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The first thing
Saint John of Kronstadt
8 August 2019
We need to pray wholeheartedly for God to give us even the slightest portion of the inexhaustible source of His blessings and spiritual aid. The first thing we should ask is faith and the hope that ... 
That’s a wrap! Byzanfest 2019
8 August 2019
On Sunday 4th August in Melbourne, Australia, the winners of Byzanfest 2019 were announced. After extensive consideration by the judging panel and global audience votes, the winning filmmakers are:
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Real proof
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
7 August 2019
When you have tears during prayer it’s a visit from God. When there’s fear of God wisdom’s granted....
The internal mission of the Church
Saint Justin Popovich
6 August 2019
Orthodoxy is asceticism and life, which is why it’s only through asceticism and life that preaching and mission are accomplished. The internal mission of the Church ought to be to cultivate ascetici...
New Abbot elected for St. John’s Monastery in Essex
6 August 2019
The Monastery of St. John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, near Essex, England is the oldest Orthodox monastic community in the country. It was founded in 1958 by Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), the spir...
The Participation of Nature in Worship: the Blessing of the Fruits of the Vine
Fr. Gennadios Manolis, Theologian
6 August 2019
According to Saint Basil the Great, nothing exists without due cause, nothing’s fortuitous, everything has some secret and unexpressed wisdom. Thus, regarding plants and their fruits, apart from their...
Day and night
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
5 August 2019
For God, everything’s possible. He can reveal to us His created majesty and can create the uncreated. But, for us, the most important thing is that He wants to redeem our soul from sin and death and...
Strange things
Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher
4 August 2019
People who repent feel an inexplicable joy, a delight, within themselves. Strange things happen to people when they repent....
