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Why did God create the universe and man? Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 7 February 2021 God’s love, which is one of His God-like attributes, is also the reason for the creation. Because for His consummate love, God wished to create beings to which He would pass on part of His Goodness an...
Light on the path Saint Iakovos Tsalikis 6 February 2021 We follow God when we observe His commandments, when we study and apply God’s law day and night. ‘Your law is a lamp to my feet and light to my paths’. God’s law, which Christians study, is light ...
It aggravates people Saint Paisios the Athonite 5 February 2021 Take a break from your work now and then and say the Jesus prayer. Excessive bodily fatigue is aggravating. If you tire even the most placid of horses beyond its limits, it’ll kick out. When we’re...
The Reception of the Lord: the feast of freedom George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 4 February 2021 In the hymns of Vespers and the Lity for the feast of Christ’s Reception, ‘Now Lord you let your servant depart in peace’, which was directed to God by the righteous Symeon when he received Christ in ...
You’ll learn Saint Silouan the Athonite 4 February 2021 When the Lord enlightens you, then your soul will feel him. It’ll feel that he’s forgiven you and loves you. You’ll learn from experience, and the grace of the Holy Spirit will testify to your sal...
The presence of an inexpressible mystery Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 February 2021 Any serious observer of the creation of the world, no matter from which side they approach it, the material or the spiritual, will feel the presence of an inexpressible mystery in all phenomena. But o...
1st e-Synaxis from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Psychologists and Psychiatrists 3 February 2021 Dear friends, We would like to announce that the Web Magazine Pemptousia organizes the "1st e-Synaxis from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Psychologists and Psychiatrists" which wil...
How do you honor him? Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 3 February 2021 Honor God not with material things and superficial actions, but with gratitude, prayer and faith. Because God is honored only ‘in spirit and truth. Tikhon of Zadonsk...
A course of treatment Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 2 February 2021 The Church is a spiritual place where we find communion with God and this is very important. This is why, if you want to be peaceful, if you want to be calm, if you want to find your inner harmony...
Sin as Sickness Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 2 February 2021 If we consider sin as transgression against the ‘law of God’ rather than an ailment we inherited as children of the first Adam, it’s natural that this will create feelings of guilt. Because, if sin be...
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