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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...
Minor Sins
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
8 March 2022
Let’s consider those sins which are often called ‘venial’ because they aren’t mortal but which nevertheless involve a share of responsibility. We sometimes fall into them from inattention or ignorance...
Contrition not Dejection
Archimandrite Gregorios Κonstantinou
8 March 2022
Holy Lent is starting and the Church has ordained that, at the services on the days of this period, texts and hymns should be read from the book of the Triodio. This book took its name from the three ...
Nothing’s small or insignificant
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
8 March 2022
Nothing in our life is small or insignificant. All our actions have repercussions in the life of eternity, either for salvation or perdition. In other words, contact with God, either as an experie...
It confuses
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
7 March 2022
In reality, the Christian religion alters people and heals them. But, if we’re to recognize and discern the truth, the main premise is that we should have humility. Egotism darkens the mind, confu...
Thoughts on Great Lent
Archimandrite Theodosios Martzoukhos
7 March 2022
Beloved parishioners, we are now embarking on the time of Great Lent, a period which will bring us to Easter. In this, we rather resemble the ancient Israelite people who left the country of slavery (...
Sunday of Cheese-fare: Forgiving and Fasting’
Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos
6 March 2022
The time of preparation for the Fast ends with the Sunday of Cheese-fare and so we pass into great and blessed Lent, which is full of mixed experiences and feelings transmitted to us in a mystical way...
Return to Paradise (Cheese-Fare Sunday)
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom †
6 March 2022
In the person of the old Adam, the human race fell, when it sinned against love; and God’s dread judgement will be a crisis (i.e. judgement) for human love.
Humankind was called to total unity of ...
It ends in grief
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
6 March 2022
How deluded those people are who seek happiness outside themselves, in foreign countries and in travel, in riches, glory, in great possessions, in pleasures and enjoyments and in all the luxuries ...
