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Love and Mourning in the Human Race
Sister Parakliti, Holy Skete of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Liti
24 July 2023
This year, we’d like to dedicate the great virtue, that of love, to the memory of Saint Mary Magdalene.
In volume two of the Philokalia, we find the ‘Four Hundred Texts on Love’ by Saint Maximos the ... 
‘Keep saying in your heart’
Saint John of Kronstadt
24 July 2023
‘Keep saying in your heart, “Christ is love”. In this way, you’ll love all other people, sacrificing what you hold most precious, even your life, for the sake of this love’ (Saint John from Kronstadt,...
We cease to live
Abbess Gavriïlia
24 July 2023
When God made us, he breathed into us. The breath of God is love. If we stop loving, we cease to live. And again, if we love one person and not another, that means that we don’t love anybody.
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They see the miracles and recognize the grace (7th Sunday of Matthew)
Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani †
23 July 2023
In the miracles related in today’s Gospel reading, we have all the features we see in almost all of the healings performed by Jesus. Two suffering people ask him for mercy, and Jesus requires faith; t...
They’re extremely tragic (7th Sunday of Matthew)
Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens
23 July 2023
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, we have two events. One is the healing of the two blind men and, thereafter, the cure of a man who was both dumb and, at the same time, possessed. Both instances are e...
What we should fear
Saint Clement of Alexandria
23 July 2023
We shouldn’t fear external sickness, but rather the sins that brought it about. And we should fear sickness of the soul, not that of the body.
Saint Clement of Alexandria...
Sermon on the Apostolic Reading for the 7th Sunday of Matthew (Romans 15: 1-7)
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
22 July 2023
One of the most serious issues affecting society on all levels is the complete breakdown of relationships between people. This can be seen even within the same family, where spouses are estranged beca...
That’ll remain
Abba Pimen
22 July 2023
If you really want to help, teach virtue through actions. Because if people attend only to words, they don’t go on to deeds; but if you show them the path of virtue through deeds, that will certai...
The Prophet Elijah: Old and New Testament Law
Fr. Gennadios Manolis, Theologian
21 July 2023
It’s beyond doubt that the law of God in the pre-Christian era demanded the implementation of all its provisions, without exception, and imposed harsh punishments on transgressors. The law of the Old ...
They’re all false
Saint Justin Popovich
21 July 2023
People who look at themselves seriously and with sincerity will see death as the last stage of this life; there won’t be any pleasure for them in this world. All pleasures are a lie, if death is t...
