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They’re blown away
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
28 September 2019
Believers who have loosed the bonds of egotism, which strangle their love and prevent them from acting and from seeing beyond their limited horizon, are blown far away and are liberated from the tyr... 
On Perspicacity
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
28 September 2019
Perspicacity is the healthy and unerring assessment of concepts and things so that they can be judged properly in terms of time, manner, place and occasion, and always in terms of edification. Perspic...
Trials are necessary
Saint John of Kronstadt
27 September 2019
Trials and sorrow are necessary, because they constrain the sinful disposition of the heart. When the heart’s been restricted and restrained in this way, tears flow more easily....
‘Sites of the Sacred: Modelling a sacramental worldview in digital environments’
27 September 2019
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At the gates
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
26 September 2019
When your heart is free of all resentment, then you’re close to love. And when your heart acquires blessed peace towards all other people, then you’re at the gates of love. But these gate are opened...
Over the least thing
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
25 September 2019
Parents blame their children for the slightest reason. It’s as though they don’t know how to talk to them calmly and gently. When it’s necessary for a parent to set boundaries for a child to obey, t...
What was the reason for man’s fall?
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
25 September 2019
The fall was the result of the inexperience and carelessness of God-created man. These made him neglect and practically betray his personal union and communion with God the Father, believing that he c...
‘Love or holy war? Problems and opportunities of Christian mission in Internet’
25 September 2019
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What do you have in your memory?
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
24 September 2019
You should always call Christ to mind, with love. We might be holding a photograph of someone but, because we don’t know them well, we don’t love them, it doesn’t move us. When you hold a photograph...
