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Even dark Elder Germanos Stavrovouniotis 30 September 2021 Our love for our neighbor shouldn’t end with our words, but should expand into deeds. Real love illumines with supernatural light the face of those who love. Those face of those who hate is scowli...
The animal kingdom in the kingdom of heaven; can there be real co-existence between humans and animals? (1) Anastasios Aslanidis 29 September 2021 In Saint Mark’s Gospel, in the course of the narrative of Christ’s sojourn in the wilderness, we see the Lord living with wild animals and interacting with Satan and the angels (Mk. 1, 13). So, for th...
Saint Kyriakos the Anachorite 29 September 2021 Today the Church honours and celebrates the sacred memory of Blessed Kyriakos the Anchorite, who was born in Corinth in 408. His father was called Ioannis and was a priest, while his mother was Evdoxi...
It wouldn’t be enough Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 29 September 2021 Even if we were to fill an ocean with our tears of repentance, it wouldn’t be enough to thank God for the gift of his body and blood which wash away the filth of our soul, purify us, give us new l...
How did it happen? Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria 28 September 2021 In our prayers, we should say: ‘Lord Jesus Christ, heal your servants who are in hospital, help those in prison, help such and such a sinner’. And someone in prison will see the light, some sinner...
The art of accepting Saint Makarios of Optina 27 September 2021 When we find ourselves in the tempest of sorrows, what we should ask for isn’t for our senses to be dulled, nor for some method of making us immune to feeling, but the art of accepting and patient...
Tears and … tears Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 27 September 2021 ‘My beloved, God has no need of tears nor does he want people to mourn from the pain in their hearts. Rather, he wants us to rejoice and be glad out of love for him’ (Saint John of the Ladder, Discour...
The Theologian of Love Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 27 September 2021 a) Theology, as discourse concerning some god, can be found in a variety of religions, even primitive ones. In ancient Greek thought, a theology developed which was founded on human discourse. But Chr...
Like Christ Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 26 September 2021 There are qualitative degrees in the way in which we share Christ’s peace. In the end, we can reach the point where we, too, can become peacemakers, as was Christ. In this way we confirm Christ’s ...
Neither a lot nor a little Saint John Chrysostom 25 September 2021 Many people take communion once a year; others twice; others more. Which of them should we applaud? Those who partake once a year, many times or a few? Neither those who take communion once nor th...
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