by Doru Costache One of the most persistent tropes of modern European culture—and wherever in the world this type of …
Book Launch Speech for The Philokalia
by Doru Costache I bring good news: Christ is risen! It’s an honour and indeed a pleasure to be given the …
Foreword to Deification within the Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Context
by Wagdy Samir The book is available for purchase in PDF format. In 2008, in the postscript of Coptic Christology …
Deification within the Contemporary Coptic Orthodox Context: Fr Matta Al-Miskin and Pope Shenouda III
The AIOCS “Beginnings” Series ISBN 978-0-6484401-7-8 (ebook) Available for purchase in PDF format Abstract: The Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Church is …
AIOCS 2026 “Beginnings” Prizes
The Australian Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (AIOCS) is pleased to announce its 2026 “Beginnings” prize competition. Three prizes will …
A Trinitarian Creed: Affirming Relational Freedom and Resonance with Divine Love
by Peter Stork I believe in the Triune God as the living ground of all existence and being—Father, Son, and …
Orthodox Theological Anthropology, Deification in Christ, and Technological Enhancement
by Doru Costache In this paper, I discuss the quest for perfection as integral to Orthodox Christian anthropology, the forms this …
Science-Engaged Theology in Clement of Alexandria’s Nature Contemplation: Lessons for Today
by Doru Costache In this paper, I discuss Clement’s “gnostic physiology,” that is, his method of nature contemplation as practiced, …
Doru Costache’s New Monograph Is Out
AIOCS Director Doru Costache has just published another monograph, Nature Contemplation in Clement of Alexandria: Elements of the Method (London and …
Virility Is No Christian Virtue
by Doru Costache In recent months, several news items and commentaries have been drawing our attention to a strange phenomenon that …