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Recognizable features of a non-authentic Christian experience Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki 15 July 2021 An experience which isn’t genuine produces Christians who, instead of being saved within the Church, feel as though they should save the truth. Instead of discerning the face of Christ in our brother ...
Negligent and indifferent Saint John of Kronstadt 15 July 2021 How insignificant is the earth and life here compared with heaven and the eternal kingdom of Christ. And despite that, we cling so fast to worldly things; we’re negligent and indifferent to the sa...
Fear: Cause and Cure Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 14 July 2021 The Christian faith doesn’t doubt the existence of fear in people’s lives. It accepts it as a reality and interprets it. Fear is the product of our Fall into sin- that which opened the gates for every...
Saint Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain Georgios Martzelos 14 July 2021 Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite was one of the greatest figures on Mount Athos in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was born on Naxos in 1749, and his baptismal name was Nikolaos. He received h...
As fast as you can Elder Cleopa Ilie 14 July 2021 Like a good boxer, concentrate the eyes of your soul on your opponent and guard against his punches. Like a fast runner, go as fast as you can to get to the tape and claim the prize of virtue. Tha...
What to know about the struggle against thoughts Saint Paisios the Athonite 13 July 2021 We should put question marks against speculations - Elder, what helps to dismiss speculation? - Everything’s always the way you see it. Always put a question mark against every one of your thoughts,...
Prayer to Saint Sophrony Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 13 July 2021 We thank Thee, O Christ our God, for that Thou hast given the place of this Monastery to Thy servant, our holy Elder Sophrony, as a refuge, as a comfort, unto sanctification, as an indestructible link...
The main priority Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 13 July 2021 Cleansing the heart of the passions should be our main priority in life. In this struggle, we don’t try to conform to some external moral code, but rather we strive, with Christ at the center of o...
Saint Makarios the Egyptian – Homily XXV. No-one can overcome evil by their own efforts Saint Makarios the Egyptian 12 July 2021 There are those upon whom the divine law is written, not with ink and letters, but implanted in their hearts of flesh. These people have had the eyes of their mind enlightened and they reach after a h...
He’s with you Saint Isaiah the Anchorite 12 July 2021 If your heart has reached the stage of naturally hating sin, then it’s victorious, it’s far removed from the things which give rise to sin and has put a reminder of hell in your mind. And you shou...
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