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The mind at prayer seeks union with the heart
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
17 February 2022
The gates of the senses have been closed. The tongue is silent, the eyes shut and the ears hear nothing of what’s happening all around. The mind casts off the yoke of worldly thoughts, clothes itself ... 
“For this holy house…”
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
17 February 2022
The Deacon, continuing the "Litany of Peace" in the Divine Liturgy, exclaims: "For this holy house and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and the fear of God, let us pray to the Lord". We ...
That’s where it’s to be found
Abbess Gavriïlia
17 February 2022
Our Achilles heel lies in talking and chatting too much.
Abbess Gavriilia Papayianni...
Sin: an existential, not a legal issue
Archimandrite Kyrillos Kostopoulos
16 February 2022
‘Herein lies the essence of sin: in our lack of trust in and absolute love for God the Creator; and in our total attachment to the ego’.
In society today, in particular, the notion of sin has been de...
Magnificent as a phoenix
Saint John of Kronstadt
16 February 2022
What a beautiful, what a precious creation is the human person. Gifted, and as magnificent as a phoenix. We are the most perfect creatures ever made and, as the image and temple of God, ought to h...
Genuine Devotion and Tainted Piety (2 Tim. 3, 10-15)
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos
15 February 2022
As we enter the reflective period of the Triodio, the Church urges us to remember the clear distinction between genuine devotion and tainted piety. At the beginning of this spiritual struggle, which w...
We can make it our own
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
15 February 2022
In the general sense, grace is the expression of God’s favor and love to us, his creation, and his providence in maintaining it. In the narrower meaning, it means God’s love, which was manifested ...
Peace and unity
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
14 February 2022
In the ”Litany of Peace” of the Divine Liturgy, there follows in the third prayer a specific reference to peace, which is our main subject for today. In it, the Deacon proclaims: ”For the peace of ...
It’s worse than bitterness
Abba Kassianos
14 February 2022
Feigned patience often impels us to anger more than harsh words do. Cruel silence is worse than the strongest language, as regards causing bitterness. Apart from that, we suffer the blows from a d...
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Monk Agapios
13 February 2022
From the Kyriakodromion of Monk Agapios
The Holy Fathers of the Church have commanded us to sing and read today about the case and parable of the Publican and the Pharisee, in order that we might pre...
