Theology The Nature of the Spiritual World (Part II) 26 Sep 201916 Oct 2019 The spiritual world is the sum total of spiritual beings, very carefully marshalled in their ranks and functioning according to a principle. Let us examine this arrangement with particular attention…
Theology The Nature of the Spiritual World (Part 1) 25 Sep 201916 Oct 2019 The creation of the spiritual world of angels is one of the most marvelous works of God, because in it, God created free beings endowed with reason to serve His…
Philosophy The Creation of the Universe (Part II) 24 Sep 201927 Sep 2019 The work of God is progressive, for it goes forward from imperfection to perfection, from the start to the finish. Its end is not the destruction of the divine work,…
Philosophy The Law of the Formation of Matter – The Creation of the Universe (Part 1) 23 Sep 201926 Sep 2019 After the primordial matter of the world was created by God and was shapeless, without form, and unfinished, it remained so until the time when God spread over it His…
Sermon Sermon for the First Sunday of Luke After The Sunday Following The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Luke 5:1-11) 22 Sep 201924 Sep 2019 Fishing for Men by means of the Gospel. "At thy word I will let down the net." The sacred Gospel records the historical fact that a great throng of people…
Theology The Ideal and the Actual Universe 20 Sep 201914 Nov 2019 The cause of the creation of the world is God, the Ancient of days, eternal and ever-continuing the same, both ageless and unchangeable. The world, therefore, is dependent upon certain…
Gospel of Matthew The Invitation To the Wedding Feast of the Lamb – A Parable From Matthew 22 16 Sep 201920 Sep 2019 From "Three Great Friday Sermons" by Apostolos Makrakis: A third parable from the family and family life is the following: "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king…
Sermon Sermon On The Gospel Of Mark For The Sunday After The Exaltation Of The Cross (Mark 8:34-38 and 9:1) 15 Sep 201918 Sep 2019 Obedience and Submission to Christ with Self-Denial and Self-Sacrifice Man is a free will. The word of God is to him the light and the guide according to which he…
Sermon September 14: Sermon Of The Festival Of The Exaltation Of The Precious Cross 14 Sep 201915 Sep 2019 The Universal Exaltation of the Precious and Life-creating Cross Gospel Selections to be read in the Liturgy: John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, and 30. "Exalt ye the Lord our God, and…
Book of Revelation The Fifth Trumpet of St. John’s Apocalypse Chapter 9- Major Christological Crisis in the Church 13 Sep 201921 Sep 2019 The following is an excerpt from “INTERPRETATION of the BOOK of REVELATION by Apostolos Makrakis (1881 AD, translated from the Greek to English in 1948 AD by the Orthodox Christian…
Apostolos Makrakis 