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Elder Ieronymos Simonopetritis: The First Years of his Service Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian 7 May 2019 Elder Ieronymos as a monk on the Holy Mountain (1888-1920) Young Ioannis arrived on the Holy Mountain, made the sign of the cross and thanked Our Lady. Here his love for the Mother of God grew, to ...

Wicked thoughts Saint John Chrysostom 6 May 2019 Don’t express them in words. Let them quieten down within you and they’ll soon disappear. We’re human, and often enough we have wicked, inappropriate or disgusting thoughts. But let’s prevent those t...

Eternal riches, cost free Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 5 May 2019 Uncharitable people are unhappy because their heart has never felt the joy of doing good works and or giving alms. They haven’t understood that real enjoyment lies in loving your neighbor. They hav...

Nobility Saint Gregory the Theologian 4 May 2019 Nobility is the preservation of the properties of the image of God and the equivalence with the archetype. This is achieved through speech, virtue and pure desire. I have known one nobility: devoutne...

A necessary connection Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 3 May 2019 Prayer without repentance is of no help at all. But as soon as prayer is connected to repentance, then it’s heard by God. » Saint Nicholas Velimirovich...

Christ’s Resurrection Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias † 3 May 2019 Jesus Christ, my Christian brothers and sisters, remained in the grave for three days. The first day was Friday. The second was Saturday and then, sometime during the night between Saturday and Sunday...

Elder Ieronymos Simonopetritis (1871-1957) Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian 3 May 2019 Childhood Years (1871-1888) Elder Ieronymos was born in the village of Reïz-Dere in the Krini region of Asia Minor in 1871 to poor but devout parents, Nikolaos and Maria Diakoyiorgis. The village wa...

The Grace will come back Saint Joseph the Hesychast 2 May 2019 Don’t worry if you don’t find Grace in your prayer. It’ll come back. This is why it withdraws: so that you’ll seek it with greater yearning. >Blessed Joseph the Hesychast...

The Truth Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 1 May 2019 It’s a great thing to experience the truth. And you know, the truth isn’t an idea or a philosophy. Truth is a person, it’s God. Didn’t Christ Himself say: ‘I am the way, the truth and life’? » Abbo...

After the Resurrection (3) Archimandrite Elisaios, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras 1 May 2019 ‘When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight’. So we’ve see...

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