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Question What is the difference between "nature" (φύσις) and "essence" (οὐσία)? And how should we understand "substance" and "energy" in the Orthodox Patristic tradition? Answer In the theology of the...

Question What is the origin and meaning of the term, "Hagiorite"? Answer The term, "Hagiorite" comes from "Agion Oros" or more correctly "Hagion Oros". Literally the “Holy Mountain”. An “Hagiorite” therefore...

Question  Dr. Christopher when we sing “Memory Eternal” during a funeral service or whenever? I was thinking we are asking God to remember their Souls and that their name would not...