The Holy Church affirms the equal dignity of men and women as persons created in the image and likeness of God. Equality, in this sense, does not entail interchangeability of vocation, but rather a reverent recognition that men and women alike are endowed with gifts, talents, and responsibilities that are to be exercised in mutual […]
Our Spiritual Mother, the Most Holy Theotokos
The Most Holy Theotokos, Ever-Virgin Mary, is honoured in the Church as the true Mother of God, the one who bore the Word incarnate without corruption. She is not a symbolic figure nor an abstraction of idealised womanhoodâshe is the living Ark of the Covenant, the ladder by which God descended and through whom mankind […]
The Immense Charity of God Toward His People
In today’s world where the love of God is often distorted into permissiveness or sentimentality, the Holy Church proclaims a truth far older and far holier—that divine love is covenantal, cruciform, and consuming. It is not a feeling but a reality, not abstract but sacramental. This brief article reflects on the nature of Godâs love […]
Converts, Sincerity, and the Sin of Pride
In recent years, an ugly trend has emerged among certain self-satisfied segments of the Orthodox Church—a dismissive and prideful contempt toward converts, frequently labelling them as âLARPERsâ (Live Action Role Players)âa term originally coined to describe those engaging in theatrical, artificial mimicry. Within this context, it is used to accuse converts of play-acting Orthodoxy, of […]