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They’ll be humbled once and for all
Saint Dimitri of Rostov
18 May 2023
Remember your many sins and be devasted by them. Read and wonder at the superhuman achievements of God’s saints. Cultivate inner self-condemnation. Avoid praise as you would a fire. Finally, bear... 
They know about themselves
Elder Ieronymos, Aegina
17 May 2023
Other people will tell you whatever it is they know. They live their own life, they know about it and that’s what they talk about. They don’t live your life, they don’t know about it and they don’...
Vital elements
Saint Paisios the Athonite
16 May 2023
The affection and love of parents are necessary conditions for the spiritual balance of their children. These days there’s a shortage of affection and interest on the part of parents, as regards t...
How we should react to doubts about the faith
Saint Theophan the Recluse
15 May 2023
Almost everyone has doubts about the faith at one time or another. It’s possible to dispel them, however, with opposing arguments which confirm the truth of the divine revelation regarding the world a...
Let us keep Christ’s commandments properly
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
15 May 2023
‘Illumined, brethren, by the resurrection of Christ the Savior and having reached the mid-point of the Lord’s feast, let us keep God’s commandments assiduously; that we may be worthy to celebrate the ...
They act more freely
Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos †
15 May 2023
Those who observe real, uncompromising obedience don’t only benefit and thrive, but they also experience miracles of spiritual progress, a spiritual change. They gradually emerge from the machinat...
Homily on St. Photini the Samaritan woman
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
14 May 2023
This Sunday honors a remarkable missionary, someone who proved to be more than what society thought of her. It is St. Photini (the name means “Enlightened One”), who was the Samaritan woman Jesus met ...
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
14 May 2023
We owe greater honour to the other, as Christ rendered to the Church
In the middle of Great Lent, the Church instituted the veneration of the Holy Cross, so that it may increase our inspiration and s...
Meeting with the Samaritan Woman (2)
George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
14 May 2023
While the Samaritan woman was talking to Christ, she basically didn’t understand what he was saying. He was talking on the level of eternal life. She automatically transferred what she heard to th...
Brighter than gold
Saint John Chrysostom
14 May 2023
The holy blood of Christ, of which we partake, refreshes the soul and gives it great strength. When we take communion worthily, it drives the demons far away and brings the angels, as well as the ...
