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The Role of Psychology of Religion Fundamentals within the Greek Orthodox Church
Khader I. Alkhouri, MA, Cand. Ph.D. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2 August 2023
Introduction:
Religion has always played a significant role in shaping human behavior, beliefs, and values. The Greek Orthodox Christian tradition, with its rich history and theological teachings, ha... 
Christ is the Lord
Saint Mark the Ascetic
2 August 2023
Christ is the Lord absolutely, and also the Lord by dispensation. When we didn’t exist, he made us; and when we’d died because of our sins, he redeemed us with his blood, granting his grace to tho...
Faith in Christ is a matter of the heart
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
1 August 2023
Faith in Christ is principally a matter of the heart, and then of reason. The Lord didn’t say, ‘If you understand me’, but ‘If you love me, keep my commandments’. This means that we can understand him...
Christ, our true nourishment
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos
1 August 2023
Clearly the impressive number of people who went to meet Christ didn’t do so in the expectation of a free meal. They went to satisfy a different hunger: the hunger for his teaching, sweeter than ‘hone...
The Canons of Supplication
Protopresbyter Antonios Christou
1 August 2023
A supplicatory canon (paraklisi) is a poem of the Orthodox Church. These poems are extensions of Vespers services or they can stand alone. The supplicatory canons are sung by Christians in churches or...
The Dormition Fast
1 August 2023
From the 1st to the 14th of August we fast in honor of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God. It’s a strict fast, with fish eaten only on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior (6 August). If ...
When you’re asked
Saint Basil the Great
1 August 2023
When you’re asked a question, give your answer in a seemly and humble voice; when you’re not asked, don’t speak.
Saint Basil the Great...
They love constantly
Elder Moisis the Athonite †
31 July 2023
Simple and pure hearts, which are also candid, possess sound morality and can’t help but love God and other people all the time, selflessly, richly, whole-heartedly and fervently.
Elder Moïsis ...
For a piece of bread (8th Sunday of Matthew)
Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis †
30 July 2023
We hear in today’s Gospel narrative that Christ was in an out-of-the-way place where thousands of people had been listening to His words all day, ignoring their needs and the work in their homes. In t...
A smack on the head
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
29 July 2023
Christ is with us, whether we see him or not. And sometimes he gives us a slap on the head, out of his great love for us.
Saint Amfilohios Makris...
