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Why did the Church Establish the Saturdays of the Souls? Fr. Ioannis Sourlingas 28 February 2022 The Saturday before Meat-fare Sunday is called the ‘Saturday of the Souls’. It’s the first of two, the other being the Saturday before the Sunday of Pentecost. Even though every Saturday is dedicated...
The Small Entrance Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 28 February 2022 In every Divine Liturgy, following the Antiphons, the Holy Gospel makes its way from the Holy Table (where it is found at all times), and is carried through the center of the Church, being then return...
The fever of sin Saint John of Kronstadt 28 February 2022 Each of us on this earth is sick. We have the fever of sin, the blindness of sin. We’re possessed by the derangement of sin. But the main feature of sin is wickedness and pride. This is why we sho...
Last Judgement (Mat. 25, 31- 46) Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 27 February 2022 In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Today's parable is so familiar to us that we may well not even notice its message. And it speaks to us of two things. It reminds us of th...
“The First Time He Came to Save the World; the Second He will Come to Judge it.” (Meat-Fare Sunday) – 2 Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani † 27 February 2022 He Himself said: “The Father gave all judgement to the Son”. The same Son Who came to save the world will judge it. And He’ll judge it lightly, so that most will be saved, because God wishes the wor...
The two weapons Elder Cleopa Ilie 27 February 2022 There are two very powerful weapons with which we can overcome all the traps and snares of the devil. The first is holy prayer and the second is humility. Elder Cleopa Ilie...
“The First Time He Came to Save the World; the Second He will Come to Judge it.” (Meat-Fare Sunday) – 1 Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani † 26 February 2022 Nothing else in life is so certain as that we shall die. The fact that we were born and are in this world leads to the certainty that one day we will be leaving it. Every day we see and understand tha...
“Help us, save us, have mercy on us…” – “Commemorating our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos…” Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 26 February 2022 Towards the end of the "Litany of Peace" in the Divine Liturgy the priest includes a short prayer, which is often repeated in the Divine Liturgy as well as in almost all of the Holy Services.  This re...
You’re wasting your time Saint Nilos the Ascetic 26 February 2022 If you want to pray properly, don’t hurt anyone else, because you’ll be wasting your time. Saint Neilos the Ascetic...
What really brings us rest? Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 25 February 2022 ‘Let’s not lose the respite we find in living in virtue’ (Abba Dorotheos) People feel weary with their life. Children at school have to study and follow a tiring schedule which doesn’t leave them muc...
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