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That’s what matters Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 30 October 2021 Within the Church we become one with every unhappy, suffering and sinful person. Nobody should want to be saved alone, without the others also being saved. It’s wrong to pray for yourself, for you...
In the Divine Liturgy the believer is united with Christ Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 29 October 2021 The establishment of the Great Mystery of the Divine Eucharist is the fruit of the complete and perfect love of our Lord Jesus Christ towards His Apostles (who would continue His work), and all those ...
You’d never guess Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 29 October 2021 False humility and sanctimonious speech aren’t always signs of  humility. People can be humble and you’d never guess. What indicates a humble person? According to the Fathers, their first attribut...
“Molon Lave” and “Oxi” Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 28 October 2021 Upon hearing the Greek axioms “Molon Lave” (“Come and take them”) and “Oxi” (“No”), every proud Greek is awestruck. He is filled with pride. He admires. He praises his predecessors. He kneels and show...
We have to have it Saint Paisios the Athonite 28 October 2021 This is why we have to have love and affection with great discretion, so that we can bring up our spiritual children with a double dose of health. When they’re little, we don’t want them to be har...
Optician Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher 27 October 2021 Satan’s an optician. He makes us wear his own kind of glasses, so we see the failings of others magnified and our own errors minimized. Dimitrios Panagopoulos...
Saint Dimitrios The Myrrh-Yielder – 2 James W. Lillie 27 October 2021 Saint Demetrius, byzantine mosaic from his church in Thessaloniki, 8th Century Another point of interest is that the church of Saint Dimitrios, for 60 years (1430-1490) remained as part of the local...
Humility and its…Frills Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 26 October 2021 ‘Humility is an anonymous grace of the soul, which can be named only by those who know it from experience. It’s inexpressible riches, it’s an appellation of God, a gift of God’ (Saint John the Sinaite...
Saint Dimitrios The Myrrh-Yielder – 1 James W. Lillie 26 October 2021 Saint Dimitrios is the protector and patron saint of Thessaloniki, a saint from whose relics myrrh flows and also a Great Martyr. There are actually conflicting accounts in the sources, but the overw...
Feast of Great Martyr Demetrios, The Myrrh-Streamer 26 October 2021 Saint Demetrios suffered in Thessalonica during the reign of Galerius Maximian (c. 306). He belonged to one of the most distinguished families of the province of Macedonia and was widely admired not o...
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