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It makes us God’s children Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 7 August 2021 The nub of the matter rests in faith. This is what brings us close to God and makes us his children. This is what introduces us to God. On the last day of this fleeting life and at the dawn of the...

Christ’s Transfiguration and our Own Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis 6 August 2021 Yesterday and today we have a great feast of the Lord, the Transfiguration of Christ the Saviour. We shall say a few words about the feast, based on what the Gospel tells us. Not long before His cruci...

It becomes like a wild beast Saint Maximos the Confessor 6 August 2021 When the mind is united to God and remains with him in prayer and love, it becomes wise, good, strong, caring, merciful and slow to anger. In a word, it has all the divine attributes. But when it ...

Discourse on Love Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † 5 August 2021 Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ handed down to us the perfect teaching on salvation. And he himself was the first to implement what he taught. It is he who ‘practices and teaches’ (Matth. 5, 19). He ...

Moses and the Vision of God George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 5 August 2021 The vision of God is presented in the Holy Scriptures in two different forms which appear to be mutually exclusive. Some passages characterize the vision of God as an impossibility. In the book of Exo...

Examine yourself Elder Cleopa Ilie 5 August 2021 Examine yourself continually in case you’ve sinned in thought, in case your tongue has erred by being hasty over something, in case your deeds aren’t in accordance with the will of God. And if thi...

Who is the devil and how does he act? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 August 2021 Holy Scripture tells us that the devil is ‘fallen Lucifer’. This is why the Lord says: ‘I saw Satan falling like lightning from heaven’ (Luke 10, 18). He’s the leader, the general of the order of ang...

Don’t worry Saint Makarios of Optina 4 August 2021 You’re suffering from sadness? It doesn’t matter. A heart that’s full of gratitude, humility and wisdom- a heart that’s been filled with gratitude, humility and wisdom by its struggles and labors-...

Love without a Compass Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 3 August 2021 Are the recent crimes simply a matter of violence and oppression against women, or do they have to do with the fact that love* has lost its bearings? We live in a time when love is treated as enjoym...

Monk Nektarios Prodromitis (1808-1903) Elder Moisis the Athonite † 3 August 2021 He was born in the town of Husi in Romania in 1808, of God-fearing parents. Even as a child he was a wonderful chanter, with his profound knowledge and really sweet voice. As a young man, influenced b...

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