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They stop thinking logically
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
16 February 2020
Stubborn people who enjoy arguing and wrangling are hollow and empty. They struggle against others to the point of exhaustion and, though they’re dog tired, refuse to give way. They have no regard f... 
God’s Great Love for Us
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
15 February 2020
‘But he became angry and did not wish to enter’.
The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read today in church, has been called a pearl among the parables, and the Gospel within the Gospel. Some com...
Knowledge from suffering
Abbess Gavriïlia
15 February 2020
Orthodox spirituality isn’t knowledge you learn, but knowledge you earn....
Dimitirios Magouris: ‘Open to me the gates of repentance’
15 February 2020
The pre-cleansing period of the Triodio will bring us to the gates of Great Lent. It’s a period of intense liturgical activity and spiritual watchfulness, as demonstrated by the poetic discourse of th...
Deeply asleep
Saint John of Kronstadt
14 February 2020
People are in a state of inertia, sunk in the sleep of sin. They’re fast asleep. God wakes them up with wars , deadly epidemics, conflagrations, catastrophic downpours, earthquakes, floods and poor ...
The Unique Value of Every Life
Archimandrite Iakovos Kanakis
14 February 2020
There are some things that require no explanations, no analyses and no arguments; the truth is so blindingly obvious that only expediency and guilty feelings would be reasons for seeing them otherwise...
Few take the decision
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
13 February 2020
Many people approached the Lord, but few decided to follow Him. Lots of people read the Gospel, rejoice in its sublime messages and are moved by its holy teachings, but few decide to live in accorda...
