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Within limits
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
6 August 2020
We should be aware of our limitations. Lots of people suffer from this. They see an ascetic making some very hard and strict effort and think: ‘I’ll do that as well’. But is that within your powers?... 
The Great Paraclitic Canon
Archbishop Stylianos of Australia †
6 August 2020
The time from August 1 to 15 is a period in the Church’s year during which the Orthodox soul turns to Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God, with eyes full of contrition. For the two weeks before the f...
They bring death
Saint Basil the Great
5 August 2020
Anger brings enmity, enmity begets hubris, hubris engenders conflicts, conflicts wounds and wounds, often enough, bring death, as well....
Let’s not fool ourselves
Saint Justin Popovich
4 August 2020
Our struggle is against the enemies of our eternity and immortality. These are: our sins, our passions and our desires, the spiritual aspects of wickedness. Every sin steals a little from our eterni...
Joys and Sorrows are from God
Saint Theophan the Recluse
4 August 2020
On earth, there are more sorrows than joys. And just as the latter are sent by God, so the former are allowed by Him. For a variety of reasons. On occasion so that we bestir ourselves from spiritual h...
The wrong approach
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
3 August 2020
There are phenomena which science will never be able to explain, because it doesn’t use the appropriate methods....
Homily on Saint Panteleimon
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
3 August 2020
St. Panteleimon is a Saint well-known for miraculous healings, including people with incurable diseases. He came from Nicomedia in Bithynia, located in Asia Minor (now the city of Izmit, Turkey). It...
Vigilance – the Wealth of Orthodox Asceticism Conversations with Archim. Zacharias
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
3 August 2020
Question: Can you tell us a few words about negative and positive vigilance?
Answer: Negative vigilance is when we resist the attacks of bad thoughts. As soon as they appear, we lift our mind to God ...
