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The Cross and the Crucified Lord Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 4 April 2019 Our Orthodox faith, my beloved friends, is called ‘symbolic’, because it’s expressed in symbols. In other words, it’s expressed in simple signs, though these actually have profound significance and me...
Weaknesses, temptations, humbleness Saint Isaac the Syrian 3 April 2019 People can’t know their weaknesses unless they fall into temptations of the body. Then they pray, are distraught and are humbled. » Saint Isaac the Syrian...
The harder the struggle, the greater the victory Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 2 April 2019 The harder the struggle, the greater the victory. In the heavenly market-place, there aren’t any cheap wares. The moments of pain and sacrifice are moments of blessing. Beside every cross there’s a ...
Miracles of Saint Theosevios (2) Saint Neofytos Recluse 2 April 2019 The crows One time, when the same monk was busy elsewhere, a couple of crows came and ate all his pulses and everything else he had to eat. When the monk returned and saw the damage to his foodstuf...
Evil doubt Saint John of Kronstadt 1 April 2019 Doubt is blasphemy against God. It’s insolence, a lie of the spirit of evil that nestles in your heart in place of the spirit of truth. Be as afraid of doubt as you would a poisonous snake, or, to pu...
Suffering unjustly Saint Arsenie Boca 31 March 2019 It’s better for you to suffer evil than to become the cause of evil. The sorrow of someone who’s suffering unjustly is preferable to the joy of someone who’s working with injustice. » Elder ...
The Cross, the Symbol of Victory Varnavas, Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis 31 March 2019 In the middle of Holy and Great Lent, the Church places before the faithful the Honourable Cross of the Lord for us to venerate and draw strength from, so that we can continue the gruelling but lamben...
‘Hail, life-bearing Cross’ Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 31 March 2019 The Church boasts of the Precious Cross and experiences its message at every point of its worship. At every service, throughout the whole of the Church’s life, the presence of the Tree of Life is palp...
The furnace of sorrows Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 30 March 2019 All those who’ve been sanctified, and then those who’ve been saved, all those who’ve passed through the furnace of sorrows. Some though illness, some through the struggle against the passions and so ...
Boundaries are a Gift from Parents and Teachers to Children Klairi Mavromatou-Hatzikonti 30 March 2019 Quite a number of parents simply want to be liked by their children. They think that because their children can have whatever they want, then why shouldn’t they? The parents prefer not to be at odds w...
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