Marriage

The Orthodox Marriage Ceremony: Why It Is The Way It Is

13 November 2009

Archpriest Andrew Harrison

Greek Orthodox intermarriage in the USA

02 November 2009

Most did not regret being intermarried, but some – especially those with equally strong commitments to their faith traditions – felt a sense of loss. ‘I sometimes feel an emptiness when I’m at church ...

When Our Young Adult Chidren Marry Non-Christians: Parents’ Perspective

18 October 2009

Priest Charles Joanides

If you are a parent whose son or daughter is seriously dating or engaged to a non-Christian, some of the following suggestions and observations might prove helpful to you. They come from my work ...

Living Together before Marriage – the Theological and Pastoral Opportunities

09 October 2009

Adrian Thatcher

The phrase ‘living together before marriage’ makes certain basic assumptions . One of these is that marriage is a temporal event which gives credence to talk of ‘before’ and ‘after’: another is that ...

Holy Sexual Persons: Marital Relations in Orthodox Marriage

01 October 2009

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

God created humans as sexual persons. There is no getting around this crucial point: "Have you not read that He who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For ...

Problems in Marriage

Problems in Marriage

13 May 2009

Hieroschemamonk Ambrose (formerly Fr. Alexey) Young

The predominant myth is that romantic love, "true" love, almost always hurts and is based upon the false idea that each partner should derive his/her sense of emotional well-being from the ...

Weddings and Marriages

27 January 2009

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

The Orthodox Church regards marriage as one of the paths to true holiness of life, that is, it is seen as a way of salvation. Fine, many people would agree with that. But what is the other main line ...

LOVE, MARRIAGE, AND SEXUALITY Orthodox Theological Perspectives for a New Millennium

04 November 2008

Fr. John Chryssavgis

St. Macarius of Egypt believed that hell resembles being bound, back to back with another person, unable for all eternity to face that person. Love shatters the chains of loneliness ; it tears down ...

“An Honorable Marriage, a Bed Undefiled”

“An Honorable Marriage, a Bed Undefiled”

12 October 2008

Archpriest Gleb Kaleda (+1994)

Orthodox young people must block from their thoughts even the possibility of pre-marital relations. This applies as well to those preparing to enter into a second marriage. We emphatically reiterate: ...

The Orthodox Christian Marriage

27 July 2008

(Reidman) Schema-Archimandrite Avraam

Most Christian husbands have little idea of what this kind of love means. In the world, "love" usually refers to physical love or sentimental, romantic love. This has nothing to do with the ...

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