The Wonderful Name

Website dedicated to raising awareness of the Orthodox Christian patristic teaching concerning the Name of God

"Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after My Name? It is Wonderful." Genesis 32:29

March 24, 2013

Triumph of Orthodoxy

"Thou hast given an inheritance
to them that fear Thy Name."

Great Prokeimenon for the First, Third and Fifth Sunday Vespers of the Lent (Psalm 60:5)

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"O Lord, in the light of Thy face shall they walk, and in Thy Name shall they rejoice all the day long." Ps. 88

"That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth." Phil. 2:10

"And Holy is His Name." The Song of the Theotokos

"His Name shall be blessed unto the ages, before the sun doth His Name continue." Ps. 71

"And blessed is Thy glorious and holy Name, and to be praised and exalted above all for ever." The Song of Three Children

"His Name... gave existence to all creation." St. Clement of Rome

"The Name of God is worthy of praise by its very nature." St. John Chrysostom

"Render all reverence to the Name of God as to God Himself." St. Tikhon of Zadonsk

"The Name of God is by nature holy and all-holy, and the source of sanctification." St. Macarius of Corinth

"The Name of God is God Himself." St. John of Kronstadt

“The devil, who hates the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ... trembles at this all-powerful Name, and for that reason, he slandered it among many Christians..." St. Ignatius Brianchaninov

"I see in the so called Name-fighting... a fundamental apostasy from the Orthodox mindset." New Hieromartyr Mark (Novoselov)

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