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The People of God are the Light of the World
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
19 July 2020
Today our Church celebrates the Fathers who took part in the Fourth Ecumenical Synod which deliberated and concluded definitively concerning the two natures of Christ. The Gospel extract which is read... 
Let us love one another
Archimandrite Nikon Koutsidis
19 July 2020
During the Divine Liturgy, just before the recitation of the Creed, the priest urges the faithful:
‘Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess’.
Confess what? The people reply (throu...
Legitimate Exercise
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
18 July 2020
Whatever movement you make, starting with its conception and following through to the implementation, you have to examine all the time what God will take from it. Because that’s all that’ll remain; al...
Without words
Saint Nikolaos Kavasilas
17 July 2020
If you want to teach God’s love, don’t say anything. Try to be kind and loveable at all times....
How should we react to doubts about faith?
Saint Theophan the Recluse
17 July 2020
Almost everyone has doubts, on occasion, concerning God and faith. These can be resolved, however, with opposing thoughts which confirm the truth of divine revelation as regards human beings and the w...
No, son. Where did you get that from?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
17 July 2020
(Discussion with Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos)
Question: Why can’t we follow the path of sacrifice by ourselves, when Christ did it by Himself?
Elder: He did it by Himself, because he was actually God...
It’s not a component of our nature
Saint John Chrysostom
16 July 2020
It’s obvious that wickedness and evil are the result of our intentions. Evil isn’t part and parcel of our nature, but the result of our intentions. The devil in particular is called evil because of ...
Strange beings
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
15 July 2020
We people are strange beings. We’ve been given wonderful things by the Lord, but we seem not to take them into account. We fell, and, as a result of our fall, the whole of creation suffers, because ...
Discussion with thoughts
Saint Paisios the Athonite
15 July 2020
‘Elder, when a proud thought comes, I suffer’.
Do you hold it inside yourself?
‘Yes’.
Why do you keep it? Shut the door on it. If you hold on to it, you’ll do yourself harm. The thought comes like ...
