HOLY MONASTERY OF KOUTLOUMOUS

THE ATHOS PENINSULA lies in the South-East of Europe in the Northern Aegean Sea. It constitutes, in accordance with its ancient privileged status, an independent part of the Hellenic State – a unique monastic state. Athos, according to its ancient tradition, permits no access to women, and the monks live…..

Koutloumousiou Monastery took part in all the spiritual and cultural movements of the East during the ages, but also suffered many upheavals: the Fourth Crusade (1204), the depredations of Catalans (1307-1309), the raids launched by the Turkish pirates…..

THE BREAD, THE WINE, AND THE MODE OF BEING

THE BREAD, THE WINE, AND THE MODE OF BEING

by Chrysostom Koutloumousianos, Hieromonk The recent reappearance of the ancient terror of a pandemic has prompted fertile conversation among theologians and literary people across the world. Various opinions have been articulated, such as that disease can be...

NATURE, PERSON AND A NEW ECCLESIOLOGY

NATURE, PERSON AND A NEW ECCLESIOLOGY

Chrysostom Koutloumousianos on his new book THE ONE AND THE THREE: NATURE, PERSON AND TRIADIC MONARCHY IN THE BYZANTINE AND IRISH PATRISTIC TRADITION (James Clarke Co., Cambridge 2015). What was the cause or occasion that prompted you to write The One and the Three? I...

ΒARTHOLOMAIOS KOUTLOUMOUSIANOS

ΒARTHOLOMAIOS KOUTLOUMOUSIANOS

by Fr. Demetrios Stratis Bartholomew Koutloumousianos was born on 22 nd December, in 1722, on the island of Imbros in the northern Aegean , near to the coast of Asia Minor . He received his first schooling on both Imbros and the neighbouring island of Enos . At the...

THE DECEPTION OF THE NEW AGE

THE DECEPTION OF THE NEW AGE

We have been born in an age of confrontations. Our age reminds us of the earlier ages, yet it has its own unique identity, since history does not repeat itself. A characteristic of our times is the incredible and rapid diffusion of evil, which manifests itself in...

THE WITNESS OF ORTHODOXY TODAY

THE WITNESS OF ORTHODOXY TODAY

George I. Mantzaridis Emeritus Professor of Ethics and Sociology Sir Steven Runciman, the noted Byzantinologist, in his last interview said: ” Sometimes I am disappointed by the other churches. Nevertheless, it pleases me to think that before one hundred years pass,...

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