What is Prayer?

Posted on December 5, 2015December 8, 2015 by admin

H. G. Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios Metropolitan (Written for Orthodox young people in India) Prayer is like breathing. Without breathing we cannot live. When we breathe, air enters our lungs, cleanses the blood in our veins by relieving it of the carbon dioxide, and supplying it with oxygen. If I do not breathe for a few minutes I die. When I have hard physical work to do, I need more air than when I am sleeping or sitting in a chair.Fortunately God has so ordained that we do not die spiritually ju...

THE CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS

Posted on December 5, 2015December 14, 2015 by admin

The Cappadocian Fathers (or Cappadocian philosophers) are Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea (330- 379); Basil’s brother Gregory of Nyssa, bishop of Nyssa (c. 335-post 394); and a close friend, Gregory Nazianzus, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 330-c. 390). They significantly advanced the development of early Christian theology and are highly respected as saints in both Western and Eastern churches. An older sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa, Macrina, became a nun and converted the family’s ...