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Prophet Elijah: Alone against all!
Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani †
20 July 2022
In the ranks of the Old Testament prophets, a special position is occupied by the Prophet Elijah, whose sacred memory the Church honours and celebrates today. In the New Testament, the name of the Pro...
The Gift of Pentecost and the Reproving of the Holy Spirit
Archimandrite Peter, Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex UK
10 June 2022
The Lord Jesus said that the Holy Spirit reproves the world ‘of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment’, and this is not a reproving unto perdition, but unto life. If the Spirit of God is ‘in all ...
Sunday of the Blind Man
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
29 May 2022
Today’s Gospel reading describes the healing of a man born blind, and speaks about the Light of life, the Heavenly Light, Christ. God’s revelation occurs in stages as in last week’s Gospel. Both the b...
The Antidote to the Temptation of Novelty
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
16 December 2021
Man has always had the temptation of novelty, for he is by nature a dynamic being. There is an inherent aspiration in the human soul that always seeks for something new. The spirit of man cannot remai...
On Conscience (Rom. 2:10-18)
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
6 July 2021
Today’s apostolic reading (2nd Sunday of Matthew) speaks about the theme of judgment and conscience.
Our God is a God that ‘trieth the hearts and reins’. The day of Judgment will come as a surprise b...
1st Digital Meeting with Archimandrite Zacharias
24 June 2021
We would like to inform you that The Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex and Pemptousia are organizing their
"1st Digital Meeting with Archimandrite Zacharias"
Thursday 24 June 2021 at 1...
The Promise of the Father – From Ascension to Pentecost
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
14 June 2021
Ascension
For forty days after the Resurrection, the Lord Jesus was ‘being seen of His disciples’. He was gladdening the hearts of His disciples with His Presence and initiating them into the mysteri...
The 3rd ‘Evyenios Voulgaris’ Scholarship Programme for Advanced Studies in Orthodox Spiritual Life and Theology
20 May 2021
Scholarship Programme
ANNOUNCEMENT 2021-2022
The Saint Maxim the Greek Institute, with the support of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, is introducing the ‘Evyenios Voulgaris’ Scholarship P...
Online Theological Conference: The Message of Orthodoxy to Modern People
22 March 2021
Theological Online Conference
Sunday 21 March, 7 p.m. Athens Time (13:00 Eastern)
with the participation of His All-Holiness Bartholomew,
the Ecumenical Patriarch
On the occasion of the feast of...
Forgiveness. ‘Quarrelling’ with God; the Power of Fasting
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
13 March 2021
Forgiveness
The Cross was decided in the pre-eternal Council, so in a way God had forgiven us even before we fell. He took the risk of creation about which Father Sophrony speaks, for His purpose eve...