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The Pain that Leads to Joy
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
15 October 2021
The ‘forgive me’ which comes from a heart in pain over a mistake breaks down the hard wall of remoteness, of animosity, and unites that which was divided. This is why it’s neither easy nor painless. B...
The conscience we’ve forgotten
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos
15 October 2021
‘When our conscience tells us to do something and we ignore it, and when it then tells us to do something else and we don’t do it, we steadily and relentlessly stamp upon it; we bury it and it can’t s...
They won’t overstep the mark
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
15 October 2021
Those who are measured in their language, are also measured in their deeds. Those who examine the words they’re about to say, also examine the actions they’re about to perform. In this way, they n...
Like images of God
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
14 October 2021
The more you love God, the more love you have for other people. You love them as icons of God, with respect, tact and holiness.
Saint Amfilohios Makris...
3rd e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Faithful with the Blessings of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
13 October 2021
3rd e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Faithful with the Blessings of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Subject: "The spiritual relation of Elder Joseph of Vato...
How can people be cured of being accusatory?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
13 October 2021
Every human character is considered to be ailing if divine grace is absent from it, because this grace perfects and maintains everything, since ‘it cures sicknesses and supplies what is missing’. The ...
He raises them all
Saint Thalassios the Libyan
13 October 2021
The salvation of the whole of creation is the exquisite providence of the Creator. In his compassion, the Lord supports all those who are in danger of falling and raises all those who have, in fac...
They’re more social
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
12 October 2021
We might say that real monastics are more social than those who live in society, because they communicate directly with the most social Being, God, the Creator of society.
Elder Efraim Vatopaid...
Don’t take pleasure in profit
Saint John of Kronstadt
11 October 2021
Surrender willingly and completely to the providence and will of God. Don’t be sad if you lose some material thing or any visible object in general. Don’t rejoice in profit. Your sole joy should b...
Good and kind
Saint Basil the Great
10 October 2021
Be good to your friends, kind to your dependents, tolerant to the rude and generous to the despised.
Saint Basil the Great...