At the Good Shepherd we commemorate Saint Cuthbert every week and people often ask me why we do this - and it is a good question as we are the parish of the Good Shepherd. Today (20th March 2022) is the day that we commemorate St. Cuthbert in the Orthodox Calendar so it seems appropriate to deal with this question today.
The Truth of Orthodoxy is a theological essay by Nikolai Berdyaev (1874–1948) about what makes Orthodoxy different from all other Christian Churches. In beautiful and nuanced language, Berdyaev examines the revelation of the Holy Spirit throughout Orthodox history, the holy mysteries in the interactions between the material and spiritual, and the liturgical means of teaching people about salvation and the life after death. In this excerpt, we learn why the Orthodox Church has changed so little over the centuries.