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Are There Wonder-Working Icons?
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
20 February 2019
We Orthodox don’t worship icons, or the saints, the angels or even Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God. We worship only God in the Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We honour and glorify the... 
A calibrated eye
Saint John of Kronstadt
19 February 2019
The heart is the eye of human existence.
The clearer it is, the quicker, farther and more clearly it sees.
In the saints of God, however, even in this life, the eye is calibrated to the highest degr...
A “thank you, God” present
Saint Gregory the Theologian
18 February 2019
Give something to God as a "thank you" present, for the fact that you’re one of those who can give charity rather than someone who has to live off it.
For the fact that you don’t expect help from the...
The Gift of Far-sight and Other Miraculous Events
Manolis Karakostas
18 February 2019
Another phenomenon which many who visit monastics have observed is the gift of far-sight which some of these people have. Often the Elders know names and situations regarding their visitors without th...
Vigilance, patience and boldness
Saint Dimitri of Rostov
17 February 2019
Strive to remain unflinchingly in a state of spiritual vigilance, patience and boldness, because only then will you sense the spiritual Amalek who covets your soul. You’ll be freed from the passions a...
Put some effort
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
16 February 2019
The indolent, the idle and the lazy are not all right with God. Laziness isn’t a good thing at all. Indolence is a sickness, it’s a sin.
God doesn’t want us to be indolent. Great effort, movement, la...
On Pride and Humility
Abba Dorotheos
16 February 2019
Excerpt (2) from Instruction 1
What harm pride does, my brethren. If only you knew what humility can achieve. Why did we need to go through all these tribulations? If, from the beginning had humbled...
The Environmental Activities of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Timotheos Papastavrou
15 February 2019
Following the rapid industrial and technological explosion which has brought significant changes to the planet and has created a large number of social and environmental problems, the Ecumenical Patri...
A Journey with Sinners, Lunatics and Lovers..
Fr. Spyridon Skoutis
15 February 2019
A lot of hesitations…
Some people don’t want to go to confession, others are driven mad by being woken up early to go to church, the fast seems like a mountain, but dieting for the beach is a child’s...
