The Russian Orthodox Church doesn’t celebrate this feast until later this month, but I thought I’d post a brief section from St. John of Damascus’ second homily on the Dormition now ...

So then, did St. Maximos the Confessor, St. John of Damascus and St. Photios the Great—to mention only these three notable Fathers who dealt with the Non-Chalcedonians—not understand the issues? The ...

In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...