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4th Sunday in Lent
Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos
2 April 2022
After the middle of this period , then, the Church provides appropriate additional help in our ascetic efforts, which differ in accordance with the capacities of each one of us, by presenting the perf... 
Scales of Justice (2)
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
1 April 2022
3.Faced with the Cross of Christ, then, we have two entirely different conditions: that of the blasphemous man and that of the theologian who saw God. The crucified Lord acts as scales of justice, a...
He shows another path
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
1 April 2022
We want the path of our life to be broad, without potholes, stones, thorns or mud. We want it to be strewn with flowers. And the Lord shows us another path, that of pain. But we should know that, ...
Scales of Justice (1)
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
31 March 2022
‘Between two robbers, your Cross was like the scales of justice. One was taken down into Hades because of his blasphemy; the other was relieved of his transgressions and recognized God. Christ our God...
Uproot them
Saint John of Kronstadt
31 March 2022
We have to root out doubt and disdain for the word of God, because they’re the poison which imbeds the spirit of falsehood within us. They’re both the fruit of self-delusion and we have to get rid...
On an equal footing
Saint John of Kronstadt
30 March 2022
Be plain in your dealings with other people and treat them as equals. Don’t be overbearing and boastful towards them, but rather be humble. God has given you the gift, unworthy though you are, so ...
Hasty and Careless Prayer
Saint Theophan the Recluse
29 March 2022
Coldness
May the grace of God be with you.
You write: ‘My prayer is somewhat cold and weak’. The coldness and weakness aren’t in the prayer, but in the person praying. Try to pray as you should and ...
Fleeting and perishable
Saint John of Kronstadt
29 March 2022
The body is just the temporary garment of the soul. It’ll perish and isn’t our real life. Real life is spiritual. If you rob someone of their clothing or tear it into pieces, that person continues...
Venerating the Cross of Christ
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.
28 March 2022
In the middle of Great Lent, on the third Sunday, the Church displays the Cross of Christ for veneration by the faithful and so that they can be strengthened in their continuing spiritual battle, whic...
Hail, for through you our sin is remitted: Hail, for through you Paradise is opened
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos
28 March 2022
Freedom’s a gift from God. And since we’re made in God’s image, we can’t be deprived of it. Its use, of course, may follow two main paths. One leads to God and other people, that is, that we become bo...
