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It’s as if you did it Saint Mark the Ascetic 12 April 2021 In the eyes of God, Who knows our heart, if you try to do something and can’t, it’s as if you actually did do it. That’s true of both good and evil. Saint Mark the Ascetic...

Repentance according to Saint Gregory Palamas – Part IΙ Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 12 April 2021 According to Saint Gregory, mourning is the most natural and spontaneous expression of the soul wounded by sin and coming to repentance. The saint uses a wonderful simile to prove that it is people’...

We’re talking about debasement Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 11 April 2021 In a marriage, if the wife regards her role towards her husband as servitude, she’ll want to be liberated and show herself superior to him. If the husband considers the wife’s love for him to be a wea...

Repentance according to Saint Gregory Palamas – Part I Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 10 April 2021 As we all know, Saint Gregory Palamas is a great luminary of the Orthodox Church, who with the whole of his theology- the fruit of his life in Christ- managed, in his day, to revive Orthodox theology ...

Within it Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 10 April 2021 Wherever God is there’s no evil. Everything that flows from God has peace within it and leads us to self-criticism and humility. Saint Seraphim of Sarov...

Freedom as a dread gift from God Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 9 April 2021 We’ve learned about a God who determines people’s fate, who decides what will happen to us without consulting us first, who’s revealed as the ruler over the whole world. In the face of such a God, who...

Get rid of it Elder Germanos Stavrovouniotis 9 April 2021 Sorrow that brings joy is from God. Sorrow that begets melancholy and despair is from the devil. When the devil brings this sorrow of despair, make sure you sing hymns and pray, so that you get ri...

Like scales Elder Cleopa Ilie 8 April 2021 The body and soul are like a pair of scales: if you load one of the plates, the other one necessarily becomes lighter. So, if the body’s having a good time, the soul becomes inert and listless. On...

The Fullness in Lent Fr. Stephen Freeman 8 April 2021 This article keeps coming to mind as I celebrate the Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts on these Lenten Wednesdays and Fridays. There is nothing to compare to them in the Christian liturgical world. ...

We torture ourselves Saint Silouan the Athonite 7 April 2021 It’s impossible to love and know the Lord if we don’t live in accordance with his commandments. We’re not able to observe God’s commandments on our own. This is why Jesus said: ‘Ask and it will be...

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