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Sanctity as fruit of the Holy Spirit Protopresbyter Antonios Christou 24 June 2022 The Church has placed the feast of All Saints after the great feast of Pentecost and, naturally, this is not by chance. In other words, apart from the daily commemoration of saints on the anniversary ...
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...
The Meaning of Life Khader I. Alkhouri, MA, Cand. Ph.D. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 22 June 2022 The significance of life is the most urgent issue. This is above all a question of treatment and not a question of theoretical discussion. All humanity is now entering the stage of finding the meaning...
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 ...
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