Essays
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The Human Body, Part 1: Death and Resurrection
Contemporary man is obsessed with his body. This pertains not only to his own body, but to the bodies of others as well. We scrutinize each other’s body.
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Eros Part II: the Sun Comes Forth
On the final stop on our journey around the circle of love, we arrive at Eros.
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Eros: the Love that Mimics Eternity
According to the Ancient Greeks, the whole cosmos was animated by Eros. Aristotle writes in his Metaphysics that God, the Unmoved Mover, “moves” the whole universe “by being loved”.
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Words of Love: Divine Philia
Exploring the greatest possible form of friendship: friendship between God Himself and man.
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Philia: The Luminous Line of Friendship
Friendship is a voluntary association based on a set of shared goals, interests, feelings, and memories. It is preserved by a strong bond of mutual trust.
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Storge: The Mother of the Word
On this stop on the journey around the circle of love, we explore the most celebrated and iconic depiction of storge in the history of Byzantine and Western art: the image of the Virgin and Child.
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Storge: Our First Love
In Part Two of our series Words of Love, we will explore our first love, the love we first experience in life: storge (stor-yí in Modern Greek).
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Agape: The Cornerstone of Love
In part one of Words of Love, we will look at Agape and explore how Christ and His unconditional, sacrificial agape is the cornerstone upon which the entire edifice of love is built.
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Words of Love: Introduction
“Words of Love” seeks to explore the many multifaceted aspects of love by mapping out its geography with the help of the Greek language.
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