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A wall of bronze
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
11 April 2022
Let go of your will if you want to find spiritual peace. Because our will has become a wall of bronze that blocks out illumination and peace.
Saint Iosif the Hesychast... 
We have you as an example of repentance, Mary the Egyptian
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
10 April 2022
On the fifth Sunday in Lent, the Church brings to our attention an exceptional female ascetic: Saint Mary the Egyptian. She’s someone for us to imitate and has a great deal to teach us. Her Life was p...
He’ll give them everything
Saint Silouan the Athonite
10 April 2022
If you want to get to know the Lord, you don’t have to be rich or well-educated. You need to be dutiful, restrained, with a humble spirit and love for your neighbor. The Lord will love such souls,...
Saint Mary of Egypt
Fr. Michael Gillis
9 April 2022
In the Holy Orthodox Church on the fifth week of Great Lent we read the life of St. Mary of Egypt: out loud, as part of compline.
St. Mary is a repentant harlot who lived as a hermit for forty-seve...
Like little children
Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
9 April 2022
The holy fathers submitted to whatever God sent them like little children, in total simplicity. ‘If this is what you want, your will be done’. Sorrow’s pleasing to God so long as it doesn’t depriv...
It’s not lost
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
8 April 2022
We should be aware of the fact that the sweat we shed over our purification and virtue isn’t wasted. Christ sees our effort and our struggle and will award us with crowns. He doesn’t let us strive...
We find a companion
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
7 April 2022
When we accept pain and sorrows with faith and patience, we find Christ as a companion in our life. Then we see the true light. We undergo a change for the better and experience the joy and peace ...
Nature in the Role of Intermediary
Apostolos Nikolaïdis Professor Emeritus, University of Athens, President of the ‘Saint Maxim the Greek’ Institute
6 April 2022
The best and most beneficial role that the natural world can play is to mediate between God and humankind in order to restore the relationship of communion.
The first question that arises is the reas...
Why we sing the Great Canon
Fr. Ioannis Sourlingas
6 April 2022
My soul, my soul arise. Why are you sleeping? The end draws nigh and soon you will be troubled. Take heed, then, that Christ your God may spare you. For he is everywhere present and fills all things.
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It embraces everything
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom †
6 April 2022
God’s love is immeasurable and embraces everything. What’s different about this love is its inner quality: God can be glad and can pay the price of his love on the cross.
Metropolitan Anthony (...
