#The Quinisext Council

This article traces the development of the theology of Christian art, from the reservations regarding images and music in the early centuries to the patristic and synodal justification of the icon, with a focus on the contributions of Saints John of Damascus and Theodore the Studite. Church art — iconography, unison chanting, sacred architecture — is understood as a Christological, Eucharistic and soteriological expression of the faith of the Orthodox Church.

This article proposes a diagnosis and a programme for remedying the ills of contemporary Greek education, identifying the root cause as the gradual estrangement of the people from Christ. Drawing on Canon 102 of the Quinisext Council, Saint Gregory Palamas, Saint Nicholas Cabasilas and Saint John of the Desert, the author argues that existential repentance and the sacramental life of the Church constitute the only effective remedy.

Dimitrie Țelenghidis, Professor of Dogmatic Theology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, provides theological answers to fourteen fundamental existential questions, translated from the original Greek booklet Δεκατέσσερα ὑπαρξιακὰ ἐρωτήματα. The topics covered include the purpose of creation, the salvific role of the Church and the Holy Sacraments, death and resurrection, freedom, abortion, suicide and the causes of the breakdown of the contemporary family.