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Questions and Answers for the Article “The Tension of Hesychia” Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 10 December 2020 All the inspiration to attain the Kingdom of Heaven comes from the awareness of our spiritual poverty, which helps us humble our spirit and depend our life on Him Who is able to save us. In the crisis...
They profit Saint Symeon the New Theologian 10 December 2020 Those who endure patiently the sorrows, the persecutions and the temptations of this life, with the aim of pleasing God, invest in the benefits of heaven and in boundless joy. And with the death o...
Archdiocese of Canada celebrates Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker despite pandemic restrictions 9 December 2020 The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada celebrated with great joy the feast of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most beloved saints of the Church. His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios preside...
He’s with us Saint Theophan the Recluse 9 December 2020 When you have dealings with other people and you’re taking care of life’s necessities, try, at the same time, to think of God and to have the feeling that He’s with you and directing you in accord...
Elder Ephraim of Arizona: On Slander & Condemnation Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 8 December 2020 Slander is a great evil. Just as the little rudder steers the whole ship wherever it wants, likewise the tongue leads a person either to good or to evil. The holy fathers greatly censure judging other...
The Tension of Hesychia (Stillness) Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 8 December 2020 The period we are now going through is characterised by the silent expectation of the greatest event under the sun, the coming in the Flesh of the Saviour God on earth. All the great events of God’s ...
Lighter than a feather Saint John Chrysostom 8 December 2020 The prayer of the Church has such great power that even were we to be less capable of speech than rocks are, it could make our tongue lighter than a feather. Just as a breeze makes a boat speed fa...
Form and Substance (Luke 12, 10-17) Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis 7 December 2020 Today’s Gospel reading is a clear and obvious condemnation of religious formalism. Saint Luke the Evangelist tells us that Christ healed people on the Sabbath and that this brought Him into conflict w...
We don’t shoot the darkness… Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 7 December 2020 ‘We don’t shoot the darkness; we just turn the light on’ (Saint Porfyrios Kavsokalyvitis) The great contemporary saint and much-loved Elder Porfyrios is talking about an ordinary experience: if we wa...
Unfair to ourselves Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 7 December 2020 Our soul must taste the sweetness of Grace. How unjustly we treat ourselves when we don’t try to find this sweetness of Grace. Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos...
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