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It’s incalculable Elder Filotheos Zervakos 25 February 2019 Just as the body can’t survive without nourishment, neither can the soul without the divine word. It dies eternal death. If the soul dies, the damage is incalculable....
Sweet Paradise Saint Paisios the Athonite 24 February 2019 For people to go to sweet Paradise, they have to eat a lot of things bitter here below, so that they’ve got their passport of trials to hand. » Venerable Païsios the Athonite...
Prove it Saint John Chrysostom 23 February 2019 Are you fasting? Prove it through your works. What works? If you see somebody poor, give alms. If you see an enemy, reconcile. If you see a beautiful woman, pay her no heed. Don’t fast only with the...
Christianity is Radical George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 23 February 2019 Christianity is radical. Where it isn’t radical, it isn’t authentic. The radicalism of Christianity affects everything that links it to the world. This is due to the fact that the roots of Christianit...
Restraint in all things Saint Isidore of Pelusium 22 February 2019 No fasting from food is of any benefit to those who don’t fast from their other feelings, because those who really struggle show restraint in all things. » Saint Isidore of Pelusium...
The Temptations in the Wilderness Alexandros Kosmatopoulos 22 February 2019 In the narrative of the event of the baptism of Christ, the Forerunner is hesitant and in awe at the prospect of baptizing Jesus: ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ Jesus insisted,...
The publican and the pharisee: the fake self 22 February 2019 ...
When prayer turns into deception Saint Joseph the Hesychast 21 February 2019 There are many ways of praying. They’re all good, if people don’t know how to pray with simplicity. But if somebody else is leading them, and they disobey, then their prayer turns and becomes decepti...
Discourse on Repentance Saint Ephraim the Syrian 21 February 2019 Let’s not be overwhelmed, then, by that fear which has to do with the things and conditions of this vain world. In other words, let’s not fear where there’s nothing to fear (I Jn. 4, 18). What human f...
Again, on sorrows and patience Saint Dimitri of Rostov 20 February 2019 Patience in trials is a sure way of uniting ourselves to God. Complaining separates us from God, so patience forges our union with Him. So if you suffer all your trials with patience and gratitude, f...
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