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‘Christ is born, glorify…’- slow mode setting by Matthaios Vatopaidinos 21 November 2021 Apart from its profound theological significance, the great feast of the Entry of the Mother of God has also been a source of inspiration and poetry for Holy Tradition. This is why it has been embel...
The Feast of the Entry of the Mother of God, an Example of Effective Communication Dr. Dimitrios Hoilous 21 November 2021 The feasts of the Mother of God are a matter of joy for the whole Church. Our Lady, who is honoured at these, is the person who glorified the whole of the human race when she answered God’s invitation...
You’ll certainly find some Elder Cleopa Ilie 21 November 2021 Examine yourself continuously, in case you’ve sinned in thought, or your tongue has run away with you, or your deeds don’t conform to the will of God. And if this examination reveals that you have...
The Feast of the Entry of the Mother of God: the Prelude to our Reformation Georgios Zaravelas, Theologian 20 November 2021 ‘The Lord has glorified your name throughout all generations. Through you, the Lord will reveal his redemption to Israel in the last days’ (Protevangelium of James, 7, 2). The feast of the Entry of t...
They’re the worst Saint Thalassios the Libyan 20 November 2021 There are three things that bring you bad thoughts: sentiments, memory and the constitution of your body. The worst of these are those that come from remembrance. Saint Thalassios the Libyan...
Self-absorption as a source of psychological problems Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia 19 November 2021 The Orthodox Patristic tradition and modern pastoral psychology consider self-absorption to be a source of many psychological and spiritual problems. Elder Sophrony, at Essex, called the internal and ...
Judge not, that you be not judged Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea 19 November 2021 ‘Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, b...
They destroy their freedom Saint Sophrony of Essex 19 November 2021 People who oppress others, or even have designs on their freedom, inevitably destroy their own freedom, as well. Because every such ambition is, in itself, a fall from the divine life of love to w...
The necessity of the faithful to prepare for participation in the divine liturgy Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 18 November 2021 In our series of Sermons on the Mystery of the Holy Eucharist, we have tried in simple terms to explain the Lord’s words and actions at the Last Supper, when He delivered this Great Mystery to the Dis...
Are the Israelites the People of God? Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis 18 November 2021 There’s no easy or definitive answer to this question, nor any anxiety over it if you trust in God’s plan. It is, however, a matter on which theologians have set out their opinions, though we’re not i...
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