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‘Man of God’ Stuns Box Office, Finishes Among Top-Five Highest Grossing Movies in U.S.
25 March 2022
Movie of hope and healing in these troubled times captivates viewers during Lent
“Man of God,” the movie about the inspirational and award-winning story of Saint Nektarios — one of the most renowned ... 
Contrived and transitory
Saint Isaac the Syrian
25 March 2022
The sweetness of sin is unreal and fleeting. It’s only with God that you’ll find real consolation and refuge. Hate the works of sin and then God will come to you and will send you his grace.
I...
First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 3)
Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)
25 March 2022
Just as the pearl comes from two natures, from lightning and water, from the unfathomable parts of the sea, so also our Lord Jesus Christ proceeds, without confusion and without change, from the pur...
Easter before Easter, the Annunciation of the Resurrection
Father Nikolaos Patsalos
25 March 2022
This year, the 5th Sunday in Lent coincided with the great feast of the Mother of God, her Annunciation. We’d left the middle of Lent the previous Sunday, that of John of the Ladder, and, instead of t...
The Annunciation (Luke 1, 26-33)
Archimandrite Vasileios Bakoyannis
24 March 2022
About six months had passed from the time when Mary had gone to live in Nazareth, in the home of Joseph. It appears that, during this time, the veil of the temple had become worn and needed renewing. ...
They always thrive
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
24 March 2022
People are made calm and rational, so anger never sits well with their nature. With love, on the other hand, they always thrive and are docile. You can make many people calm through love and goodn...
First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 2)
Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)
24 March 2022
: ‘You alone, All-Holy Virgin, now receive the mysteries unknown to all of these and learn their origin. For where the Holy Spirit is, everything is already well-ordered.
Where there is Divine Grac...
The Doxastiko at Lauds of the 3rd Sunday in Lent
Theodore Rokas
24 March 2022
According to the Synaxari, on the 3rd Sunday in Lent, or the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross as it’s also known: ‘we celebrate the Veneration of the Precious and Life-giving Cross’. The day is k...
Eternal treasures
Saint John of Kronstadt
23 March 2022
All the earthly and material goods to which our heart is attached bring us only turmoil, trials and spiritual death. Our body will decay into dust and ashes. All the soul needs is righteousness, s...
