by Doru Costache In the Orthodox tradition, the Great Week begins with Saturday of Lazarus and ends with Holy Saturday. …
Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt
As coauthors of Dreams, Virtue and Divine Knowledge in Early Christian Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Bronwen Neil and Doru …
Saint John Chrysostom: The Christian Bishop between Successfulness, Prophetic Militantism, and Martyrdom
by Doru Costache In this world of pointless concerns for things such as successfulness and its contrary, the instinct of …
Light, Water and Fire: Bearing Witness to God in the Changing Australian Landscape
by Monica Ibrahim The troparion for the Christmas Royal Hours looks forward to the feast that is about to follow, …
Pondering the Mystery of Theophany
by Doru Costache The scriptural readings prescribed for the liturgical celebration of Theophany constitute a sustained mystagogy of the festival. …
Endorsements of Reading Scripture in the Orthodox Church
Archpriest Professor John Behr (Fr Georges Florovsky Distinguished Professor of Patristics, St Vladimir’s Seminary, New York; Metropolitan Kallistos Chair of Orthodox Theology, Vrije …
Pondering the Mystery of Christmas
by Doru Costache The scriptural readings prescribed for the liturgical celebration of Christmas constitute a sustained mystagogy of the festival. …
Romanian Glass Icons: The Birth of the Lord
by Alina Victoria Paraschiv Glass iconography, or the folk art of painting sacred images on the reverse of glass plates, …
Nature and City in the Greek East
by Bruce Seraphim Foltz [Professor Foltz has kindly allowed AIOCS to reproduce here his inspiring essay, first published on Another …
St Gregory’s Orthodox Mission
Upon the request of Protopresbyter Dr Doru Costache and Orthodox faithful of various ethnic backgrounds who gathered in their first …