The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

Evfimy: It has become patently obvious that you are anti-Orthodox. Perhaps it is time for you to go spend sometime with your "catholic brothers", maybe some time away from us will show you the Truth of Orthodoxy. Personally I would appreciate it if you would cease to abuse your Orthodox br...

The Interpretation Of Holy Canons Within The Canonical Tradition Of The Orthodox Church M. Rev. Prof. Mar Melchizedek, DD, ThD, PhD St. Elias School of Orthodox Theology Introduction The PEDALION ("Rudder") is a collection of Orthodox Canons as promulgated mainly at but not limited to the ...

The Greek-speaking Orthodox have collected canons and commentaries upon them in a work known as the Pedalion (Greek: Πηδάλιον, "The Rudder") so named because it is meant to "steer" the Church. The Orthodox Christian tradition in general treats its canons more as guidelines than a...

What is a Canon? By Hieromonk Agapius and St. Nicodemus of Mt. Athos [Note: Appears in The Rudder, Orthodox Christian Education Society, Chicago, 1983, p. LIV] Introduction A canon, according to Zonaras (in his interpretation of the 39th letter of Athanasius the Great), properly speaking and in the ...

Canons and Canonical Consciousness by Fr. Nicholas Afanasiev When life in ecclesial communities flows on without significant interruptions within or without, in forms familiar to the church consciousness, particularly when there is no recollection of any noticeable or significant changes, then the b...

The Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church Lewis Patsavos, Ph.D. The Theological Basis for the Church's Law Canon Law Although generally referred to as canon law, such a name given to the Church's law suggests a parallel to secular law. It would be more correct to call it the tradition of the ho...

The Canonical Tradition of the Orthodox Church Lewis Patsavos, Ph.D. The Theological Basis for the Church's Law Canon Law Although generally referred to as canon law, such a name given to the Church's law suggests a parallel to secular law. It would be more correct to call it the tradition of the ho...