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Elder Ephraim of the Holy Mountain and Arizona
I have been linked with the ever-blessed Hieromonk Ephraim in many and different ways over many years, and in this article I shall set out some of my thoughts about the Elder of blessed memory.
Hesychia and the Vision of God in the Epistles of the Apostle Paul
Translation of Chapter 6 from the book in Greek by Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos Mysteries, Sacraments and Asceticism, pub. Birth of the Theotokos Monastery, Levadia 2011, pp. 241-31
When one reads Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers carefully and with an open mind, without speculative and philosophical analyses, one realises that the theology that inspired the Apostles and the Fathers was a matter of revelation and experience, and that they themselves collaborated in this revelation, in the sense that they lived within the tradition of the Church.
2017
The Views of Orthodox Theology on Bioethical Issues
I have been involved for many years with bioethical problems arising from contemporary genetic issues concerning the beginning of biological life, its prolongation and its end. The outcome of this involvement was my book Orthodox Bioethics - The Theology Perspective, which was published in Greek.
The Messiah in the Old and New Testaments
One of the basic phrases associated with St Andrew the First-Called Apostle is his statement to his brother Simon, the Apostle Peter: “‘We have found the Messiah’ (which is translated, the Christ)” (John 1:41).
2016
In the Metropolis of the Patriarchate of Antioch – America, July 2016 - Biology, Bioethics and Biotheology
(Lectures given by Metropolitan of Nafpaktos, Hierotheos (Vlachos) at the July 18–22 Archdiocesan Clergy Symposium, convened by Metropolitan Joseph and hosted at Antiochian Village by the Antiochian House of Studies.)
The Orthodox Church has its own realm where all the applications of the teaching and work of Christ take place. The Church cures people and helps them to overcome all problems, even death itself and the fear of death.
In the Metropolis of the Patriarchate of Antioch – America, July 2016 - Orthodox Psychotherapy and Western Psychology
(Lectures given by Metropolitan of Nafpaktos, Hierotheos (Vlachos) at the July 18–22 Archdiocesan Clergy Symposium, convened by Metropolitan Joseph and hosted at Antiochian Village by the Antiochian House of Studies.)
In my previous paper I referred to the difference between Orthodox and Western theology. In this paper we should go on to look at this difference in a practical form, at the subject of how each of these traditions cures people.
In the Metropolis of the Patriarchate of Antioch – America, July 2016 - Orthodox and Western Theology
(Lectures given by Metropolitan of Nafpaktos, Hierotheos (Vlachos) at the July 18–22 Archdiocesan Clergy Symposium, convened by Metropolitan Joseph and hosted at Antiochian Village by the Antiochian House of Studies.)
When I am invited to speak to members of the Clergy who exercise the pastoral ministry I usually stress that theology is pastoral and the pastoral ministry is theology. When someone wants to shepherd a particular flock, and when he is shepherding human beings, he must necessarily speak theologically.
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