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CHANGE: The Archdiocese Youth Conference in Melbourne
Dean Kalimnios
28 January 2020
“Be shining lights,” His Eminence, Archbishop of Australia Makarios, encouraged the attendees of the recent Archdiocesan Youth Conference, in English. “It is very hard to change the world. But that is... 
Who do you speak more to?
Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher
28 January 2020
It’s better for parents to speak to God about their children than for them to speak to their children about God....
The protection of heaven
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
27 January 2020
There’s a cataclysm worse than that of water: the inundation of the passions. When the passions begin to burn, when they start to smoke and blacken, when they exude their stench and spread it everyw...
Don’t be upset if they react
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
26 January 2020
When children are hurt and wounded by something serious, don’t be affected by the fact that they’ll react and speak badly. In reality, they don’t want to but they can’t help themselves at difficult ...
Fear not
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
25 January 2020
We shouldn’t not be put off in the spiritual life by any power of the enemy. On the contrary, we should depend on the words of God: ‘Do not fear with their fear and do not be troubled, for God is wi...
They’ll be snatched up in the clouds
Saint Maximos the Confessor
24 January 2020
Those who have acquired the perfection of love for God and have elevated their soul with the virtues, will be snatched up in the clouds, according to Saint Paul and they will not be subject to judg...
They’re also made of clay
Saint Paisios the Athonite
23 January 2020
There are those who love people more than God. Because their love is carnal, either in the good or bad sense, they remain creatures of the flesh, just like those who love earthly things more than he...
Black as the night
Saint Theophan the Recluse
22 January 2020
When we’re outside Grace, the encasement around the soul is as black as night, if we surrender to and serve our passions. If we don’t give in entirely to those passions, then it’s as grey as fog. Bu...
What are they worth?
Saint John of Kronstadt
21 January 2020
When we pray, we must subject our heart entirely to our will, in order to turn it to God. It mustn’t be cold, sly, insincere or two-faced. Otherwise, what’s the value in our prayers or our preparati...
