In the beginning was the Word (Logos) and the Word was with God and the Word was God….And the Word became flesh and dwelt (ἐσκήνωσεν, pitched his tent) among us…. No one has ever seen God except the one who is in the bosom of God, the only begotten Son - he has made God …
“L’chaim!” from the Grave
Ανοίξω το στόμα μου και πληρωθήσεται πνεύματος, και λόγον ερεύξομαι…"I shall open my mouth and it will be filled with the spirit, and the word will flow forth"…says a well-known hymn of the Orthodox Church. God asks every one of us to open our mouths to speak and let the Holy Spirit do the …
A Sabbath for the whole world
The great Moses mystically prefigured this present day when he wrote: "And God blessed the seventh day." For this is the blessed Sabbath, this is the day of rest, on which the only-begotten Son of God rested from all his works... Except he really didn't rest. Though his body lay in a tomb, in spirit …