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The Transfiguration: the Start of our Entry into the Kingdom of God Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 10 August 2023 ‘…and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ (2 Peter 1, 11). The feast of the Transfiguration, largely forgotten as regards much of our secular...
Let’s return 10 August 2023 Since we sinned in practice, denied Christ in practice, offended and betrayed him in practice, let’s now turn back to him in practice and prove that we won’t any longer bend the knee before any id...
‘I lie now on a bed of infirmities…’ Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 9 August 2023 Pain, sickness and death were not initially part of human nature, as this was created by God. They’re the product of the ancestral sin. This is why, in order to abolish these consequences of sin, Jesu...
It’s a common effort Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 9 August 2023 When people properly enter the spiritual life, from the very first moment the light of God’s hope begins to shine in them. But there’s certainly a journey involved and that journey requires an eff...
His transfiguration is our transfiguration Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 8 August 2023 Shortly before Christ ascended the cross, he took Peter and James and John up onto a high mountain and was transfigured before them. Two features are woven into the fabric of the event of the transfi...
It happens gradually Abba Dorotheos 8 August 2023 So what if I say something or think something? Fine, but one word brings another, and one thought brings another, and one concession brings another and so, gradually, we become subject to the pass...
‘Had you not shielded and interceded for us…’ Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 7 August 2023 ‘We, though unworthy, never cease from telling your mighty works, Mother of God; for had you not shielded us and interceded for us, who would have delivered us from such dangers’. We raise our voices ...
You’ll certainly find Elder Cleopa Ilie 7 August 2023 Examine yourself constantly, in case you’ve sinned in thought, in case you spoke too quickly and erred in some way, in case your deeds aren’t in tune with God’s will. And if, from this self-examin...
Transfiguration Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 6 August 2023 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. There are blessed or tragic moments when we can see a person revealed to us in a light with a depth, with an awesome beauty which we have never ...
The Transfiguration of the Saviour George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 6 August 2023 The Transfiguration of the Lord occupies a central place in the Orthodox Church and its theology. It is the event which reveals the glory of the Church and of the faithful. It is testimony to the new ...
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