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It’s not our business
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
9 January 2019
We forget that, if we judge others, God will also judge us. We forget that we have no right to judge our neighbour, because it’s not our business, but that of God, Who is the Supreme Judge and Who a... 
Our Feasts
Fotis Kondoglou
8 January 2019
For many people, Christmas, New Year, Epiphany and other feasts aren’t feasts at all, nor days full of joy, but times that bring sorrow and hardship. Hard times for the souls of those who aren’t in a ...
She’ll bring you joy
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria
8 January 2019
When you can’t sleep and various thoughts keep bothering you, say the prayer ‘Rejoice, Virgin Mother of God…’ continuously. Sleep will come and Our Lady will give you great joy....
You’ll never sin
Abba Isaiah
7 January 2019
If you manage to say to yourself every day: ‘Today’s the last day of my life’, you’ll never wittingly sin against God....
Christ’s Baptism
Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias †
6 January 2019
Today, my Christian brothers and sisters is the third feast of the Lord. The first is the Nativity, the second the Circumcision and the third is His Baptism. Since we’re already tired by the liturgy o...
A heavier burden
Abba John the Short
6 January 2019
How stupid we people are. We fling far from ourselves the lighter load- acceptance of our mistake and asking forgiveness- and burden ourselves with something much heavier- justification....
They trust you
Saint Sophrony of Essex
5 January 2019
When you really love others, then they trust you because they feel it. And then you protect them from temptations....
The only way
Saint Antonios of the Monastery of Optina
4 January 2019
When is pain a blessing for us? When it makes us try and find out how we’re doing. If we don’t do this of our own accord, we need sorrows. Because it’s the only way to get us to wake up....
Don’t let them terrify you
Saint Andronik of the Monastery of Glinsk
3 January 2019
When you pray, you have to remember the hour of death and be afraid of eternal fire. We shouldn’t be terrified by the difficulties and burdens of life, because, through the path of many sorrows we c...
