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11th Sunday of Matthew. The Parable of the 10,000 Talents
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
6 September 2021
‘I forgave you all the debt, because you pleaded with me’.
Today’s Gospel reading is known as the parable of the 10,000 talents and in it we see both the kindness and mercy of God and also the harshn... 
Staunch ally
6 September 2021
Through fasting, we overcome and bind one of the giants of perversion- gluttony- a staunch ally of nature and the devil. The latter takes most of his victims prisoner through it. Our Lord demonstr...
The bridge
Saint Theodoros of Edessa
5 September 2021
Death is the bridge that will lead us to Christ. As soon as we close our eyes, we’ll open them in eternity. We’ll present ourselves before Christ. In the next life we’ll experience the grace of Go...
They just demand
Elder Germanos Stavrovouniotis
4 September 2021
Real love is shot through with the spirit of humility, sacrifice and giving. Those who love in accordance with God’s will sacrifice their desires and their leisure for the sake of those they love....
‘Why are they dying on me?’
Protopresbyter Antonios Christou
3 September 2021
Dear readers, once more, in one more article, I’d like to share with you a real-life incident which happened in the parish where I serve and which has to do with something that’s troubling us in gener...
Something different
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
3 September 2021
There’s no way we can achieve our salvation unless we transfigure our mind, unless we transfigure it into something different from what it was. Our mind is deified by a unique action of God’s grac...
Profound confusion
Elder Christodoulos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousi
2 September 2021
Today’s spiritual crisis is manifested in the way that we’ve really become indifferent, inhospitable, impatient and materialistic. We’re accompanied by deep turmoil and the loss of identity; the l...
The Alms-giving Harlot
2 September 2021
(edited by Stelios Koukos)
Abba Timotheos the elder said to Abba Pimin, ‘There’s a woman in Egypt who’s a harlot and she gives away the money she earns as alms’.
The elder observed, ‘She won’t stay ...
The Faithful Spouse (a True Story)
Saint Paisios the Athonite
2 September 2021
‘Elder, there’s a woman whose husband’s left her. He’s taken the child and he’s involved with two other women. She asked me what she should do’.
‘Tell her, as far as she can, to be patient, to pray a...
The Pure Virgin of Trigi
Sister Parakliti, Holy Skete of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Liti
1 September 2021
This year, God again permitted us to celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God at her dependency of Our Lady of Trigi (Vintage). This is on the island of Limnos and belongs to the Holy Monastery of...
