by Doru Costache I bring good news: Christ is risen! It’s an honour and indeed a pleasure to be given the …
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 …
The “Gods” Walk Among Us: Eleven Indicators of Holiness in Life of Saint Mary of Egypt
by Doru Costache It’s the fifth week of the Great Fast, known as Lent (“spring”) in the northern hemisphere. Year …
“Spacing-Out” and “Spacing-In”: Searching for the “Purplepink Middle”
by Margaret Somerville Note of explanation: This text was a speech I delivered at the Spring Convocation of the University …
Saint John Chrysostom: The Christian Bishop between Successfulness, Prophetic Militantism, and Martyrdom
by Doru Costache [Free content © AIOCS] In this world of pointless concerns for successfulness and the lack of it, …
Sfântul Ioan Hrisostom sau Episcopul între Militantism Profetic şi Martiriu
de Doru Costache [Free content © AIOCS] În aceste vremuri dominate de sloganuri necreştine, tot mai fără rost—de genul succesului …
An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on the Christology of the Assyrian Church of the East
by Doru Costache Abstract In this talk, I put aside the usual Eastern or Byzantine Orthodox clichés about Assyrian christology and …
A Religion for Slaves, Women, and Children
by Doru Costache This is how the critics of early Christianity mocked our predecessors in the faith, as welcoming slaves, …
The Paschal Revolution: Beyond the Forty Days with the Risen Lord
by Doru Costache Contemplating, year after year, the splendid architecture of the Fifty Days, a liturgical cycle spanning from Pascha …
From Darkness to Resurrection and Beyond: Glimpses of the Paschal Mystery
by Doru Costache According to our tradition and in harmony with an archetypal religious perception, ritual is not just a …