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Reading the Gospel Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 30 August 2021 When you read the Gospel, don’t expect pleasure, stimulation or wonderful thoughts. Seek to see the infallible, holy truth. Don’t be content with fruitless study of the Gospel. Read it in a practical...
It won’t be forgotten Saint John the Damascan 30 August 2021 It may be that people have acquired a small leaven of virtue and, despite wishing to, haven’t managed to make it into bread, either because of sloth, indifference or procrastination. The day then ...
The Modernization of Magic Archimandrite Gregorios Κonstantinou 29 August 2021 Magician, witch or priest of the religion of Zoroastrianism for the people of Media: in classical antiquity this role referred to the priestly art of divination of Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism), who's pra...
He exists and he doesn’t Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 29 August 2021 God doesn’t exist logically. A saint, Symeon the New Theologian, said so. He said God doesn’t exist in any modus essendi, any mode of being, that we can grasp. He’s a ‘non-existent being’, God. He...
The Beheading of John the Baptist (Mark 6, 4-29) Archimandrite Ioïl Yiannakopoulos 28 August 2021 The Coexistence of Wickedness and Virtue Good and evil are comingled in such a way that they’re colored by each other, so that the wickedness of evil can show, as can the benevolence of good. In this...
The Prophetic Life of the Mother of God – the Pattern of Monastic Life Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 28 August 2021 Monasticism is an imitation of the life of the Mother of God, which was from the beginning to the end an imitation of the way of Her Son and God. In essence, the handmaiden of God Mariam had prophetic...
‘God’s Husbandry’ (1 Cor. 3:9-17) Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 28 August 2021 Expressed with great inspiration in a poetical form, today’s apostle reading is rich in meaning. The first Christians lived with the greatest fulness of fervour and grace in comparison with the later ...
The whole host Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 28 August 2021 Seek love. Ask God every day for love. Together with love come all the other benefits and virtues. Love, so that you’ll be loved by others. Give your whole heart to God, so that you’ll dwell in lo...
Why did God give the command to the forefathers? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 27 August 2021 God did not give the command to the forefathers to abolish the freedom from their personality. As we have already said, the universe as “being caused” cannot exist by itself. Therefore, not only does ...
We should change course Abbess Theosemni, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete 27 August 2021 We shouldn’t be bothered with sins, nor should we think about them. We should confess them and then change course and deal with beautiful things instead. Abbess Theosemni, Monastery of Chrysopi...
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