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‘For when the Lord of the Vineyard Comes, what will he do to those Laborers?
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
7 September 2020
Christ used the image of the vineyard rather than that of any other tree or plant, because he was preparing the faithful to understand that wine, the fruit of the vine, would be given at the Last Supp... 
It provoked a schism
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
6 September 2020
Humanity was united, but sin caused a breach among us and we no longer have this unity. This is why the Lord became human: in order to reconnect what had been broken asunder by sin. The angels in th...
The good and bad tenant farmers (13th Sunday of Matthew)
Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias †
5 September 2020
Today’s Gospel reading tells us, in parable form, about a vineyard planted by a householder, which he entrusted to tenants who were supposed to give him the fruits from it. When harvest time came, the...
A sword to wield
Elder Christodoulos Katounakiotis
5 September 2020
Simplicity of life and the work of prayer are a sword against the devil....
The King is there
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
4 September 2020
If we want to escape from a foreign country and find our true homeland where we’ll meet God directly, we have to enter into ourselves, into our hearts. That’s where the King is, where the Kingdom is...
Saint Hermione, the daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon
W. J. Lillie
4 September 2020
Saint Hermione, one of the four daughters of the Deacon Philip, who, according to the evidence in Acts (21, 8-9) were virgins and prophetesses, Hermioneand Eftyhis went to Ephesus to meet Saint John t...
Ultimate injustice
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
3 September 2020
Hypocrisy is the fruit of envy and from this all evil stems. A hypocrite is the most unjust of all people, because if you think someone‘s just and they aren't, that's the ultimate injustice....
