Repentance is not a self-contained act: it is a passing over, a Pascha from death to life, a continual renewal of that life. It consists of a reversal of what has become the normal pattern of development, which is the movement from life to death. To experience this reversal in repentance is to have tasted of the glory and beauty of God: it is the mark of man's presence before God in the abundance of His mercy.

A man who saw God, a wonderworker, and a zealot for faith in God, Elias was of the tribe of Aaron, from the Tishba, whence he was known as 'the Tishbite'. When Elias was born, his father Sabah saw Angels of God around the child, swaddling it with fire and feeding it with flames.

The Sacrament of Repentance and Confession is in decline and repentance is misapprehended. The decline and the misapprehension cannot be easily qualified, but they are unmistakable at least inasmuch as they are considered to be no more than incidental practices in the life of the Church today. The "traditional" way of thinking of sin and forgiveness has collapsed among a growing number of Christians. Nothing less than a theological and pastoral renewal is necessary in order to rediscover the living meaning of repentance and confession.

The Great Church dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of God (Hagia Sophia) Αγία Σοφία, will be turned into a Moslem mosque by the recent decision of the Turkish government and president Erdogan.

Born in Pisidian Antioch of pagan parents, Marina only heard of the Lord Jesus at the age of twelve, of His Incarnation of the Most Pure Virgin Mary, His many miracles, His death by crucifixion and His Glorious Resurrection. Her little heart was inflamed with love for the Lord, and she vowed never to marry and, further, desired in her soul to suffer for Christ and be baptized with the blood of martyrdom. Her father hated her for her Christian faith, and would not regard her as his daughter.

The judgment of the soul according to its faith and deeds on earth, is an unquestioned teaching of the Gospel it is also a self-evident demand of human nature and reasoning. The Christian Church places this judgment at the very moment of the death of the individual for two reasons: