Maximus the Confessor Archives – Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy

An Orthodox Circuit Preacher: St. Anastasius of Sinai and the Church Today

August 2, 2013 · Guest Author

The following piece by Nicholas Marinides was originally a talk given at Princeton University to the Florovsky Orthodox Theological Society on December 10, 2011. It followed on a talk given by about the theology of St. Maximus the Confessor. Both were part of a half-day workshop on “Athens vs. Jerusalem,” intended to allow doctoral students to present their research on Church Fathers…

On Deaconesses and Women’s Ordination: Fr. David Bissias replies to Valerie Karras

March 6, 2013 · Cyril Jenkins

My thoughts below are in response to this fine review article by Fr. David Bissias directed at a recent screed article by Valerie Karras ostensibly seemingly to justify some form of women’s ordination. I’ve read through Fr. David’s article, and now wish I had Karras’s as well. But in reality I don’t need it, for my thoughts are actually in response to…