Prot. Victor Harakas

Prot. Victor Harakas26.10.2025

When should one fast? What different kinds of fasting are there and why? What does fasting do for you? The Kinds of Fasting In order to answer these questions best, I will rearrange the order of them. First of all, let’s look at what kinds of fasting there are and the reason for them. In […]

Prot. Victor Harakas15.10.2025

The Orthodox teaching on dreams is that we shouldn’t believe them and interpret them, but dismiss them, because they may come from the devil. SPIRITUAL VISIONS Does the Orthodox faith believe in revelation of spiritual visions through dreams? The answer to this question is a bit on the complex side. The Church could hardly deny […]

Prot. Victor Harakas26.09.2025

How to explain the following passage from the New Testament as it appears in the Jerusalem Bible: “If it is hard for a good man to be saved, what will happen to the wicked man and to sinners?” (1 Peter 4:18)? The passage which you mention is interesting on a number of different levels. First, […]

Prot. Victor Harakas22.08.2025

What is the purpose of the Divine Liturgy? There are several important purposes to the Divine Liturgy. The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom is one of a number of different liturgical forms of the Holy Eucharist. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the most common way of celebrating the Eucharist, is the Divine Liturgy of […]

Prot. Victor Harakas23.03.2025

This figure is prominent in the writings of St. John in the New Testament (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 7). The name comes from the Greek word “antichristos.” It means something or someone opposed to Christ. Generally speaking, any force, person, practice, or behavior which is antagonistic to, and contrary to, Christ may […]

Prot. Victor Harakas29.01.2025

To my knowledge, no formal statement on nuclear proliferation has been issued as yet by any official body of the Orthodox Church. Without a doubt, it will become an issue. In my book, “Contemporary Moral Issues”, I address the “arms race.” I believe that it is the Church’s general teaching that war is not good, […]

Prot. Victor Harakas23.12.2024

Within modern Orthodox Christianity, varying views on the subject exist. They can, however, be classified in two basic approaches, with methods and conclusions appropriate to each. The Very Rev. Chrysostom Zafiris’ article is characteristic of one approach. A book written in Greek a number of years ago by Fr. Seraphim Papacostas, entitled “To Zetema tis […]

Prot. Victor Harakas21.05.2020

Many of our Greek Orthodox Christians in the US have become members of Masonic lodges. They hear of criticisms leveled against Masonry and are puzzled by them, especially because they understand Masonry to be on the side of God and morality, in general. They find it difficult to understand the charges leveled against Masonry which […]

Fasting

Common Questions

An Important Lesson

Divine Liturgy

Antichrist

Nuclear War

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Masons and Orthodox Church

The Deal of the Century for Trump the Peacemaker

Fasting

The Glory of the World

The Paradox of Russian Central Bank