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Can I manage on my own? Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 17 December 2021 ‘We need help, we need people who, after God, will supervise us’ (Abbas Dorotheos) Our culture provides us with those things which create the illusion that we’re self-governing. That we don’t need an...
The Antidote to the Temptation of Novelty Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 16 December 2021 Man has always had the temptation of novelty, for he is by nature a dynamic being. There is an inherent aspiration in the human soul that always seeks for something new. The spirit of man cannot remai...
Our prayer for others Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 16 December 2021 When we hear about prayer, our thoughts usually turn to two things: what should I ask for, and what should I request for myself and the people I love. It appears that selfishness touches all aspects o...
Spiritual Justice in the Teaching of Saint Iosif the Hesychast Konstantinos Kinas, Theologian 16 December 2021 Nowadays, human rights are safeguarded and protected all over the world. This undoubtedly constitutes progress and is an achievement for our civilization. Christian theology has played an important ro...
Discernment Saint Makarios of Optina 16 December 2021 Allow me not to return to the past, but to dwell rather on what may prove useful and beneficial in the future.According to the teachings of the holy Fathers, every impression, every image, every thoug...
We should say the prayer Abbess Theosemni, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete 16 December 2021 The prayer eases the soul, makes it love everyone. Everybody seems good to the soul and nothing bothers it. Abbess Theosemni, Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete...
Become a sharer Saint John of Kronstadt 15 December 2021 If you believe that God is trustworthy and powerful, then hope only on him and you’ll become a sharer in his good things. Saint John Kronstadtskij...
Unpleasant, but beneficial Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 15 December 2021 Calumny is a great evil. It’s very wicked when other people attack and smear you. It happens. Suddenly. Out of the blue. Sometimes it’s God’s just verdict on us; sometimes it isn’t. In the first inst...
Seeing the gap Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 14 December 2021 Since we’re Christians and want to imitate the life of Christ and to be truly united with him, we should look at how he lived, what he was like and how we are. When we see the gap that separates u...
Patience Sanctifies Nikolaos Voineskos 14 December 2021 Some years ago, a lady sent a letter to the late elder Efraim Katounakiotis, in which she told him that she had the weight of the world on her shoulders and a great cross which she was unable to bear...
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