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To everything
Abbess Theosemni, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete
25 February 2022
All our difficulties occur so that we can learn to be patient and tolerant in all things.
Abbess Theosemni, Holy Monastery of Chrysopyi, Hania, Crete.... 
The Radical Nature of Christianity (2)
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
24 February 2022
The rejection of Christ, but also his acceptance by many, is an enduring phenomenon which can be seen in our own age, too. He himself said to his disciples: ‘If they have persecuted me, they will pers...
“For our deliverance from all affliction, wrath, danger, and necessity…”
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
24 February 2022
The Lord had warned His Disciples, "In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). The Apostle Paul also refers specifically to sorrows, warni...
Whatever’s rotten
Saint Isaac the Syrian
24 February 2022
Ask God’s mercy and he’ll illumine the darkness of you heart and make a spiritual paradise blossom within you. But first you have to cut off every sinful thing that links you to the world and then...
God’s grace doesn’t exclude anyone
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
23 February 2022
‘Even in the world, if Christians undertake the struggle with good intentions, God’s grace doesn’t exclude anyone. But, ‘excusing ourselves through excuses’ we say that we’re in the world and we can’t...
One word at a time
Saint Ephraim Katounakiotis
23 February 2022
Say the prayer ‘Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me’. Say it one word are a time, so that you understand it and know what you’re doing. Don’t go on to the second word if you haven’t understood the...
The snares of the devil and our own self-entrapment
Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne
22 February 2022
The word ‘snare’ doesn’t mean only something which is part of the life of a hunter, but has a significance that extends to people’s life in general. As ‘trap’, it’s particularly important in a time of...
Prayers for the nations, leaders and cities
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
22 February 2022
During the Divine Liturgy, continuing the Litany of Peace, the Deacon urges the congregation to pray for the whole nation, for the rulers who rule it, and the military which protects them: ”For this ...
Don’t hold back
Saint John of Kronstadt
22 February 2022
Our soul is immortal, but all material things are perishable, transient, mere clay. Everything belongs to God; nothing’s ours. Appreciate the value of other people because they’re the image of God...
