“We baptize even infants, though they are not defiled by sins, so they too may be given holiness, righteousness, adoption, inheritance, brotherhood with Christ, and membership in Him.”

St. John Chrysostom
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St. John Chrysostom

I came to this site looking for an authority on translation of the Greek New Testament. Judging by my experience with French, there isn’t much hope in me becoming profiicient in Greek. So if someone there would reply to my…


St. Maximos the Confessor “When all the people in Babylon were worshiping the golden idol, the Three Holy Children did not condemn anyone to perdition. They did not concern themselves with the doings of others, but took care only for…

+ Episcop Philaretos Și am văzut un înger coborându-se din cer, având cheia abisului și un lanț mare în mână. Și a prins pe balaur, șarpele, pe cel vechi, care este Diavolul și Satana, cel care rătăcește lumea locuită, și…

+ Bishop Philaretos And I saw an angel coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain upon his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent, the ancient one, who…

Most “World Orthodox” think all baptisms are acceptable whereas even the Roman Catholics reject baptisms performed incorrectly by their own priests. They only accept the acknowledged “form”. For us, form is the three total immersions. For the Latins, this “form”…

-St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Now we are to examine another fact and dogma, neglected by most people, but in my judgment well worth inquiring into. To whom was that Blood offered that was shed for us, and why was it shed? I mean the…

-St. Mark of Ephesus