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Feast of the Three Hierarchs: the obligations of parents and educators
Sophia Kafkopoulou
30 January 2022
Today, 30 January, we celebrate the three hierarchs. There are lots of hierarch saints whom we honour throughout the year in the Church, but this is a feast of three together, although they also each ...
It’s just a moment
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
30 January 2022
We should always bear whatever befalls us gladly. Our life is but a moment compared to eternity, which is why, as Saint Paul says: ‘Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory th...
The Three Hierarchs and Education
Metropolitan Nektarios of Hong Kong and South-East Asia
29 January 2022
In the 11th Century, at the time of Emperor Alexios Komninos, the common feast of the three great Fathers of the Church, Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, Saint Gregory the Theologi...
It arranges everything
Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
29 January 2022
The grace of God helps. I’ve always believed in the power of God which transforms everything and organizes it for the benefit of our soul. People who are without Christ see everything as difficult...
Beware of Habit
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
28 January 2022
‘Do not become accustomed to being defeated in the spiritual war, because habit becomes second nature’ (Saint Efraim the Syrian).
The great Saint Efraim the Syrian makes a profound psychological and ...
A secret fear
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
28 January 2022
Those who remember that their body and soul belong to God have a respect and a secret fear for them, which contributes to wanting to keep them pure and free of every stain, in uninterrupted commun...
A Holy Family
Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani †
27 January 2022
On 26 January, the Church celebrates and honors the sacred memory of the Blessed Xenofon and his family. Saint Xenofon, his wife Mary and their two sons, Arkadios and Ioannis, are a model of a holy fa...
Difficult target
Elder Haralambos Dionysiatis
27 January 2022
Through habit, unceasing vigilance, and continuous prayer, you become a difficult target for the evil one. If, together with those, you also cultivate love, mercy, faith, empathy, contrition, self...
The Case of Fools for Christ
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
26 January 2022
Among the multitude of the saints, that is the people who loved Christ ‘with all their heart’ and who expressed this love through denial of the self and acceptance of their cross, there are the so-cal...
Pay no attention
Saint John of Kronstadt
26 January 2022
Pay no attention to the slanders of the enemy against other people, to his hatred, his wickednesses and his selfish actions. Look upon everyone as images of God and behave towards them with simpli...





