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An Ottoman Volunteer Defends Besieged Constantinople (1453) Nikos Nikoloudis 29 May 2023 At the fall of Constantinople, in 1453, it was not only Greeks pitched against Turks, as  is, perhaps, widely believed, but there was also a good number of foreigners involved. Some of these were forc...
Not an exchange 29 May 2023 People who have self-restraint refrain from gluttony; those without property, from greed; the quiet, from idle talk; the pure, from sensual pleasure; the demure, from fornication; the self-suffici...
The Sunday of the Holy Fathers of Nicaea Fr. Lev Gillet 28 May 2023 The Sunday which follows the Ascension, the sixth Sunday after Easter, is called the Sunday of the Holy Fathers. We commemorate then the bishops who met at the Synod of Nicaea, the earliest of the sev...
Jesus Christ: the Son and Word of God (Sunday of the Holy Fathers) Metropolitan Agathangelos of Fanari 28 May 2023 The Sunday of the Holy Fathers, which our Church celebrates during the time of Pentecost, is dedicated to the memory of the Holy and God-bearing Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Synod, in Nicaea, at whic...
Our priority Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 28 May 2023 Our priority is patience in spiritual  matters, in ascetic endeavor, in purification of the heart with the ardent spirit of repentance, in yearning for and commitment to Christ’s love; in the wors...
Sermon on the Apostolic reading for the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council (Acts 20: 16-18, 28-36) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 27 May 2023 For this particular reading from the Acts of the Apostles, we see the Apostle Paul imparting his spiritual legacy upon the presbyters of Ephesus in an emotional farewell address at the seaside town of...
He’ll get rid of it Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 27 May 2023 God’s a fire that ignites and warms the heart, the inner person. So if we feel coldness in our hearts- which comes from the devil, because he himself is cold- let’s call upon the Lord. And the Lor...
He’ll give it to you Elder Amvrosios Lazaris 26 May 2023 When you ask something from the Lord in your prayer, say at the end: ‘provided it’s for the benefit of my soul’. Because this is a sign of humility and submission to God’s will. Whatever you ask o...
‘Saint Ascension, give me a fish for my brother’ Saint Paisios the Athonite 25 May 2023 (edited by Stelios Koukos) When I was a beginner in the Monastery of Esfigmenou, I was told by the venerable Elder Dorotheos that an elderly monk would come and help out in the Hospice. He was of...
The Ascension does not mean the Abandonment but the Deification of the Human Race Protopresbyter Antonios Christou 25 May 2023 As we know, the feast of the Ascension seals the first coming of Christ to the world, in the flesh. It thus completes the plan of God’s divine dispensation in the incarnation of his Son and Word as a ...
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