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They’ve opened the gates
Elder Arsenie Boca
14 July 2019
Parents will be punished not only for their sins, but also for their children. Parents who don’t raise their children to be Christians have borne them only for this transitory life, that of the fles... 
They show the way
Saint Paisios the Athonite
13 July 2019
Those people who give everything to God and give themselves completely to Him, are sheltered under God’s great vault and are protected by His divine providence. They then become children of God and ...
‘How have you managed to have such patience and endurance in the face of various difficulties?’
Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
12 July 2019
The Grace of God helps. I always believe in the power of God, Who alters and arranges everything for the good of our soul. People who get upset aren’t thinking logically or properly....
The harsh yoke
Saint Theophan the Recluse
11 July 2019
The body and soul can’t be freed of the passions unless the spirit is first liberated. And the spirit is liberated by divine Grace. How? When we acquire the fear of God and repent....
Saint Olga: from Βarbarism to Ηoliness – 11th of July
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.
11 July 2019
Many saints, before the final decision to embrace the Christian faith, had shown toughness, misanthropy and sin. So find application the Biblical words: "where sin increased, grace increased all the...
Real, not feigned
Elder Filotheos Zervakos
10 July 2019
The devil has set his traps everywhere. He catches people and the only way to avoid these snares is through humility. Internal humility, not external, true not false modesty, real not pretend. Inter...
Before the void
Simone Weil
9 July 2019
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
To love truth mean to endure the void and, as a result, to accept de...
An accident waiting to happen
Saint Basil the Great
8 July 2019
Hypocrites retain their hatred in the depths of their hearts, showing superficial love, in the same way as a reef which is covered with a little water, but is an accident waiting to happen for those...
Root out
Saint John Chrysostom
7 July 2019
When people want to root out some passion which has wormed its way into their hearts and become established there over time, it isn’t enough to give advice for one or two days in order to correct th...
