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Sunday of All Saints: do we want to become saints? Sotirios Theologou 12 June 2023 The Sunday after Pentecost and the time of the Pentikostario has run its course. On the first Sunday after the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Church focuses on a very large group of people: the choir...
It’s all-powerful Saint Gregory the Theologian 12 June 2023 Don’t deify icons of Christ and the saints, but through them venerate him who, having first made us in his image, then deigned, out of ineffable love for us, to take the human image upon himself s...
Homily on the Sunday of All Saints Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 11 June 2023 Today, Heaven and earth celebrate the innumerable Saints of the Church of Christ, with glory and praise.   This Feast honors all of the Saints who rejoice in God, from all parts of the world and in ev...
It’s a great thing Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 11 June 2023 We shouldn’t be neglectful, but should repent. We’re all prone to negligence, which is why there’s a set program in monasteries. The same thing will help people who live in the outside world. We g...
Saint Luke the Surgeon, Archbishop of the Crimea (1877-1961) – Part II Metropolitan Nectarios of Argolis 11 June 2023 It was also in the ’20s that the “correction” facilities were set up, the forced labour camps known as gulags. Within a few years they had spread throughout the vast country. It all began with a mon...
Encomium on All Saints – Part I Saint John Chrysostom 10 June 2023 Not seven days have passed since we celebrated the holy feast of Pentecost and again we’re overtaken by a chorus of martyrs, or better, serried ranks of martyrs, which are in no way lesser than the ra...
It’s dangerous Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 10 June 2023 Excessive sorrow cloaks pride. This is why it’s damaging and dangerous and why it’s often exacerbated by the devil in order to stop people making progress in their struggle. Saint Nektarios of ...
Saint Luke the Surgeon, Archbishop of Crimea (1877-1961) – Part I Metropolitan Nectarios of Argolis 10 June 2023 If you ever find yourself on the Holy Mountain or in other old churches, you will notice that many of them are painted red. If you ask the monks, they will tell you that the colour symbolizes the bloo...
How does one feel the presence of the Holy Spirit within oneself? Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea 9 June 2023 The Holy Spirit descended in a visible manner and came to rest on each of the apostles in the form of a tongue of fire. Why was this necessary? Precisely so that the world would learn that the Holy Sp...
Our Orthodox Faith concerning God Lambros Skontzos, Theologian 9 June 2023 The feast of the Holy Spirit represents a special stage in the annual cycle of feasts in the Orthodox Church. On this holy day, we honor and venerate the Holy Spirit, who, the day before, had descende...
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