Δευτέρα 9 Μαΐου 2016
Κυριακή 8 Μαΐου 2016
TOWARD TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION IN UKRAINE
This is a presentation at the conference of the British
Association for Slavonic and East European Studies (BASEES) - Cambridge,
2-4 April 2016
Published by Principium, A Christian Journal of Public Life
The Hungarian translation of the paper is available here
Ukraine has been riven by civil strife. Winter 2014 witnessed a
three-month anti-government demonstration in the square of Kyiv known as
the Maidan, which forced the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor
Yanukovych, who had been in office for four years.
ΣΥΝΟΔΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΟΙ ΚΑΝΟΝΕΣ ΣΤΗΝ "ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ''-SYNODALIT E ET SAINTS CANONS AU SEIN DE L' E GLISE
Archim. Grigorios D. PAPATHOMAS
Professeur à la Facult é de Th é ologie de l’Universit é d’Ath è neset à l’Institut de Th é ologie orthodoxe “Saint Serge” de Paris
21.5.2013
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Σάββατο 7 Μαΐου 2016
ΚΑΘ᾽ΟΔOΝ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ἉΓΙΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΝ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΝ ( ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ENGLISH РУССКИЙ FRANÇAIS) – ἈΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΤΕΛΜΗΣΣΟΥ ἸΩΒ
ἈΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ ΤΕΛΜΗΣΣΟΥ ἸΩΒ
1. Σύντομος ἱστορικὴ ἀναδρομή
Ἡ Πατριαρχικὴ καὶ Συνοδικὴ Ἐγκύκλιος τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριάρχου
Ἰωακεὶμ Γ΄ τὸ ἔτος 1902, διὰ τῆς ὁποίας ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ Προκαθήμενοι τῶν
Ὀρθοδόξων Αὐτοκεφάλων Ἐκκλησιῶν νὰ συνεργασθοῦν πρὸς ἀντιμετώπισιν τῶν
ἀπασχολούντων τὴν Ὀρθόδοξον Ἐκκλησίαν προβλημάτων, ἀπετέλεσε τὸ ἔναυσμα
διὰ τὴν προετοιμασίαν μιᾶς Μεγάλης Πανορθοδόξου Συνόδου.
ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΑ DESIDERATA (ΣΚΟΠΟΣ & ΕΠΙΔΙΩΞΗ) ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ
π. Αυγουστίνος Μπαϊραχτάρης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής στην Πατριαρχική Ανωτάτη Εκκλησιαστική Ακαδημία Κρήτης
Στη συνέχεια (σημ.amen.gr: προηγήθηκε το άρθρο Η Διαμόρφωση της θεματολογίας της Αγίας και Μεγάλης Συνόδου) θα αναφερθούμε στον τριπλό σκοπό στον οποίο η Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο, κατά την προσωπική μας άποψη, θα πρέπει κατά κύριο λόγο να επικεντρώσει την ενέργειά της, τις δυνάμεις της και την προσοχή της, ώστε να δώσει απαντήσεις στα φλέγοντα ζητήματα, χωρίς αυτό να σημαίνει ότι και τα άλλα ζητήματα στερούνται σημαντικότητας ή αξίας.
Παρασκευή 6 Μαΐου 2016
METROPOLITAN KALLISTOS WARE ON THE HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL (RADIO.March 7, 2016 )
March 7, 2016
Length: 1:02:08
His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia speaks
candidly about the coming Holy and Great Council to be held in Crete
June 16-27, 2016.
click here:
Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on the Holy and Great Councilclick here:
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
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.
PATRIARCH KIRILL: THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL’S DOCUMENT ON SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE CALLED TO RESPOND TO CHALLENGES THREATENING INSTITUTION OF FAMILY IN MODERN WORLD (02.02.2016)
Τμήμα Εξωτερικών και Εκκλησιαστικών Υποθέσεων Πατριαρχείου Ρωσίας
Informing the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on the
progress of preparations for the Pan-Orthodox Council, His Holiness
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia mentioned in particular the
Council’s draft documents on the Sacrament of Marriage and Its
Impediments.
WHO SHALL BE AT PASCHA?
How should I conduct myself at Pascha? I try to become the Gospel, to become the word so that people may read me and live.
Metropolitan George (Khodr) of Mount Lebanon, (21 April 2014)
Pravmir.ru
How should I conduct myself at Pascha? If the word means passing
over, then there’s nothing left for me except to leave everything to
meet Christ. There is nothing in the feast except for Christ. There is
nothing in Christianity except Christ. Everything else is just a way to
talk about Him. It is an expression of Him.
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).
LIFE-BEARING LOVE:A TOO RISKY VISION
by Maria McDowell
The upcoming Great Council, decades in the making, is an opportunity
for Orthodoxy to present to the world a vision of the fruitfulness of
love ripened through relationships in which we are simultaneously
co-workers in one another’s deification and co-workers with God through
whom all creation bears life.
THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL: BEHIHD THE ICONOSTASIS
Fr. Cyril Hovorun provides several unique metaphors and observations to help us reach a better understanding of what the council will and will not set out to accomplish.
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Η ΔΙΑΜΟΡΦΩΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΘΕΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ
του π.Αυγουστίνου Μπαϊρακτάρη, Επίκουρου Καθηγητή στην Πατριαρχική Ανωτάτη Εκκλησιαστική Ακαδημία Κρήτης
Δημοσιεύτηκε στο ΑΜΕΝ.
Έχει αναπτυχθεί μία μεγάλη φιλολογία περί της σύγκλησης της Αγίας κ Μεγάλης Συνόδου, βασισμένη σε ερωτήματα που αφορούν τη θεματολογία της, του εγκαίρου ή άκαιρου χρονικού σημείου που πραγματοποιείται, περί του σκοπίμου ή μη, περί της αναγκαιότητας ή μη κα.
Πέμπτη 5 Μαΐου 2016
H ANΤΙΠΡΟΣΩΠΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΣΙΑΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ
Τμήμα Εξωτερικών Εκκλησιαστικών Υποθέσεων του Πατριαρχείου της Ρωσίας
Τext in English:Minutes of the Holy Synod Session of April 16, 2016
Τext in Russia: Журнал заседания Священного Синода от 16 апреля 2016 года
Κατά τη διάρκεια της συνεδρίας της
Ιεράς Συνόδου της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Ρωσίας, της γενομένης στις 16
Απριλίου 2016, συζητήθηκε προκαταρκτικά η σύνθεση της αντιπροσωπείας της
Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Ρωσίας στην μέλλουσα να συνέλθει από 18 έως 27
Ιουνίου 2016 στην Κρήτη Πανορθόδοξη Σύνοδο
REFLECTIONS ON THE DOCUMENT “THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE AND ITS IMPEDIMENTS”
Public Orthodoxy
by Rev. Dr. Patrick Viscuso, Perry T. Hamalis, David Heith-Stade, Rev. Dr. Chrysostom Nassis, Rev. Dr. Alexander Rentel, and Christos Tsironis
by Rev. Dr. Patrick Viscuso, Perry T. Hamalis, David Heith-Stade, Rev. Dr. Chrysostom Nassis, Rev. Dr. Alexander Rentel, and Christos Tsironis
According to the theological vision of the Church, the bond of love
is to be found at the core of marital life. Marriage is viewed within
the framework of love, which is the core “quality” of the Church’s
theological anthropology.
Τετάρτη 4 Μαΐου 2016
Ἡ OΝΤΩΣ ἉΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΣ ΤHΣ ὈΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ
Μητροπολίτου Ναυπάκτου καί Ἁγίου Βλασίου Ἱεροθέου
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Ἡ ὄντως Ἁγία καί Μεγάλη Σύνοδος τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας
Τρίτη 3 Μαΐου 2016
Δευτέρα 2 Μαΐου 2016
ON THE FORTHCOMING PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL
Anton C. Vrame
WHEEL
Learning to Live “Synodically”
A
few weeks ago, at the invitation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, I had
the wonderful opportunity to spend a couple of days in Istanbul for a
gathering of Orthodox scholars from around the world. The purpose of the
meeting was twofold: a) an opportunity for the Ecumenical Patriarch to
learn about a “younger generation” of Orthodox scholars, our areas of
concern and interest, and how these areas intersect with the work of the
Patriarchate; b) a meeting with His Eminence Metropolitan John
(Zizioulas) of Pergamon to discuss the forthcoming Great and Holy
Council. The news about the gathering, including the statement from His
All-Holiness to the group, photos, and the list of the participants can
be found on the patriarchate’s website.
The
discussions about the Council were wide ranging. Over four hours, we
learned how challenging it has been to develop the statements that the
Council will review for final ratification and even to plan for this
historic event. Others have discussed many of those challenges. A
statement made by Metropolitan John to us bears repeating and reflecting
upon. He said, “We are learning to live ‘synodically.’”The word “synod” in Greek is synodos and combines syn- for together, odos for road. In the Synaxarion, we read of a saint and his or her synodia, the companions, the fellow-travelers, as it were. A synod is an experience of walking together, to be on the same road. Is this what Metropolitan John meant?
When I was in elementary school, our teachers required a class to line up straight to move from one place to another (do they still do that?). It taught us discipline and kept order in the hallways. On the way home from school, my friends and I would walk as a group (do children walk to or from school any more?), with someone leading, some lagging, some off to the side. The loudest voices often dominated any conversations, but not always. On that walk, there could be many different conversations. Sometimes everyone talked about the same thing; sometimes the conversation would be just with the person walking closest to you; and we didn’t always agree on everything. But, we walked the same path. We walked together daily.
