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Just as a mirror
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
22 August 2019
Just as a mirror shows objects among which the person is standing, so, in the soul, impressions are created corresponding to its works.
The images disappear from the mindless mirror when the objects ... 
No power upon us
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
21 August 2019
The demon has no power or authority over us except when he finds us being proud and fiercely stubborn.
>Blessed Joseph the Hesychast...
Prepare not to die
Anthimos of Saint Anne
20 August 2019
We should prepare not to die. There’s a saying which goes “if you die before you die, you won’t die when you die”. Our preparation, which should be ongoing throughout our lives, consists of the follow...
‘60 Years from the Demise of Elder Iosif the Hesychast’
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Member of the Editorial Board, Pemptousia, Associate Professor of the University Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki
20 August 2019
The twentieth century brought seismic changes to social, economic, scientific and technological developments across the globe. It was marked by the two most bloody wars in history, which changed the m...
The Sins of Others
Abbot Tryphon
20 August 2019
Lenten service
When we take our eyes off our own failings, shortcomings, and sins, we notice the failings of others. As the sins of others get our attention, our focus turns away from our own strugg...
Mothers must learn how to pray
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
19 August 2019
Mothers know how to worry, to advise, to talk a lot, but they haven’t learned how to pray.
Lots of instructions and advice do a great deal of harm.
Don’t talk at children too much. Words echo ...
At peace with God
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
18 August 2019
Nothing is equal to peace, nothing is more harmonious. It’s no benefit to us if we’re pacific towards everyone else, but hostile to God.
Just as no harm can befall us, no matter if everyone’s again...
Not knowing yourself
Saint John Chrysostom
17 August 2019
Knowledge is awareness of yourself.
Not knowing yourself is more unbearable than the utmost madness and insanity.
Because the madness would be beyond your control, but the other is through your ow...
Loosing power
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
16 August 2019
It was people’s duty to elevate themselves towards God, train their minds on Him alone and not to seek pleasure in the worldly delights of created beings.
Their adherence to the things of this worl...
