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They water others Elder Vasilios Gontikakis, former Abbot of the Monastery of Iviron 24 June 2022 Happy are they who are cut into pieces and offered for others, who are shed for them and water them. When the time of their trial comes, they won’t be afraid. They won’t have anything to fear. The...

What is the most characteristic quality of love? Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea 23 June 2022 The golden rule ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you’. ‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who...

Like dark soil Saint John of Kronstadt 23 June 2022 Our heart’s like dark soil. The Gospel’s like the sun, which illumines and brings life to our heart. May the sun of righteousness shine in our hearts, Lord. Saint John Kronstadstskij...

There’s no comparison Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 22 June 2022 Sanctification is our human participation in the uncreated energies of God, either in the state of purification from the passions, or in that of illumination of the nous, or in that of final glori...

Handing on the baton of the faith Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th. 21 June 2022 The epistle reading for the Sunday of All Saints is from the Epistle to the Hebrews (11, 33-12, 2) and describes the feats of faith of holy men and women in the Old Testament, who compass us round abo...

‘No good deed goes unpunished’ Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 21 June 2022 ‘If you do something in accordance with the will of God, you will certainly meet with tribulations. Because every good deed is either preceded or followed by tribulation’ (Abba Dorotheos). When we do...

‘Spurn evil and do good’ (Ps. 33, 15) Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 21 June 2022 These words encapsulate all the efforts we must make here in the world, on earth, with our earthly, natural body. What meaning should our labor have and what should be its aim? The acquisition of two ...

Then you’re wise Saint Joseph the Hesychast 21 June 2022 When you don’t sin, don’t lie, don’t judge, and don’t think badly of your neighbor, then you have fear of God. Then you’re wise and understand God. You don’t sin, so as not to sadden him. This is ...

The Fruit of the Spirit Fr. Dimitrios Bokos 20 June 2022 The Sunday of All Saints follows the Sunday of Pentecost and is the last day of the Pentikostario. It closes the cycle of movable feasts which starts with the opening of the Triodio, includes the Grea...

”As you wish, son” Dioyenis Maltezos 20 June 2022 Visitors: Your blessing, Elder. Elder: The Lord’s, boys. Welcome to our house. You look very tired from the long walk. Splash your faces with the water from this faucet, get refreshments from the gue...

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