There are instances of “walking the same road” in the Gospels. As an itinerant teacher, we see Jesus teaching in many places, including as he moved from one place to another. As a result, his followers would walk with him as he taught, including “on the road.” For example in Mark 8:27, they traveled to Caesarea Phillipi. The pericope records only one conversation—the famous, “Who do you say that I am?” discussion—but it is easy to imagine that there could have been many conversations occurring between Jesus and his disciples, or between the disciples on their journey. They probably did not walk in a line, but in a group, with some closer to Jesus than others, some in the back, lagging behind, perhaps others off to one side. Yet they still walked the same road as one group.
Rarely are groups univocal, speaking with one voice. And we can be alarmed when a group does achieve that level (have you seen the political rallies on television lately?). But we pray in the Divine Liturgy, “Let us love one another so that with one mind we may confess: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Trinity, one in essence and inseparable.” The love we share as Christians unifies us and we are able to speak as one body and confess our Faith. The Holy Spirit empowers the Church to speak as one (See Acts 15:27, “it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord”. Recall how statements from the Councils are collective statements of the Church’s Faith, usually beginning “We…”). Conciliar documents direct the leaders on the path to follow in matters of doctrine and praxis. Our goal in the Church is to care and maintain for our unity through dialogue and conversation, to ask for the Holy Spirit to enable us to walk together, so that we may speak as one community and so that God speaks through the Church.
If I understood Metropolitan John correctly, the fourteen autocephalous churches—the four ancient patriarchates and the more modern nationally organized patriarchates and churches—are learning what it means to walk together as one group, as one Church. For decades and centuries, they have shared one Faith, but lived largely independently, making decisions for themselves. Now they are trying to walk together and make decisions for all. Like any group walking together, there are many voices, many conversations, many interests, making it challenging to speak as one. This Council’s great challenge will be to overcome local interest in favor of global commonality.
Two American aphorisms might be helpful to understand the challenges inherent in this forthcoming Council. As the US Congressman Tip O’Neill so famously put it, “all politics is local.” In this situation for the Council, local interests and conversations could prevail over the global. The second is “Will it play in Peoria?” refers to how any action may be received by a mainstream audience or consumer. In the case of the Council, statements and actions of any participant may be for consumption back home, rather than necessarily for the good of all. In response, perhaps the words of Augustine of Hippo are useful, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, compassion"—should that be, "love," since the Latin term is caritas?
The upcoming Council, will be a first step in learning to live synodically. Which or whose conversations will matter the most? Will it be only Constantinople and Moscow’s? Will it be possible for other voices to get a word in? Will it be possible to speak as one? Will the global needs of Orthodoxy prevail over any local or narrow parochial interests? Will the synod reach accord and agree to walk together on the same road?
Κυριακή 1 Μαΐου 2016
Пасхальное послание Святейшего Патриарха Кирилла-Πασχαλινόν μήνυμα τοῦ Πατριάρχου Μόσχας καὶ Πασῶν τῶν Ρωσσιῶν κ.κ. Κυρίλλου
Tμήμα Εξωτερικών Εκκλησιαστικών Υποθέσεων Πατριαρχείου Ρωσίας
Пасхальное послание
Святейшего Патриарха Московского и всея Руси КИРИЛЛА
архипастырям, пастырям, диаконам, монашествующим
и всем верным чадам Русской Православной Церкви
Πασχαλινόν μήνυμα τοῦ Πατριάρχου Μόσχας καὶ Πασῶν τῶν Ρωσσιῶν κ.κ. Κυρίλλου
πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς, ἱερεῖς, διακόνους, μονάζοντας καὶ πάντα τὰ πιστά τέκνα τῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ρωσσίας
Σάββατο 30 Απριλίου 2016
ΠΑΣΧΑ-EASTER 2016
Χριστός Ανέστη! Αληθώς Ανέστη!
Christ is Risen ! Indeed, He is
Risen!
Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе!
Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!
Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе!
Христос Воскресе! Воистину Воскресе!
Christos Voskrese! Voistinu Voskrese!
Христос Возкресе! Воистина Возкресе!
Христос Воскресе!
Ваистину Воскресе!
Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
Christus ist auferstanden! Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!
Cristo è risorto! È veramente risorto!
Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა!
Krishti u ngjall! Vërtet u ngjall!
ქრისტე აღსდგა! ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა!
ハリストス復活!実に復活!
