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You or the other person? Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 27 October 2020 The door to repentance is open to everybody and we don’t know who’ll go through it first, you who are judging another person, or the person that you’re judging. ...

Cheap Love Elder Aimilianos Simonopetritis † 27 October 2020 Like many, if not all, Elders on the Mountain, Elder Aimilianos was very loving towards those in his spiritual charge- in his case the monks at Simonos Petras and the nuns at Ormylia. But, to use a co...

This is genuine and true † Elder Filotheos Zervakos 26 October 2020 The characteristic feature of true repentance is profound emotion, devastation and sorrow of the heart, which is sad not because it’s going to be punished, but because, with its sin, it saddened and a...

Mighty God, Potentate, Prince of Peace Father of the Age to Come Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 25 October 2020 The Lord left Galilee to go to the eastern shore of the lake, on the border of Israel. The local inhabitants were Jews, but had been influenced greatly by the pagan way of life and so the demons had g...

Don’t be afraid Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 25 October 2020 We should not be disturbed in our spiritual life by any hostile force. On the contrary. we should have trust in the words of God: ‘Do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it, for God is with us, ...

Patriarch Dositheos of Jerusalem (1641-1707) James W. Lillie 24 October 2020 On 23 October, we keep the memory of Saint James, the Brother of Our Lord and first Bishop of Jerusalem. One of his successors in the 17th century was a most remarkable man, Patriarch Dositheos. He wa...

That’s what teachers do Saint John Chrysostom 24 October 2020 Those who want their words to have an effect on their audience shouldn't stop giving encouragement and advice on the same things, nor should they change the subject until they've seen that a previous ...

Sister Agathoniki: A Turkish Girl who Became a Christian Archimandrite Dimitrios Kavvadias 24 October 2020 The case of Sister Agathoniki is a wonderful example of God’s providence, in that He chose her from the ranks of the Ottoman Turks and directed her towards becoming His bride. Sister Agathoniki Karaze...

It’s not easy to uproot Saint Paisios the Athonite 23 October 2020 Let's not expect that the vain world will easily be uprooted from within us as long as we're content to remain within the vain world. When we distance ourselves from the world, then our intellect also...

Saint John Chrysostom, Homily 67 on St. John Saint John Chrysostom 23 October 2020 ‘Anyone who loves their soul will lose it, while anyone who hates their soul in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me’. This present existence is sweet and full o...

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