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The Holy Great Martyr Irene 5 May 2014 The holy Great Martyr Irene was born in the city of Magedon in Persia durin...

Saint Theofanis, Metropolitan of Peritheorio (14th Century) 3 May 2014 Saint Theofanis served as the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi, a...

The movement of Kollyvades as it appears throughout history and in the present – 1 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 2 May 2014 Throughout the history of the Church, the Holy Spirit has been endorsing so...

Saint Memnon the Μiracle Maker 28 April 2014 Saint Memnon the Μiracle Maker is not mentioned by any chronicler. By local...

Christ’s descent into the tenebrous realms of death – Part 2 Fr. Lev Gillet 22 April 2014 The soul will never lose its sense of being, that is, of existence, but it ...

Christ’s descent into the tenebrous realms of death – Part 1 Metropolitan Joseph of Proikonissos 20 April 2014 The service has already given us all the grace and joy, the perfection of t...

Contemplation on the Man Bearing the Pitcher of Water Saint Maximos the Confessor 17 April 2014 Question: In the Gospel, who is the man in the city bearing a pitcher of wa...

To What Purpose this Waste? Fr. Lev Gillet 16 April 2014 Holy Wednesday faces us with the contrast between two figures, two states o...

The New Martyrs – Part 2 James W. Lillie 5 April 2014 The second were martyred as the result of some political insurrection or ch...

The History and Rite of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts George Zaravelas 3 April 2014 A reference point in the typiko of Great Lent is the communion of the Presa...