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Sunday of All Saints Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 13 June 2020 ‘We went through the fire and water; but Thou broughtest us out into a place of refreshment.’ Pentecost completes the cycle of the great feasts of the Dispensation of the Lord. The Holy Spirit came t...
When we’re moved to pray Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 13 June 2020 When a person's intellect is moved to pray, divine Grace comes in a fraction of a second. That person is then filled with Grace and sees everything with other eyes....
Remain a sheep Saint Arsenie Boca 12 June 2020 Don't hold a grievance against anybody, even if they're wicked, because otherwise your prayer won't be heard by God. Defeat evil with good! Remain a sheep, and with the power of Christ you'll overcome...
The Priest of the Massacre at Distomo Sends a Message to us Today 12 June 2020 At a time of deep divisions in societies in many parts of the world, we would do well to recall the attitude of an elderly Greek priest in the wake of the dreadful massacre at Distomo in June 1944. Th...
Like satellites Saint Paisios the Athonite 11 June 2020 Shallow people with secular education are full of themselves and are proud. They're like the satellites up in the air and give the impression that they're stars, whereas, in reality, if you pay care...
The Most Holy Spirit Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia 11 June 2020 ‘He said this concerning the Spirit’ On the last day of the feast of the Tabernacles, Christ revealed that He Himself is the source of life. Because people would be leaving to go back to their homes,...
The easiest place Saint John of Kronstadt 10 June 2020 The purer a heart is, the larger and more open it is, and the more easily it finds space to accommodate more people. The more sinful it is, the more it contracts, shuts down, and so it can find room f...
On the Holy Spirit Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 10 June 2020 Today is the joyful celebration of Holy Pentecost!  In the Acts of the Apostles, we hear in detail how the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles and those first faithful who were devoted to the Lord...
Carry on Elder Christodoulos Katounakiotis 9 June 2020 Don’t worry if your mind strays sometimes during the Jesus Prayer. Just say it, because God hears and the demons are put to flight....
A Story about Judging Others Elder Panaretos Filotheitis 9 June 2020 The late Papa-Nikodimos, a spiritual father from the Skete of Kavsokalyvia told me the following story, which is recorded in Athonite Patristic manuscripts. There was a devout Christian who went to h...
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