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Does God Punish? Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 10 January 2022 The notion that God punishes those who sin, recalling a strict father who punishes his naughty children seems to be one which is difficult to banish from people’s hearts. Besides, the Church does, ind...

My world’s different Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 10 January 2022 ‘My world’s different for me than in the eyes of the world’ (Greek song) What meaning does a feast of the faith have these days? Most people see anything to do with the Church from a cultural perspec...

Time – Our Great Opportunity Archimandrite Peter, Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex UK 10 January 2022 Time is something tragic in the life of man because every new year measures how near his life is to its end. Is finally time a friend or an enemy, a blessing or a curse? The way in which we measure ti...

Word for Theophany 2022 Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 10 January 2022 Through His coming, the Lord filled the whole world with His divine grace and spread His creative energy on all the earth. He descended into Jordan, not in order to sanctify Himself, but to sanctify t...

But it’s impossible Saint Maximos the Confessor 10 January 2022 Love is a good disposition of the soul which makes us prefer knowing God over all else. But it’s impossible to acquire this love on a stable basis if we have a passionate attachment to some earth...

Don’t even say it Abbess Gavriïlia 9 January 2022 If something’s not beautiful, don’t think about it any more and don’t speak about it. Abbess Gavriilia Papayanni...

Sunday after Epiphany Hieromonk Georgios M. Thanasou 9 January 2022 Epistle Reading Eph. 4, 7-13: “The Humility of Christ” Today is the first Sunday after the great feast of Theophany. As with all the feasts of the Lord, the Church acclaims the event of God’s Epiphan...

Sunday after Epiphany: ‘As many as have been baptized in Christ have put on Christ’ Protopresbyter Nikolaos Patsalos 8 January 2022 With the Lord’s feast of Holy Epiphany-Theophany, another beautiful and incomparable liturgical cycle of the year has been completed. The conclusion of the holy twelve days is sealed with the ‘Lights ...

Swift reconciliation Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 8 January 2022 Sanctification doesn’t dwell in a heart that’s turbulent and angered. When anger abides in the soul, it creates hostility and hatred towards our neighbor. This is why swift reconciliation with oth...

The Icon of the Feast of Holy Theophany 7 January 2022 The feast of the Holy Theophany is one of the greatest in Christianity. It celebrates the event of the Lord’s Baptism in the streams of the Jordan and, at the same time, it manifests the Triune God t...

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