Being a Christian in Today's World   In order to correctly deal with the subject of the title above, it would be best if one were to identify the main factors that threaten and prevent one from living as a Christian in our times. These are obvious to the thinking person, and they appear to be: The spiritual weakness of the human person, which fluctuates according to the temptations of sin, how frequently he succumbs to them, and how much he has advanced in his spiritual life. The quality of his upbringing and how much he conformed to the advice [...]

The Resolution of Conflict Human civilisation has a history of several thousand years, and has contributed enormously to the wellbeing and happiness of man. However, conflict of some form or another has never been absent from the scene of history, either in a large scale, such as a war, or conflict among individuals, small or large groups of people, concerning moral, political or philosophical views current at the time. However, the 21st Century appears to stand out in history, because of its many, and widely varied reasons for conflict among groups of people, and which appear to have affected nearly [...]

RELATIVISM - the Catastrophic Concept of our Times The theory of Relativity, as described by Einstein (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1921), assumed and subsequently proven correct, that since there is no fixed frame of reference in the Universe, everything is moving in relation to everything else. In our times, those dealing with the abstract, i.e. theorists, philosophers, theologians, writers, poets, etc, - began to claim that all truth is relative to the individuals. This means that morals, religions, art forms, political movements, etc, are to be judged similarly. This concept has adopted the name of Relativism. However, Relativism has a [...]

There is perhaps no greater philosopher, scientist, ethicist or theologian born so far, apart from Aristotle (Αριστοτέλης). This year marks 2400 years since his birth, and numerous international scientific conferences and symposia are being organised for the occasion, to honour who many regard as the greatest intellect in Western history that ever walked on our planet. Aristotle was born in 384 BC, in Stageira (Στάγειρα) of Chalkidiki (Χαλκιδική), a peninsula in northern Macedonia, and died in Chalkida (Χαλκίδα), a town in Euboia (Εύβοια), opposite Attica, in 322 BC.   His father was a doctor of the Macedonian King, whilst his [...]

(By Professor Michael Anthony, lay preacher and founding president, Greek Orthodox Christian Society) The year 2015 has seen many Communal events and festivities, showing the work of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society in our city, and to a lesser extent in other parts of the Country. These events were generally impressive, and succeeded in showing to our Community the amount of Christian work taking place in Sydney. However, this was not the purpose of organising so many activities, which to say the least, were time consuming, simply for the reason to show our organising prowess. Our aim was much more [...]