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No other way Saint Iakovos Tsalikis 1 September 2021 The Lord said we’ll enter into life through many sorrows. There’s no other way than tribulations and sorrows. This was the path trodden by the holy Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Saints and the Righ...
Message from the Ecumenical Patriarch on the day of prayer for the Protection of the Natural Environment (1 September 2021) Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1 September 2021 † B A R T H O L O M E W By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the Plenitude of the Church Grace, Peace and Mercy from the Maker of All Creation Our Lord...
Acceptance of God’s Will Elder Moisis the Athonite † 1 September 2021 Let’s not fear any delay in a miracle we’ve asked for. It may be better thus. It’s certain that God knows our state much better than we do. God is on our side and the miracles are for us, but his pres...
Saint John the Damascan: the hymnographer of popular theology Mihalis Athanasiou 1 September 2021 Saint John the Damascan lived between the 7th and 8th centuries and was one of the most well-read and ascetic Fathers of our Church. Verifiable information on the life of this Syrian monk from Damascu...
The White and the Black Veils Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 1 September 2021 There are times when, inexplicably, we feel euphoric, as if our hearts are full. Everything seems wonderful, what’s difficult is easy, problems are overcome. There may be specific reasons that encoura...
He’s cunning Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 31 August 2021 The enemy’s sly and attempts either to abandon us to sin and unrepentance or craftily to bring us into despair through the thoughts we have when we do repent. Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos...
The Soprano and the Miracle of the Holy Belt 31 August 2021 Gina Poulou, who is a soprano with the Greek National Opera, has had the most astonishing experience. When the Holy Belt, the relic of the Mother of God, was in Nea Ionia, Athens, in 2017, she reveren...
Reading the Gospel (2) Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 31 August 2021 Through the prophets and the apostles, the Holy Spirit wrote the word of God and interpreted it through the holy fathers*. Both the ability to record the word of God, as well as the capacity to interp...
Saint John the Carpathian: justly falling into sin Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 30 August 2021 ‘Should it happen that a host of coarse thoughts rises up against you and you give way and are defeated, you should be aware that you’ve separated yourself temporarily from divine grace. This is why y...
‘On the beach I experienced one of the most moving confessions… perhaps the best’ Protopresbyter Georgios Christodoulou 30 August 2021 On the beach I experienced one of the most moving confessions… perhaps the best. Three days before we celebrated the summer Easter, the Dormition of our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God, I met with a...
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