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Marriage and Holiness Fr. Bassam Nassif, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, University of Balamand 4 June 2021 Is marriage a path to sanctity and holiness? Upon seeing an article with a title containing the word “holiness,” one would think that the article discusses monastery life, or a life devoted to the Lor...

Perfectionists Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 4 June 2021 ‘Not everyone can attain perfection, either because they lack the zeal or because they do not have the strength’ (Saint John of the Ladder) A common cause of depression and phobias is perfectionism. ...

Manner and place Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 4 June 2021 Hesychasm isn’t only for monastics and those who’ve renounced the world; it’s for every true Christian. Hesychasm is an inner state. It’s ‘dwelling constantly in God and in purity of mind’. Hesych...

Then they suffer Saint Silouan the Athonite 3 June 2021 People fall into delusion either though inexperience or pride. If it’s out of inexperience, then the Lord quickly heals those who’ve gone astray. But if it’s out of pride, their soul will suffer f...

All that remains is prayer and love (On Saint Silouan the Athonite) Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 2 June 2021 When you go to the Holy Mountain and see the humble monks, you might think that they live a lazy life, without purpose. It may seem like this if you see things from the outside, because not many peopl...

Only for yourself Saint Dimitri of Rostov 2 June 2021 Don’t look at the sins of other people, just watch out for your own wickedness. Because you won’t have to answer for other people, only for yourself. There’s no need to pay attention to other peop...

The fear of God is veneration and love for God Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 1 June 2021 The Church isn’t against the human body. This is why the fathers were so careful not to damage their body in the course of their ascetic struggles. They tried to subject it to the Holy Spirit and to G...

It’s a relationship of love Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 1 June 2021 We have to learn that our relationship with God isn’t one of sinlessness. In other words, it’s not that, from the outset we’re going to be sinless beings and perfect moral personalities, so that, ...

The sanctification of the human body Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 31 May 2021 A human being is a temple of the living God. This is an apostolic teaching of our Church which means that, just as the grace of God, the grace of the Holy Spirit, dwells in a temple, by the same token...

The Spirit of Truth Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th. 31 May 2021 A characteristic feature of the excerpts from the Gospel of Saint John which are read in Church during the time between Easter and Pentecost is that they present certain essential characteristics of J...

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