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Don’t bite off more than you can chew
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
29 June 2020
We should be aware of our limitations. A lot of people suffer because of this. They see an ascetic who been very strict and determined in his efforts. ‘Right, I’ll do the same’. But are you up to th... 
New Martyrs, the Fragrant Blossoms of the Winter of Slavery
Petros Panayiotopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
29 June 2020
Today, the third Sunday of Matthew, the Church honors an important choir of saints: the New Martyrs, that is those who were martyred after the Fall of Constantinople.
The Assembly for the New Martyr...
What’s important
Saint Iakovos Tsalikis
28 June 2020
The spiritual state and way of life of parents is of great importance in the spiritual development of their descendants....
More pure
Saint John Chrysostom
27 June 2020
The soul of a Christian must be purer than the rays of the sun....
Interview with Archimandrite Zacharias (part 2) – Prayer and the Divine Liturgy
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
27 June 2020
Question: Saint Sophrony says that the Christian should have unceasing inspiration in his life. What does this inspiration consist of?
Answer: ‘Those who are led by the Holy Spirit never cease going ...
God will step in
Saint Paisios the Athonite
26 June 2020
Since it’s humanly impossible for us to amend the situation, God will intervene. And this intervention will be clear. Then people will want to learn about God. There’ll be good times. Then you’ll se...
At some time, they lose it
Saint Makarios the Egyptian
25 June 2020
Those souls who are slothful and avoid labors, who don’t seek the sanctification of the heart in this life- not in part, but completely- should not expect to share in the communion of the Holy Spiri...
Interview with Archimandrite Zacharias (part 1) – The Experience of the Holy Spirit
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
25 June 2020
Question: Saint Silouan and Saint Sophrony speak repeatedly about the Holy Spirit. How do we experience the Holy Spirit according to their teaching?
Answer: Everything begins from our faith in Christ...
If they themselves want
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
24 June 2020
I’d like to reassure you that the Holy Mountain welcomes those people who themselves desire, want and seek to follow Christ. They come because they’ve taken to heart Christ’s ‘Follow me’. Christ sai...
