VOLUME 7(2) • 2019
The originality and meaning of the cityʼs symbolism in Rev 17-21
ABSTRACT. Decoding the symbolism of Revelation was considered a key to interpreting the last book of the Scripture. The symbol of the city is present sometimes in a negative manner, with reference to Babylon, or in a positive one when the author has in mind the city of Jerusalem. Presenting the citi..
The beauties of Christian family. Teachings of St. Paisios of Mount Athos
ABSTRACT. Canonized on January 13th 2015 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and celebrated every year on July 12th, St. Paisios of Mount Athos (1924-1994) is a wonderful gift the Greek Orthodoxy and the Holy Mountain gave humanity and this world. St. Paisios of Mount Athos showed one more time that holi..
The irreducibility scale
ABSTRACT. This study deals with some boundary issues in the field of scientific research that have generated great debate in the recent decades. These border issues include topics that fundamental approaches in cosmology, the sciences of the living systems, psychology, sociology, but also the philos..
“Do not deprive beggars of their rejoicing in doing their work!” An insight into bestowing mercifulness in the writings of St. Basil the Great
ABSTRACT. In my paper, I wish to emphasize, starting from the writings of St. Basil the Great, the fact that he founded hospitals for the sick and victims of contagious diseases, care homes for the poor and shelters for travellers. For these reasons St. Gregory of Nazianzus speaks about an entire ne..
Fatima 100. Historical aspects
ABSTRACT. This paper presents the historical aspects which make up the context of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima in 1917. In the first part, we briefly draw the political context of the apparitions proper: the First World War. The main bulk of the article is made up of the chronologica..