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If it were a mockery Saint John the Damascan 21 December 2021 What God wants is for us to do good to others, both in this life and the next. If he didn’t see this as the right thing, he wouldn’t have given us the right to remember the dead in the divine litu...
Prayer in Church Saint John Chrysostom 20 December 2021 Saint John says: ‘Don’t make such a mistake, my good friend. Because if you do, you’re harming yourself. We know that everyone has the right to make their prayer at home. That’s true. But nobody ever...
The Advent of God on Earth and in our Lives Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis 20 December 2021 The feast of Christmas, which is approaching, invites us to experience the mystery of God’s coming to earth. This advent is a fundamental starting-point  which deepens the meaning of our life and exis...
Don’t be sad and bitter, Christ is here Saint Nikodimos the Athonite 20 December 2021 You should know that you’ll often feel troubled and won’t experience that holy peace, sweet solitude and beloved freedom within you. And sometimes, the movement of your heart may raise dust that hinde...
It’s different Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 20 December 2021 In humanism, the aim of education is to humanize people. But the aim of a Christian training is different. The ‘archetype’ at which our educational progress aims is Christ, as God and human, and t...
The heart suffers Saint John of Kronstadt 19 December 2021 When people are ill, they face bodily weaknesses or they’re tried in a variety of ways. In the beginning, they can’t feel their heart burning with love for God. In sickness and trials, the heart s...
Our Home in Heaven (Heb. 11, 9-10, 32-40) Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos 19 December 2021 The Sunday before Christmas is full of names. Both in the Epistle, but particularly in the Gospel reading, there are long lists presented of people who preceded the Lord Jesus, and who, despite the va...
The difference between religion and the Christian faith Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 18 December 2021 Our religion is love, fervent love, enthusiasm, madness, divine longing. All of that’s within us. The acquisition of this is something demanded by the soul. For many people, though, religion’s a stru...
Don’t concern yourself Elder Cleopa Ilie 18 December 2021 Stop concerning yourself with the sins of others.  Examine yourself and see if you’re living the way God wants you to. Because, in the Lord’s own words, many people ‘see the mote in the eye of the...
Above all Saint Ephraim the Syrian 17 December 2021 If we want to please God and, through faith, become his heirs, and be called his children, begotten by the Holy Spirit, we have to acquire, above all else forbearance and patience. We have to bear...
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