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The Triune God is our Saviour
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
5 December 2020
Jesus taught in the synagogues on the Sabbath. The reason behind His choice of day was that the Sabbath was a day without work, dedicated to the worship of God. All tasks were completely forbidden. Ev... 
Network of Orthodox Christian Health Care Providers
5 December 2020
Today, as we live through the terrifying event of the pandemic, which has befallen us, we are called upon to respond to the enduring invitation of the Church to welcome and minister to our suffering b...
Delight
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
5 December 2020
Jesus, Son of God have mercy on me. Be joy in my sorrow.
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk...
They’ll dwindle
Elder Cleopa Ilie
4 December 2020
The more sins and evils multiply in the world, the more correctional visitations will we have, that is famine, earthquakes, wars, all kinds of sicknesses and death. Our concern as Christians must...
Syrian Saints: Barbara of Heliopolis & John of Damascus
James W. Lillie
4 December 2020
The Holy Great Martyr Barbara lived and suffered during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-311). Her father, Dioskoros, was a rich pagan, a prominent citizen in Ilioupolis in Syria. After the deat...
‘Closed Churches Threaten the Faithful; Open Ones Threaten the Viruses’
Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki
3 December 2020
We read that, in England, churches are going to be open for Christmas. Among these will be the Orthodox ones. As of today, Ireland is allowing 50 people at a time to attend Mass.
In Holland, churches...
Coronavirus, Christmas and Holy Communion: The Coronavirus Attacks. We Counterattack.
Archbishop of Canada Sotirios
3 December 2020
The coronavirus severely attacked us. It almost managed to close the doors of our churches. Divine Liturgies with only ten (10) or twenty-five (25) Christians are allowed. It is very difficult. We sho...
One next to the other
Saint Justin Popovich
3 December 2020
Consider all the universes, all the worlds there are, all the beings. Down with all the hearts, the minds, the lives, the immortalities, the eternities. Because without Christ all of them are hel...
God Revealed
2 December 2020
The perquisite for approaching God the inaccessible is the knowledge that it is impossible for us to reach and know Him via the intellectual route. God is inaccessible in His essence, but, despite thi...
Great will be your reward
Saint George Karslidis
2 December 2020
Don’t think only about what you’re going to eat, what you're going to wear, what a big house you’re going to build. Knock at the doors of the poor, the sick and the orphans. Choose the homes of pe...
