Vasilopita and New Year Traditions, from antiquity to the present day
Βy His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden
Light and Water at Theophany and in Ancient Greece
By His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden
The Fables of Aesop as a Preparation for the Gospel by H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden
The Orthodox Church has never categorically rejected pre-Christian thought. On the contrary, it subjected it to discernment, distinguished it, and made use of it. The Fathers saw in Aesop’s fables a preparatory discourse; a natural morality that prepares humanity to receive the light of the Gospel