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The Midwife Monk 23 November 2019 In the city of Ankara, in Galatia, there once lived a monk. We don’t know when he lived. We don’t even know his name. The little we do know about him is that he came from the army, lived near the bis...
Face to face Saint John of Kronstadt 22 November 2019 Ask the angels and the saints to intercede for you, just as you’d ask people who are alive. Stand face to face with them, in the belief that they’re also standing face to face with you....
Our Most Holy Lady as the Temple of God Miltiadis Konstantinou, Professor of the School of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki 22 November 2019 If one were to attempt to describe the role and purpose of the Church in a single phrase, one might say that: ‘The aim of the Church is to manifest God to people’. In order to achieve this goal, the C...
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus (part 2) 22 November 2019 ...
Praiseworthy and blameworthy Saint Gregory of Nyssa 21 November 2019 From holy Scripture we learn that there are two kinds of wealth: one is praiseworthy and the other is blameworthy. The riches of the virtues are laudable whereas those which are material and earthly...
The Spiritual Meadow Ioannis Moskhos 21 November 2019 When we went to the island of Samos, we visited the monastery called Harixenou. The abbot was Abba Isidoros, a virtuous man with great love for others and adorned with simplicity and immeasurable obed...
Unpleasant but Beneficial Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 21 November 2019 Bad talk’s a great evil. It’s a terrible thing for others to hurl themselves at you and besmirch you. It happens. Out of nowhere. Suddenly. Sometimes it’s a fair judgment by God on us; sometimes it i...
A Theological Approach to and Interpretation of the Icon of the Entry of the Mother of God Hierodeacon Filaretos, Monastery of the Holy Lavra, Kalavryta 20 November 2019 When we look at the icon of the Entry of the Mother of God into the Temple, we’re conscious of the silence of the Holy Scriptures and listen instead to the augmentation of the Gospels by the sacred Tr...
The great return Saint John of Kronstadt 20 November 2019 There are many important reasons why we should fast and confess with a contrite heart. We shall all have a great reward for this conscientious struggle of ours....
Saint John Chrysostom on Marriage Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 20 November 2019 ‘Just as marriage is a haven, so it can also be a shipwreck. Not by its nature, but by the bad use some people have put it to’. These words of Saint John Chrysostom highlight truths which contemporar...
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