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No fraternization Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 31 March 2020 Confession spells the end of any fraternization with sins. Revulsion at our sins is the mark of true repentance of the soul and a firm decision to live virtuously. >Saint Ignatius Brianchaninoff...
Homily on St John of Climacus Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 31 March 2020 Today, on this Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, we celebrate St. John the Sinaite, also known as St. John “Climacus” (Ladder).  Although the Saint’s feast day is on March 30th, the Church wants to highlig...
Strengthening Provisions Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian 30 March 2020 After those who entered the ancient Church had been baptized, the whole of their life was imbued with the sacred desire for Holy Communion. The places of worship, especially the catacombs, were full o...
No blackmail Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 30 March 2020 We shouldn’t blackmail God in our prayers. We shouldn’t ask Him to release us from something, like an illness or whatever. Nor to solve our problems for us. We should just ask for strength and suppo...
On the wrong track Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 29 March 2020 If you gloat, you're happy to see other people suffer. Those who do so are happy to see an enemy die, forgetting that death comes to all of us. They’re malicious, they scowl, they have a cunning lo...
Do your duty, help others and be useful Saint John Chrysostom 28 March 2020 There’s nothing worse than Christians who don’t save other people. Don’t cry poverty, because you’ll be condemned by the widow who put in her two mites. Don’t claim that you come from a humble backg...
Visions of Geronda Joseph (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast) Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 27 March 2020 Gero-Arsenios was always agreeable and gave out blessings very easily. One time, however, he strangely became so strict and unyielding that he upset one of the fathers. Afterwards, when he was asked w...
The Doxastiko at Lauds on the 3rd Sunday in Lent Theodore Rokas 27 March 2020 The 3rd Sunday is also known as the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, and according to the Calendar of Feasts (Synaxari): on that day, the third Sunday of Lent, we celebrate the veneration of the...
The path of our life Saint Paisios the Athonite 27 March 2020 The path of our life here on earth is deceptive and misleading. To those taking their first steps, it seems endless and full of activity. To those who’ve reached the end, it seems very short and f...
Stewards of the goods Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 26 March 2020 Almsgiving is a well-intentioned act. It’s an internal voice coming from a pure heart which loves its neighbor. It’s only right that we should give what, in essence, we owe to those in need. Becaus...
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