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Sermon on the Apostolic Reading of the Sunday of Orthodoxy (Hebrews 11, 24-26 & 32-40)
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
12 March 2022
The meaning of today's great Feast of Orthodoxy is summarized in a hymn sung the Matins, at the Praises:
"A day of jubilee and full of joy has been revealed today. Through the cheerfulness of the tru... 
The Great Martyr Theodore the Recruit’s Miracle
Georgios Papademetropoulos
12 March 2022
On the Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent, we celebrate the remarkable miracle performed by the Holy and Glorious Great Martyr, Theodore the Recruit, through the kolyva.
After Konstantios, the son of C...
He’ll block it
Hieromonk Chrysostomos Stavronikitianos
12 March 2022
We should never talk aloud or at length with others about something we really want to happen or to achieve. Satan overhears and puts obstacles in the way. Only God knows your secret thoughts; the ...
Forgiveness Sunday Homily
Fr. John Parker
11 March 2022
If anyone be devout and love God,
Let him commence this radiant fast with joy!
If anyone be a wise servant,
Let him, rejoicing, enter into the school of repentance.
We who have wallowed long in si...
You won’t be far off
Saint Dimitri of Rostov
11 March 2022
Good intentions beget efforts. Efforts beget virtues. Virtues beget spiritual labor. Finally, when spiritual labor is continuous and persistent, it makes virtue a permanent feature of the soul, a ...
The Sunday of Forgiveness
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
10 March 2022
When man finds his deep heart and turns it entirely and unwaveringly towards God, the Lord makes it bring forth fruit by the incorruptible seed of His Word; He seals it with His wondrous and almighty ...
Clean Thursday
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
10 March 2022
‘When the prophet Elijah had mounted the divine chariot of the virtues and was shining through fasting, he was taken up to the heights of heaven. Emulate him, my humble soul and fast from every wicked...
It enters easily
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
10 March 2022
It’s not wings that raise us above the earth, but purity and simplicity of heart. You have to be simple in what you do, and pure in your thoughts and feelings. Seek God with a pure heart and you’l...
Taking Responsibility
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
9 March 2022
The case is mentioned in the Book of the Elders of a monk who ‘visited Abba Lot and went in and out of his cell, but couldn’t manage to say what he wanted to’.
The elder then asked him: ‘What’s the m...
Then the ice melts
Saint John of Kronstadt
9 March 2022
When I turn the whole of my being towards the spiritual sun, Christ my God, the sun of righteousness, then I feel full of light, warmth and peace. Then the ice round my soul melts and the darkness...
