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In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder [3]
20 August 2020
On many occasions, at the big feast of the province, instead of being the chief celebrant at the liturgy, as was his right, grandly wearing his monastic veil and expensive vestments and ordering his... 
Theology and Interpretation in the Icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Hierodeacon Filaretos, Monastery of the Holy Lavra, Kalavryta
19 August 2020
Our Holy Church calls Our Lady, Our Mother, the sweetness of the angels, the joy of the afflicted, and the protectress of Christians. A tower embellished with gold, a city with twelve ramparts, throne...
Nationalism and Antinationalism
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
19 August 2020
‘For whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal?’ (1 Cor. 3:...
Stupid, false and devious
Saint John of Kronstadt
19 August 2020
Sinners don't achieve forgiveness of their sins unless they feel with all their heart that these are stupid, catastrophic and deceitful. Just as they committed the sin, which at that time they found s...
Constantly defeated
Saint Paisios the Athonite
18 August 2020
Those who fear death and love this vain life are afraid even of microbes, so it's to be expected that they're always overcome with cowardice, which keeps them forever spiritually moribund....
‘We and Christ are One’
Metropolitan Serafeim of Kastoria (†)
18 August 2020
Interpreting the sacred texts of the Evangelists which refer to the Last Supper and the transmission of the dread mysteries, Saint John Chrysostom has this to say: ‘Believe that now, too, it’s the sam...
In the hermitage of humility: the figure of an elder [2]
18 August 2020
Returning to the subject of the Elder’s sermons. It was indeed a great spiritual pleasure to see him preach in church. His face would be transformed in a wondrous way, since the whole of his soul wa...
It redeems and looses bonds
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
17 August 2020
Hope in God redeems those who have fallen into sin, restores the wounded to health and looses the bonds of the prisoners. Hope rises like the rosy dawn in the moral firmament and illumines those dark...
Very infernal attitudes
Saint John of Kronstadt
16 August 2020
Pusillanimity and disbelief are very infernal attitudes, especially for people who've felt the miraculous intervention of our God and Savior. Alas, what a sinner I am....
