Saint Paul the Apostle

The Words of the Fathers No. II (XX) / 2025 Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, the Saint The Saint Ioan Gură de Aur

The First Homily on the Epistle to the Galatians, attributed to Saint John Chrysostom, analyses the context and theological content of the epistle’s opening verses, explaining why Paul affirmed that his apostleship came neither from men nor through the mediation of men, in response to the accusations of the Judaizers who were undermining his authority in the eyes of the Galatians, whilst also refuting heretical interpretations concerning the relationship between the Father and the Son and the nature of the present age.

Studia Theologica No. II (XVI) / 2023 Saint Isaac the Syrian on ‘the sweetness of the Scriptures’ and the prayer of the heart Hieromonk Agapie Corbu

Drawing on St Paul’s image of the veil over the heart (2 Corinthians 3:14–18), this article analyses, on the basis of the writings of St Isaac the Syrian, the ascetic process of the spiritual reading of Scripture: from simple, quantitative reading in hesychia, through meditation and savouring the sweetness of the divine words, to the prayer of the heart and the vision of the divine light.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XVI) / 2023 At Baia di San Paolo Dan Ciachir

The author recounts his visit to Malta in April 1990 – his first trip to the West following the fall of communism – as part of the ‘Voices from the East’ seminar organised by AZAD. He describes the sites associated with the shipwreck of the Apostle Paul, the island of Gozo, the port of Marsaxlokk and Caravaggio’s painting The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in the Cathedral of the Order of Saint John.

Studia Theologica No. I (XV) / 2023 Orthodoxy and Contemporary Challenges: Demystifying a Connection. A Different Perspective Associate Professor Dr Marina Kolovopúlu

Building on Saint Anastasius of Sinai’s definition of Orthodoxy as true knowledge of God and creation, the article argues that Orthodoxy is not provoked by the world, but rather provokes in itself, just as the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Praetorium before Pilate calls man to repentance, holiness and participation in the absolute and unchanging Truth.

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