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Don’t stop
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
13 February 2022
Constantly say ‘Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me’ with your tongue and your mind. When the tongue tires, start with the mind. Then, when the mind becomes burdened, the tongue. Just don’t stop. W... 
The Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.
12 February 2022
Today’s Gospel reading presents us with two typical kinds of people: a Pharisee and a Publican, who were praying in the Temple. They were the two opposite poles of society at that time. One was pious ...
When the time comes
Saint Maximos the Confessor
12 February 2022
The conscience is our God and the unerring judge. Don’t dishonor your conscience when it gives you the best advice because it shows us the divine and angelic mind and frees us from secret stains of th...
“In Peace, let us pray to the Lord” – The Litany of Peace or Great Litany
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
11 February 2022
After the doxology: "Blessed is the Kingdom of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit", with which the Divine Liturgy begins, the Deacon (if there is no Priest) addresses the congregation wi...
They should be sure
Elder Gavriil Tsafos †
11 February 2022
When people come to us, they shouldn’t wonder whether we love them; they should be sure we do.
Elder Gavriil Tsafos...
From Disappointment to Hope
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
10 February 2022
It’s easy to say:
* The world’s going to pieces
* Other people are so difficult
* It’s impossible to change
Just as it’s easy for us to judge the behavior of others, so it’s easy to justify oursel...
They live in rapture
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
10 February 2022
Those who experience Christ become one with him, with his Church. They live in exultation. Their life is different from that of other people. It’s joy, light, elation, rapture. This is the life of...
Who experience the mystery of the Church?
Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne
9 February 2022
The Church of Christ on earth is preeminently a divine revelation. It wasn’t revealed as a divine sign the aim of which would have been to pass on a message of salvation, but was founded as a revelati...
They didn’t give up
Elder Moisis the Athonite †
9 February 2022
The saints are necessary in our life. This is why we should read their lives carefully and frequently. We should love the saints. Honor them. Imitate them. Ask for their help and intercessions. Be...
The Dismissal at the Divine Liturgy
Georgios Zaravelas, Theologian
8 February 2022
The culmination of the bloodless ritual is the dismissal, that is the exclamation on the part of the priest that denotes the completion of the Divine Liturgy and the encouragement of the faithful to l...