Πατριαρχική Ἀπόδειξις ἐπί τῷ Ἁγίῳ Πάσχα 2016-Patriarchal Encyclical For Holy Pascha 2016
Β Α Ρ Θ Ο Λ Ο Μ Α Ι Ο Σ
ΕΛΕΩ ΘΕΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΣ
ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ - ΝΕΑΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ
ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ
ΠΑΝΤΙ ΤΩ ΠΛΗΡΩΜΑΤΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣ ΧΑΡΙΝ, ΕΙΡΗΝΗΝ ΚΑΙ EΛΕΟΣ
ΠΑΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΝΔΟΞΩΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΝΤΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ
Text in many language: Patriarchal Encyclical For Holy Pascha 2016
Τρίτη 26 Απριλίου 2016
Δευτέρα 25 Απριλίου 2016
SOME COMMON MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE DATE OF PASCHA/EASTER
by John Fotopoulos,
There is a common misperception among Orthodox Christians that the
reason why Orthodox Easter (i.e. Pascha) often occurs so much later than
Western Christian Easter is because the Orthodox Church abides by the
rules for calculating the date of Pascha issued by the 1st
Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325 AD and thus the Orthodox must wait
for Passover to be celebrated by the Jewish community before Pascha can
occur.
Σάββατο 23 Απριλίου 2016
История подготовки Всеправославного собора - HISTORY OF THE PREPARATION OF THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL
By Andrey Gusev,
История подготовки Всеправославного собора - HISTORY OF THE PREPARATION OF THE PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL
History of the Preparations of the Pan-Orthodox Council
Andrey Gusev
— St Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for
Postgraduate Studies of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow).
andrej.v.gusev@gmail.com
Andrey Gusev
— St Cyril and Methodius Theological Institute for
Postgraduate Studies of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow).
andrej.v.gusev@gmail.com
Παρασκευή 22 Απριλίου 2016
ΟΙ ΔΥΟ ΓΥΝΑΙΚΕΣ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΥ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΕΙΟΥ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΓΑΛΗ ΣΥΝΟΔΟ
Μαρία Αντωνιάδου
Οι δύο γυναίκες του... Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου
Θα καταλάβουν τις δύο από τις έξι θέσεις συμβούλων που διαθέτει..
«Εχετε επιλεγεί για να συμμετάσχετε στη θέση των συμβούλων του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου στην Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο».
Με τη φράση αυτή σε ειδική επιστολή του
ο Οικουμενικός Πατριάρχης κ.κ. Βαρθολομαίος (φωτογραφία) καλεί δύο
γυναίκες να παρακολουθήσουν την Αγία και Μεγάλη Σύνοδο μετά
το Σχίσμα των Εκκλησιών που θα συγκληθεί τον προσεχή Ιούνιο στην Κρήτη.
Με την απόφασή του αυτή ο κ. Βαρθολομαίος ουσιαστικά αποστέλλει μήνυμα
και στους προκαθημένους των άλλων εκκλησιών να συμπεριλάβουν στις
αντιπροσωπείες τους γυναίκες, όπως είχε συμφωνηθεί προσφάτως στη Σύναξη
των Ορθοδόξων Προκαθημένων στο Σαμπεζί.
ΤΟ ΕΡΩΤΗΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΧΕΙΡΟΤΟΝΙΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΣΣΏΝ: ΦΕΜΙΝΙΣΤΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΚΛΗΣΗ ή ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΉ ΑΝΑΔΕΙΞΗ; Σχολιασμός των πορισμάτων του Συνεδρίου της Ρόδου.
Του Ιωάννη Λότσιου,
Εισήγηση στο Διεθνές Συνέδριο ''DEACONESSES, ORDINATION OF WOMEN AND ORTHODOX THEOLOGY'', International Conference to Honor Prof. Emeritus Evangelos Theodorou
Εισήγηση στο Διεθνές Συνέδριο ''DEACONESSES, ORDINATION OF WOMEN AND ORTHODOX THEOLOGY'', International Conference to Honor Prof. Emeritus Evangelos Theodorou
“The Question of Women’s Ordination: Feminist Ecclesiological Challenge or Feminist Promotion? Comments on the Rhodos Document”
Τετάρτη 20 Απριλίου 2016
ΑΝΤΑΠΑΝΤΗΣΗ ΤΟΥ Μ. Πρωτ. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΤΣΕΤΣΗ ΣΤΟΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΗ ΓΚΟΡΙ ΚΑΙ ΑΤΕΝΙ ΑΝΔΡΕΑ
Δημοσιεύτηκε στο ΑΜΕΝ
Ακολουθεί κείμενο του Μ.Πρωτοπρεσβυτέρου Γεωργίου Τσέτση με τίτλο, "Ανταπάντηση στον Σεβασμιώτατο Μητροπολίτη Γκόρι και Ατένι κ. Ανδρέα", με το οποίο δίνεται συνέχεια στον υψηλού επιπέδου δημόσιο διάλογο των δύο διακεκριμένων εκκλησιαστικών προσωπικότήτων που ξεκίνησε εξ αφορμής άρθρου του π.Γεωργίου στο Amen.gr:
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