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Let’s not disparage them Hieromonk Chrysostomos Stavronikitianos 7 October 2021 ‘A big hare hides in a small bush’. Let’s not belittle anyone. People you don’t esteem, who live unremarkable lives, have Christ within them. But when it comes to great names, then you’re let down...
We should do everything Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 6 October 2021 The important thing is to enter the Church. To unite with other people, with the joys and sorrows of all. We should feel close to them, should pray for everyone, be concerned over their salvation,...
They die of starvation Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher 5 October 2021 People who go to church and don’t take communion (unless they have a penance from their confessor) are like people entering Noah’s ark to escape the flood and then dying of starvation. Because hol...
Passing the Apostolic Torch (2 Cor. 4, 6-15) Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 4 October 2021 The most prominent ‘torchbearer’ in the Church, Saint Paul the Apostle, lit his torch from the uncreated light of Christ, though he lost his bodily sight: ‘he who is to illumine the world is darkened’...
Flee Saint Gregory the Theologian 4 October 2021 Don’t castigate yourself for being in the depths of wickedness. It’s an opportunity for fortitude, a time of long-suffering, a time to heal, a time to put things right. You’ve slipped; get up. You...
Able to taste Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 3 October 2021 All God’s promises are an inexpressible gift from him to us. But only those people who work in tandem with God, who identify their will with that of God, who transcend all pettiness, selfishness a...
It harms everyone Saint Joseph the Hesychast 2 October 2021 Negligence is like a drought that doesn’t let anything grow. Vainglory affects those who’ve borne some fruit, who’ve made some progress, but negligence harms everybody. It hinders those who want t...
Saint Romanos the Melodious – The Nightingale of the Church 1 October 2021 Back in the old days, he was a child raised in the Church, the right hand of the priests. He attended to all the jobs that were to be done and was always the first to get to the services. He knew the ...
The animal kingdom in the kingdom of heaven; can there be real co-existence between humans and animals? (2) Anastasios Aslanidis 1 October 2021 We also encounter the presence of animals later, in ascetic literature. After the time of the persecutions, the figure of the ascetic began to appear. Ascetics were Christian hermits who chose a lif...
Like a pair of scales Saint John the Damascan 1 October 2021 People enlightened by God say that when people take their last breath, their actions are tried in a pair of scales. If the right arm is weighted more heavily than the left, it’s clear that the dyi...
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