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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...
First Discourse on the Annunciation (part 1)
Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)
23 March 2022
Today, the ranks of the angels rejoice at the hymns being sung and the light of the presence of Christ shines brightly upon the faithful.
Today, is glad spring-time for us, and Christ the Sun of Righ...
The Remission of Sins (2nd Sunday of Great Lent)
Pavlos Mouktaroudis
22 March 2022
What is it exactly that the Gospel for this day tells us? That we should do everything, the impossible, in order to draw close to the Lord in our lives and in our experience of the cross. We must ove...
Humbly and tirelessly
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
22 March 2022
If we are to put into practice the teaching of the Gospel, to follow the path of Christ, we must humbly and tirelessly shoulder our cross, not cursing it, but blessing it. Only then can we keep Ch...
He watches over you
Abba Isaiah
21 March 2022
Remember that God is present and watching over you. Whatever is in your heart is open to him. So say to your soul: ‘If you’re afraid that other sinners like yourself may see your sins, how much mo...
“Five Questions for Yelena Popovic the Writer/Director of the Movie ‘Man of God’”
John G. Panagiotou
20 March 2022
During a visit to Los Angeles, a week prior to the nationwide theatrical release in major mainstream American cinemas of the movie “Man of God” about the life of St. Nektarios of Aegina, Orthodox Chri...
The Simplicity of God according to Saint Gregory Palamas
George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
20 March 2022
The prime feature of God is His simplicity. If God is not simple, but composed of different parts, then these parts must have existed before Him. Such a God would not be the Cause and Creator of all...
So should we
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria
20 March 2022
Everybody wants to be loved and, since we command respect and that people should speak to us in a loving manner, we should do the same.
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Por...
Hostile and disturbing
Saint Mark the Ascetic
19 March 2022
The whole of the warfare between us and the unclean demons takes place over nothing else but spiritual prayer. Because, for them, prayer is inimical and vexatious, whereas for us it’s a harbinger ...
