Seek God’s mercy and healing with the Akathist of Reconciliation and Forgiveness. This Orthodox prayer asks Christ to restore broken relationships, soften hardened hearts, grant true repentance, and bring peace, unity, and forgiveness to those who are at odds.
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Follow an Orthodox priest’s deeply personal account of living through the COVID era, reflecting on Dr. Fauci, pandemic mandates, the Church, and the difficult path toward forgiveness. Drawing from firsthand experience, this article explores social trauma, spiritual healing, and the Christian call to seek truth, mercy, and reconciliation after one of the most divisive periods in recent history.
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Explore the Orthodox Christian perspective on sacrifice and redemption in this insightful article. Contrast Eastern views of expiation, recapitulation, and theosis with Western theories like propitiation, satisfaction, and penal substitution. Discover how Christ’s victory heals humanity, drawing on St. Irenaeus, St. Gregory the Theologian, and ancient Church teachings for true deification and union with God.
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Playing god by hastening death through medical means is promoted in the name of human dignity. It can cheat the dying out of eternal life.
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