Search Results for: ""

As grocers do Saint Paisios the Athonite 24 June 2019 We have to keep an eye on ourselves – as grocers do. If they don’t watch their profits and losses they’ll soon go bankrupt. And they have to look after their accounts carefully, as well. Lots of pe...
Hidden Saints Fr. Stephen Freeman 23 June 2019 The first Sunday after Pentecost is traditionally observed as the Sunday of All Saints in the Orthodox Church – both those that are “hidden” and those who have been “revealed.” These are some thoughts...
The Lives of the Saints and Us Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 23 June 2019 The lives of the saints are the ‘Gospel in action’, according to the modern Serbian saint, Justin Popović. Through them, we see their struggles and strivings, their longing and their love, their bless...
How are we to be understood and recognized as the ‘Image of God’? George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 23 June 2019 Any donation of body tissue or an organ is a kind of self-sacrifice. Despite this, it would be untheological to consider such an action to be in imitation of the sacrifice of Christ. Christ offers H...
If a soul loves God Saint Ephraim the Syrian 22 June 2019 Temptations, then, test souls, to see if they love God or not, and it’s these temptations that make souls worthy or unworthy of God. If a soul loves God, He will not allow it to fall into a temptatio...
The holy New Martyrs Abbot Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou 21 June 2019 I think it is only right to stress that the holy New Martyrs were the outstanding resistance fighters during the Turkish Occupation. They carried out their resistance not with acts of sabotage agai...
On Pentecost 21 June 2019 ...
Just like Him Saint John of Kronstadt 20 June 2019 If Christ is within you through frequent Holy Communion, then you must become like Him. You must be meek and humble, long-suffering, full of love, not be attached to worldly goods. Your mind should c...
The Concept of Death for the Church and for Science George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 20 June 2019 The definition of death in the Church and in science The definition of death is at its most crucial in heart transplants. The Church sees our death as a mystery of separation, or of the exit of the...
Paradise without you Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos 19 June 2019 I don’t want Paradise without you, my children. » Elder Amphilochios Makris of Patmos...
Content