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The Ascension of Jesus Christ in Glory Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 25 May 2023 ‘God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.’ The Ascension is the last event in Christ’s earthly life. Of course, Pentecost is the fulfilment of God’s dispensation, which is w...
The Importance of the Ascension Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 25 May 2023 The feast of the Ascension seems not to present any particular interest, but rather a certain sadness in our hearts that the Lord is departing from us. Nevertheless, the following points emerge from t...
The Lord’s Ascension: the Visible Sign of God’s Reconciliation with Us Fr. Gennadios Manolis, Theologian 25 May 2023 The Lord’s Ascension is the visible sign of God’s reconciliation with us, but also the glorification of our human nature. This reconciliation and our glorification were achieved through the incarnatio...
It fills the soul Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 25 May 2023 Don’t be interested in whether people love you; concern yourself with whether you love Christ and other people. That’s the only way for the soul to be filled. Saint Porfyrios Kavsokalyvitis...
It’s also a way Elder Moisis the Athonite † 24 May 2023 Pain is also a path leading to God. We should never forget that. If we seek a painless, pleasure-filled life, we’re left with no struggle and, in the end, no joy. If we wish to erase pain from our...
An open window Elder Moisis the Athonite † 23 May 2023 We’ve said before that God isn’t impassioned, punitive or vindictive. If he were so, he’d have to be evil. But there’s not a trace of wickedness in the divinity. Every trial’s a divine lesson and a f...
On real prayer, which strikes through the heavens and reaches the throne of God Elder Haralambos Dionysiatis 23 May 2023 (edited by Stelios Koukos) Noetic prayer is also called prayer of the heart. You ask if oral prayer can also be called prayer of the heart. Unless it’s pure, neither noetic or oral prayer can be call...
It’s also a way Elder Moisis the Athonite † 23 May 2023 Pain is also a path leading to God. We should never forget that. If we seek a painless, pleasure-filled life, we’re left with no struggle and, in the end, no joy. If we wish to erase pain from our...
Deeply rooted Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 22 May 2023 We have weaknesses, passions and faults deeply rooted within us, many of which are inherited. None of them can be cut off by fitful efforts, nor by fretting and deep sorrow, but only with patience...
The Cure of the Blind Man Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia 21 May 2023 ‘They saw a man blind from birth’ The curing of the man blind from birth is a terrible rebuke for the Pharisees, who didn’t want to accept the words of Christ. Before this momentous event, Christ had...
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