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It leaves us Saint Isaac the Syrian 6 April 2021 Don’t ask other people to honor you. If you seek honor, it leaves you. If you avoid honor it follows you and becomes an advocate for your humility. Saint Isaac the Syrian...
Hypocrisy: the Shell of Death Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 6 April 2021 How beautifully our peoples in the Balkans decorate eggs, especially when they’re for Easter. For increasing the joy of Easter. To make guests happier. Sometimes these dyed eggs are real works of art....
The Holy Cross Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 5 April 2021 The Holy Cross holds a unique place, both in the Christian faith and in the worship of the Orthodox Church.  It is the symbol of love and sacrifice, as well as foreshadowing the Resurrection.  It has ...
He knows how much we gain Saint John Chrysostom 5 April 2021 Your body was in church, but your soul was outside. Your mouth was praying, but your mind was counting interest payments, agreements, transactions, fields, holdings, gatherings with friends.  All of...
Fight to the end Elder Amvrosios Lazaris 4 April 2021 We miserable wretches, monks and lay people, are in the last times, but the struggle is the struggle. We won’t give in even for a moment. Fight to the end. Then the Lord, who crowns us and establi...
For our sake Saint Gregory the Theologian 3 April 2021 Let us become like Christ, because he became like us. Let us become gods for his sake, because he became human for our sake. He took the worst in order to give us the best.  He became poor so that...
The Precious Cross as Herald of the Lord’s Resurrection Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 3 April 2021 What is the Precious Cross for Orthodox Christians? The Cross is the symbol of sacrifice, the ransom for the salvation of our soul, the guarantee of eternal life. However, apart from being a symbol o...
Whatever they are Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 2 April 2021 After the fall of the First-Created, sin and the passions of wickedness, whatever they may be, wage war against us and may prevail, depending on whether we’re aware of this war and fight back or w...
The Boundaries between Orthodoxy and Heresy – Saint Gregory Palamas (3) George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1 April 2021 ‘Communion of deification’ means a society of people that prepares and produces gods, gods by grace. This was, in any case, God’s pre-eternal plan for us, as is clear from the fact that we were made...
Spider’s web Saint Dimitri of Rostov 1 April 2021 In order to be humble, realize your weakness. Everything’s from God. Everything starts and ends with God. Without the help of God’s grace, your efforts are a spider’s web. And you, in comparison t...
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