The Professor's Blog

Question How do you know Fr. John Romanides? Did Fr. Romanides know St. Sophrony? Answer Fr. John Romanides was my Professor of Dogmatics when I was a theology student at...

Question  What was it like to be around Fr. Sophrony? Answer  The answer to your question is contained, in some detail, in my books, videos and podcasts. Some of it...

Question What is Scholastic Theology? Is St. John Damascene the first Scholastic? Distinction btw the “Noetic” and the “Rational” powers of the soul. Concerning the part of the latest podcast,...

Question Was St. Sophrony familiar with Nietzsche and other Intellectuals of his times? Was St. Sophrony of Essex familiar with the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche and to what degree does...

Question Saint Sophrony of Essex stated in 1981:  "Communism is put into practice in the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit it is an impossible ideal. This is clear in...

Question As an American, I have a very different attitude towards obedience than other Christians from cultures steeped in Orthodox tradition for centuries. Tailored for a non-monastic, living-in-society, American audience,...