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12th Sunday of Luke (The Ten Lepers) Monk Agapios 16 January 2022 From the Kyriakodromion of Monk Agapios These ten lepers, in the most succinct manner, provide an image of the whole of human nature, which was entirely leprous and rendered useless by sin. It had b...
To test us Saint Joseph the Hesychast 16 January 2022 If we bear all our sorrows, we find grace from the Lord. This is why the Lord allows us to be tested: so that we may be tried and he can weave crowns for us. Saint Iosif the Hesychast...
Not yet Saint Thalassios the Libyan 15 January 2022 Freedom from the passions is forgiveness of sins. Those who have not been freed of the passions by grace, haven’t yet found forgiveness. Saint Thalassios the Libyan...
Bad habits and their cure Saint Nikodimos the Athonite 14 January 2022 A. Examine the bad habits and proclivities you’ve accumulated over the course of your life. If they’re long-standing, they’ll need more effort if you’re to defeat them; less if they’re more recent. Ju...
There’s a wall Hieromonk Chrysostomos Stavronikitianos 14 January 2022 Between us and God there’s a wall. This wall is called ‘Me’. This is what doesn’t let God enter. God’s repelled. Get down on your knees, pray, keep a vigil and then see if God doesn’t listen! H...
He has no need Saint Theodoros of Edessa 13 January 2022 When we observe Christ’s commandments, we don’t offer him anything, because he needs nothing since he himself confers all good things. What we do is to benefit ourselves by bringing upon us eterna...
What is ‘remembrance of death’ and what does it mean for us? Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † 12 January 2022 Remembrance of death (memento mori) helps us to overcome our former self because it brings humility into our soul. When we forget death, we suffer from the illusion that we’re going to be on earth for...
It should require effort and sacrifice Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 12 January 2022 Of course, good works are not of value when ‘they fall as crumbs from our table’. You don’t give alms from the surplus you have, but from something which will cost you a little. Alms-giving also m...
Saint Theodosios the Coenobiarch Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani † 11 January 2022 From its earliest years, the Church has honored martyrs in blood and martyrs in conscience. ‘Martyrs in conscience’ were saintly monastics and ascetics who lived in the wilderness. There’s a differenc...
Unless you reject it Saint Isaac the Syrian 11 January 2022 If you have worldly knowledge, you can’t perfectly acquire spiritual knowledge and really feel it unless you reject the worldly knowledge. Saint Isaac the Syrian...
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