Church who were in constant dialogue with their time.”

If the Church’s theology must accept the questions of history in order to be vital and serve humanity, the same is not true of the conclusions history may hurriedly reach. Christians have sometimes not readily enough accepted history’s questions and sometimes too readily accepted its answers.

ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ

Γράφει ο Θεολόγος-Εκκλησιαστικός Ιστορικός-Νομικός Ιωάννης Ελ. Σιδηράς 

Το θεοδώρητο μυστήριο του γάμου υπό το πρίσμα των αποφάσεων της Αγίας και Μεγάλης εν Κρήτη Συνόδου της Ορθοδοξίας.

ΘΈΜΑΤΑ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΊΑ ΓΆΜΟΥ

by David J. Dunn |  English  |  ру́сский

Πρόσφατα, ο Μπράντλεϊ Νασσίφ έγραψε ένα άρθρο για το ιστολόγιο Δημόσια Ορθοδοξία, εντός του οποίου χαρακτήρισε τον γάμο των ομοφυλοφίλων ως ένα από τα πιο πιεστικά ζητήματα που πρέπει να αντιμετωπίσει σήμερα η εκκλησία.

EPHESIANS 5:20-33 AS THE EPISTLE READING FOR THE RITE OF MARRIAGE: APPROPRIATE OR PROBLEMATIC?

by Rev. Dr. and Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris  |  ελληνικά  |  ру́сский

Στη σύγχρονη εποχή έχει αμφισβητηθεί η καταλληλόλητα της καθιερωμένης αποστολικής περικοπής της τελετής του μυστηρίου του γάμου  (Προς Εφεσίους 5:20-33). Πώς αντιλαμβάνεται από τους σύγχρονους ακροατές αυτή η περικοπή, και τι γνώμη προφέρει για τις συζυγικές σχέσεις;

THE HOLY TRINITY AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

by Bradley Nassif  |  ελληνικά  |  ру́сский

Anyone watching the news today is aware that we are living in an age where secular forms of diversity and pluralism are valued over and above biblical truth. This applies especially to issues of gender and sexuality.

IL SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO E I SUOI IMPEDIMENTI

IL SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO

E I SUOI IMPEDIMENTI

 ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ- THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

 Sacra Arcidiocesi Ortodossa d'Italia e Malta

THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AND LGBTQI ISSUES

 Natallia Vasilevich, The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Two documents of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church deal with LGBTQI issues:

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 5: «O SACRAMENTO DO MATRIMÔNIO E SEUS IMPEDIMENTOS»

DOCUMENTO CONCILIAR 5: «O SACRAMENTO DO MATRIMÔNIO E SEUS IMPEDIMENTOS»
ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS
SACRA ARQUIDIOCESE ORTODOXA DE BUENOS AIRES E EXARCADO DA AMERICA DO SUL

MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE ESCHATON

An interesting article by prof. Rev. Panteleimon Manousakis was recently published on the theological understanding of marriage as a contriβution to the dialogue between Orthodox and Reformed. It is of extreme importance now that the Holy and Great Council has issued a document on the same topic. The article touches upon a number of relevant issues, in addition to the sacramentality of marriage, religion, nationality and politics.

SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: SFANTA TAINA A CUNUNIEI ?I IMPEDIMENTELE LA ACEASTA (DOCUMENT OFICIAL)

SFANTUL SI MARELE SINOD: SFANTA TAINA A CUNUNIEI ?I IMPEDIMENTELE LA ACEASTA (DOCUMENT OFICIAL)
ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ
THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

  Patriarhia Română

EL SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO Y SUS IMPEDIMENTOS

EL SACRAMENTO DEL MATRIMONIO Y SUS IMPEDIMENTOS

ΤΟ ΜΥΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΑ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΑ ΑΥΤΟΥ,

THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS 

SACRA METROPOLIS DE ESPANA Y PORTUGAL - PATRIARCADO ECUMENICO

PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL PULLED BACK FROM BLESSING MARRIAGES OF ORTHODOX, NON-ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS

Catholic World News, July 01, 2016

The recent Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church did not achieve its original goal of unifying the discipline of the Sacrament of Marriage among the 14 Orthodox churches, according to a L’Osservatore Romano report.

ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ ΚΥΚΚΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΛΛΥΡΙΑΣ Κ. ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ: ΠΕΡΙ ΓΑΜΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΚΩΛΥΜΑΤΩΝ

Του Μητροπολίτη Κύκκου καί Τηλλυρίας κ. Νικηφόρου, Romfea.gr
Εισήγηση του Μητροπολίτου στις συνεδριάσεις της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου

Τό θέμα τό ὁποῖο μᾶς ἀπασχολεῖ στήν παροῦσα συνεδρία ἔχει πρώτιστα ποιμαντικό ἐνδιαφέρον, ὄχι μόνο γιατί στό Οἰκογενειακό Δίκαιο τῶν κρατῶν τοῦ λεγομένου Δυτικοῦ κόσμου συντελοῦνται ἐσχάτως ραγδαῖες μεταβολές, κάποιες ἀπό τίς ὁποῖες ἀντίκεινται στή σχετική χριστιανική διδασκαλία, ἀλλά καί γιατί γενικότερα τό πνεῦμα τῆς ἐκκοσμίκευσης ἀπειλεῖ, ὅσο ποτέ ἄλλοτε, τή σταθερότητα τοῦ γάμου καί τή συνοχή τῆς οἰκογένειας.

THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH

THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL DISCUSSES FASTING, MARRIAGE IN FOURTH DAY

Kolymvari, Crete, Greece
23 June 2016

Ecumenical Patriarchate Press Release

On the fourth day of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the delegation of the Patriarchate of Romania at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Gonia. Afterward, the hierarchs continued their work in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh sessions of the Council.

PASTORAL CHALLENGES FOR MARRIAGE IN CONTEMPORARY ORTHODOXY

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

In preparation for the Great and Holy Council to be held on Crete in June, 2016, the Orthodox bishops have issued a preconciliar document on the sacrament of marriage.

MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND SCRIPTURE

by Bryce E. Rich, Fr. Robert M. Arida, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David Dunn, Maria McDowell, and Teva Regule
PUPLIC ORTHODOXY

The title of the working document “The Sacrament of Marriage and Its Impediments” appears to promise a meaningful teaching on the spousal relationship.

RESPONCE TO THE PRE-CONCILIAR DOCUMENT ON MARRIANGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS

by Fr. Robert M. Arida, Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David Dunn, Maria McDowell, Teva Regule, and Bryce Rich
PUBLIC ORTHODOXY

The document on marriage does not refer to its long and complex history and accompanying theology. What is offered to the faithful and to the world is a statement that bases marriage on a particular understanding of natural and divine law (sec.I, par.2 and 6).

SEXUAL PURITY AND THE VOCATION OF MARRIAGE SEXUAL

 by David C. Ford, Mary Ford, Rev. Dr. Philip LeMasters, Philip Mamalakis, and Alf Kentigern Siewers

PUBLIC ORTHODOXY

“The sacred nature of the God-established union and its lofty spiritual content explain the Apostle’s affirmation in Heb. 13:4. That is why the Orthodox Church condemned any defilement of its purity (Eph. 5:2-5, 1 Thes. 4:4, Heb. 13:4ff)” (Chambesy Statement).