Apologetics… A Defense of Apostolos Makrakis: A Critical Analysis of Theokletos Dionsiates’ Accusations by Christos Adamopoulos 12 Dec 202514 Dec 2025 By Jonathan Photius - Makrakis Research Project Abstract This article examines the principal theological accusations leveled by the Athonite monk Theokletos Dionysiates against the nineteenth-century Greek lay theologian and reformer…
Church History… Apostolos Makrakis and the Myth of the “Unauthorized Orthodox Teacher”: A Historical Rebuttal to Contemporary Mischaracterizations 9 Dec 20259 Dec 2025 By Jonathan Photius, Makrakis Research Project (PDF Copy Available Here) Introduction Recent online articles have attempted to place Apostolos Makrakis (1831–1905) in the same category as Theophilos Kairis and other…
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Greek War of Independence… The Calling and Mission of the Orthodox Greek Nation 1 Jun 202130 Jul 2021 Be joyful and rejoice with me! For last Sunday the spoken word with the help of a parable came to teach us the meaning of faith in Christ. Today by…
Theology The Holy Orthodox Faith of Christ 31 May 202110 Jun 2021 Speech delivered in Athens on June 13, 1866 In accordance with the promise I made to you, the subject of to day's address will be the holy faith of Christ…
Christology… The Image of the Real Jesus Christ 13 Aug 202020 May 2021 The life of Jesus is something in the nature of an epic and not a historical actuality. If we are to believe the author, he was a man inspired by…
Messianic Prophecies… Historical Theological Knowledge of Great Benefit to the Jews Part 5: Prophecies Concerning the Messiah in Book of Daniel 29 May 202014 Aug 2020 The Prophet Daniel's Prophecy concerning the Messiah Since the prophecy applies also to the bad shepherds in times after Christ, He foretells all men that He will raise up a…
Messianic Prophecies… Historical Theological Knowledge of Great Benefit to the Jews Part 4: More Prophecies Concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) 28 May 20206 Aug 2020 The Prophet Isaiah's Prophecy concerning the Messiah "Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and thou shalt call his…
Messianic Prophecies… Historical Theological Knowledge of Great Benefit to the Jews Part 3: More Prophecies Concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament 27 May 20206 Aug 2020 Jacob Prophesied concerning the Coming of the Messiah out of the Tribe of Judah "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be upon the back…
Messianic Prophecies… Historical Theological Knowledge of Great Benefit to the Jews Part 2: Prophecies Concerning the Messiah in the Old Testament (1) 26 May 202029 May 2020 Prophecies Concerning the Messiah In The Old Testament (1)Introduction That the Messiah was a historical person and event beyond dispute is a fact which no sane Christian will question or…
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