1. Orthodoxy in a secular society (1) 25.07.2015

2. What are we going to cover? 1)Is there a problem? 2) Holy Tradition and Holy Trinity 3)The Life of Christ 4) The Church and Time 5)Prayer of St Augustine

3. 1- Is there a problem?

4. Why repentance is needed?  But for the searching and right understanding of the Scriptures there is need of a good life and a pure soul, and for Christian virtue to guide the mind to grasp, so far as human nature can, the truth concerning God the Word. One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.... Similarly, anyone who wishes to understand the mind of the sacred writers must first cleanse his own life, and approach the saints by copying their deeds. Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril that threatens sinners in the judgment, will receive that which is laid up for the saints in the kingdom of heaven. On the Incarnation Ch. 57

5. Syncretism !!!  The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”  Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” Jn 4:15,16

6. Who is the theologian ? Metropolitan Paul Yazigi  The theologian is another Baptist and a forerunner of Christ, who is a lamp of light and a morning star for every human soul. In fact, the theologian is a mirror reflecting the divine light. If he has not received the light, he cannot transmit this light.  The theologian is the one who draws from lines and words and squeezes out from pages and books the water that the Samaritan drunk from, so that rivers of living water will gush forth from him to his brothers and sisters.

7. Orthopraxy  Orthopraxy is correct conduct, both ethical and liturgical, as opposed to faith alone or grace alone, Knowledge etc. (right Practice)

8. 2. Holy Tradition and Holy Trinity

9. The Holy Tradition and Holy Trinity  A story : Fiction but Fact !!!  Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. Jude 3

10. Vladimir Lossky  There is, therefore, no Christian mysticism without Theology ; but, above all, There is no theology without mysticism

11. Our Fellowship  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— 2 the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. I Jn 1:1-3

12. Our Fellowship  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. 2 Cor 13:14

13. Our image  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Gen 1:26

14.  The Christian life is the life of God accomplished in men by the Spirit of Christ. Men can live as Christ has lived, doing the things that he did and becoming sons of God in Him by the power of the Holy Spirit. Thus, once more, the Christian life is a Trinitarian life.

15. The Life of Christ

16. The Life of Jesus…  10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 2 Cor 4:10,11

17. The Life of Christ  Consumerism Vs Newness of Life  Events VS Full Life  Liturgical and Eucharistic life Vs rituals

18. The Church and Time

19. ΧΡ ό ΝΟΣ = G5550  Strong's Number G5550 matches the Greek χρ ό νος (chronos), which occurs 53 times in 53 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV  Mat 2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time G5550 the star appeared.Mat 2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time G5550 the star appeared.

20. ΚΑΙΡ ό Σ = G 2540  Strong's Number G2540 matches the Greek καιρ ό ς (kairos), which occurs 86 times in 81 verses in the Greek concordance of the KJV  2Cr 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time G2540 accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; G2540 behold, now is the day of salvation.)2Cr 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time

21. ΚΑΙΡ ό Σ = G 2540  Kairos, because it is present, is an icon of eternal life. To experience the now, after all, one must be alive. The dead know nothing of now. Therefore, the now, the kairos, is an icon of the life of heaven. Indeed, eternal life is an everlasting now, in which there is no sequence, no before and after. Here on earth, kairos is time as significant and decisive when special things happen. Fr Patrick Reardon, orthodoxy today

22. True Life Begins with the Trinity Charles Irvin Senior priest, Diocese of Lansing, Michigan Founding editor of Faith Magazine  Jesus told us that heaven begins here on earth. The kingdom of heaven is here, among you, he told us. We are not far from it. The life of God begins to be experienced here. Heaven is not a carrot dangled in front of us. Heaven isn't the reward at the end of a road of pain, trial, and suffering. Heaven begins when we discover ourselves, when we discover each other, when we begin to live a Trinitarian life with others, when we begin to live in the communion with others that is God's. Isn't that what Holy Communion is all about?

23. St. Augustine  Breath in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy.