Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev on the Descent into Hades

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Thank you to LadyMacbeth for the lead to the following link. Bishop Alfeyev is an excellent source and worth reading!

http://orthodoxeurope.org/page/11/1/5.aspx

 I commend him to you!

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Fr. Stephen is a retired Archpriest of the Orthodox Church in America. He is also author of Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, and Face to Face: Knowing God Beyond Our Shame, as well as the Glory to God podcast series on Ancient Faith Radio.



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2 responses to “Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev on the Descent into Hades”

  1. Visibilium Avatar

    Wonderful essay. Please post more.

  2. Jack Avatar
    Jack

    My thoughts exactly! Can’t here enough of good articulations of the tradition. They don’t call them “the Fathers” for nothing.

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