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Christian Charity (Almsgiving) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 1 February 2021 We often hear in the Divine LIturgy and other Holy Services of the Church prayers and supplications before God that are related to “mercy,” such as: "Have mercy on us,O God, according to your great me...
Encyclical for Greek Letters Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 1 February 2021 May 29, 1453. It is Tuesday. The day when the bright light of the Greek Christian world was covered with the dark veil of obscurantism. The city has fallen. The emperor has turned to stone. Hagia Sop...
The First Resurrection Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 1 February 2021 What was Christ’s greatest miracle? Most people would say the raising of Lazarus. But Saint Isaac the Syrian disagrees, saying: ‘Someone who is aware of his or her sins and genuinely repents is on a h...
What delusion, what feebleness Saint John of Kronstadt 1 February 2021 What darkness, what derangement, what weakness and what a terrible, deathly force sin is. Why should we hate somebody else because their character’s different from ours? Because they disagree with...
Ode Nine from the Canon at Matins for the Reception of the Lord 1 February 2021 Greek Church music is a taste that many of those not born in Greece ever acquire. There are, however, some hymns which appeal more directly to non-Greek ears and this is one of them. In this version, ...
Love silence Saint Theophan the Recluse 31 January 2021 Cultivate within yourself the fear of God and reverence for His inexpressible majesty. Have a broken and contrite heart. Consider everyone to be better than you. Love silence, isolation, and inter...
Our Co-operation is Required (Luke 19, 1-10) Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 31 January 2021 Lazarus didn’t play a part in his resurrection. How could he have done, since he was already in the grave? Christ raised Him because that is what He Himself wished. Zacchaeus, however, worked hard f...
Be my peace Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 30 January 2021 Jesus Son of God, have mercy on me. Be peace and quiet against my bad conscience. Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk...
Time and Eternity George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 30 January 2021 As an interpreter of the Christian view of time, Basil the Great reveals to us a new perspective, which leads to a creative, transcendent synthesis. This new perspective, which was more than ancient...
We’re wayfarers Saint George Karslidis 29 January 2021 We’ll all leave this life. We’re just passing through. We came here to work well and then to leave. Saint George Karslidis...
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