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Philosophical and mild Saint John Chrysostom 26 August 2021 Nothing makes a soul so philosophical, conciliatory and mild as continuous recollection of its sins. Saint John Chrysostom...
They strive ceaselessly Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 25 August 2021 However difficult a bodily struggle might appear, a spiritual one is far more so. Because, as Saint Paul says, you’re not dealing with ‘flesh and blood’, in other words with something visible, but...
They stay calm Saint Isaiah the Anchorite 24 August 2021 Stand firm: watch yourself, watch your feelings. If you keep the memory of God peacefully in your heart, then you see the robber demons that want to take it from you stealthily, on the sly. Becaus...
They’re our friends Elder Christodoulos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousi 23 August 2021 The saints are our friends and the friends of God, the people we always flee to. On the one hand to receive comfort and strength; on the other to have as models tested by God for our everyday life...
The Paradoxicality of the Logic of the Christian Faith Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 22 August 2021 The logicality of the Christian faith is often so paradoxical and strange, especially for Orthodox Christians today, that we need to delve into the texts of the Fathers in order to have a feel for it ...
Walking upon the Water, Matthew 14:22-34 Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 22 August 2021 After the multiplication of the five loaves and the two fishes in the desert and the feeding of the multitude, the Gospel states that Jesus ‘constrained’ His disciples to board the ship and go to the ...
Trust in the Head of the Faith (Matth. 14, 22) Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th. 22 August 2021 At its historical core, the narrative has the experience of the danger Jesus’ disciples once felt on a stormy sea and the way in which the presence of their teacher saved them. The event took place im...
Greatly-desired presence Saint Seraphim Romanchov of the Monastery of Glinsk 22 August 2021 Living as we do among pressing and sometimes frightening temptations, it’s good to keep the Lord before us at all times and, through his presence, to pray continuously and retain this greatly-desi...
To your last breath Saint John of Kronstadt 21 August 2021 All the sins and passions are ready to invade the soul. Fight against them vigilantly and with courage to your last breath. See your sins and passions as dreams of your fantasy, as illusions from ...
With the eternal enemy Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 20 August 2021 We’re engaged in an on-going spiritual struggle, because we’re continuously being attacked by an enemy who ‘prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour’. Elder Efraim Vatopa...
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