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Real freedom
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
20 January 2020
Only the Son of God can free us, because He is Himself true freedom. Only if we follow the Savior are we able to remain free and can cast off the slavery of sin. So, if we wish to be free, we should... 
Theological and Scientific Theories of Knowledge [3]
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
20 January 2020
Our first duty as people is to investigate and know ourselves. And our greatest error lies in the fact that we are usually entirely indifferent to the examination and recognition of ourselves and ar...
They’re revealed
Saint John of Kronstadt
19 January 2020
Self-indulgence and pride reveal themselves particularly through our impatience and irritability. This is demonstrated by the fact that we can’t willingly, or even unwillingly, put up with any sadne...
Sermon on gratitude
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom †
19 January 2020
17 December 1989
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Ten lepers came to the Lord; ten men who were ritually unclean and therefore, ritually rejected by their community, unable to ...
False affection
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
18 January 2020
Flattery is a repulsive iniquity, concealed behind the mask of friendship. It’s a pretend caress which is expressed as friendship only in words and in a proclivity for and pursuit of things not wort...
No-one’s excluded
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
17 January 2020
The prayer of repentance has been given to all, without exception. It’s been given to those who are dominated by the passions and to those who fall into in sin in practice. They, too, have the right...
First they sow, then they reap
Abba Kassianos
16 January 2020
We should be aware that each demon deals with a particular passion, which it plants first in the heart and then cultivates. Some demons are concerned with the passion of debauchery, others with that...
They aren’t like me
Elder Arsenie Boca
15 January 2020
To condemn means not to accept others with love. I don’t have patience with them, because I don’t have love. Condemnation means others aren’t like me. It means if I were in their place, I’d act bett...
Theological and Scientific Theories of Knowledge (2)
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15 January 2020
This personal nature of the truth is of prime significance for us. The living truth cannot be objectified, because its objectification would be tantamount to its ossification and necrosis. Knowledge...
