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The Boundaries between Orthodoxy and Heresy – Saint Gregory Palamas (1)
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
24 March 2021
On the first Sunday of the Fast of Great Lent, the Church celebrates the triumph of Orthodoxy over the heresies. The specific historical event which was the basis and starting-point for this celebrati...
They’re far from Him
Saint Silouan the Athonite
24 March 2021
The humble soul is deeply at rest, whereas the proud one is its own torment. Proud people don’t know God’s love and are far from Him. They’re proud that they’re rich, or scholarly or famous, but t...
Hail, Scent of Christ’s Fragrance
23 March 2021
Every Friday during Great Lent, crowds of the faithful flock to churches to honor the Mother of God, to sing ‘Hail’ to the ‘sweetly-smelling incense’, the ‘precious myrrh’, Our Lady. Orthodox churches...
They’re ingenuous
Abbess Gavriïlia
23 March 2021
People who live in the past are like the dead. Those who live in the future are naïve, because the future is God’s business. The joy of Christ is to be found only in the present. In God’s eternal ...
2nd e-Meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and English Speaking Byzantine Chanters
22 March 2021
Dear friends,
You are invited to participate in the 2nd e-Meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and English Speaking Byzantine Chanters, which will take place Monday, March 22, 2021, 07:3...
The iconostas of the faith
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos
22 March 2021
Today is the Sunday of Orthodoxy, and, during the procession with the holy icons, we commemorate those who affirmed the Orthodox faith not only through their teachings but also through their struggles...
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...
Our surgeons
Saint John of Kronstadt
22 March 2021
We often become annoyed with direct and sincere people because they openly reveal our weaknesses. But we should honor and thank them. They’re like surgeons who, with their sharp words, cut away th...
They’ll never stop attacking
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
22 March 2021
A lot of care needs to be taken in the preservation of the institution of marriage. People shouldn’t pay attention to calumny, which gives rise to misunderstandings. We especially recommend that t...
The farthest extent of docility and anger.
Saint John of the Ladder
21 March 2021
If the extreme of the most perfect meekness is to treat with inner serenity and love someone who’s provoking you when they’re standing in front of you, then certainly the extreme of anger is to us...





