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The Plight of the West and the Hope of the East Christos Klavas, Theologian 18 December 2018 The distinction between the theology of the Orthodox East and the Latin/Protestant West is one of the major issues in theological studies. Careful examination of the path followed by the West after th...
1st Discourse on Fasting [4] Saint Basil the Great 18 December 2018 Through fasting we return to paradise 4. Because we didn’t fast, we left paradise. Let us fast, then, so that we can return to it. Look at Lazarus, who entered paradise through fasting (Luke 16, 20...
We don’t even think about it Starets Amvrosij 17 December 2018 Death’s right at our back. But we imagine it’s behind the mountains and don’t even think about it....
Sermon on the Apostolic Reading for the 11th Sunday of Luke (Colos. 3, 4-11) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 17 December 2018 Christmas is approaching! The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; the Son of God on earth. It is essential for all faithful to prepare spiritually for this grant event that has an immediate relation with...
On Holy Communion Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias † 17 December 2018 The Holy Gospel we heard today, my Christian brothers and sisters, tells us, in the form of a parable, about the Supper of Holy Communion. Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ. This Supper, which...
It’s not easy Saint Anthony the Great 16 December 2018 Nobody should say that it’s not possible for people to live a virtuous life, but rather that it’s difficult to do so. Nor can virtue be acquired by just anyone. The virtuous life is lived by those w...
Exactitude and Dispensation through an Overall Consideration of the Sacred Canons Archimandrite Pavlos Alexas 16 December 2018 The sacred canons are the practical expression of the dogma, the faith of the Church, and can be viewed as such, because otherwise dogma would be banished to the sphere of the metaphysical, of the ina...
1st Discourse on Fasting [3] Saint Basil the Great 16 December 2018 Do you think I derive its antiquity from the Law? Fasting is older than the Law. Just be patient and you’ll see the truth of this. Fasting was the first commandment of God in paradise. When Adam an...
That’s where God will appear Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 15 December 2018 You do what you can. Do what you can without worry, without anxiety, without being troubled. Do whatever you can and your conscience will bear witness that you’ve done so, thus far. Thereafter, you ...
Human Reality as a Locus of Pain and Christ’s Truth as a Reality of Hope Fr. Gennadios Manolis, Theologian 15 December 2018 The greatest problem we face today is that we’re living without the sense of the presence of God in our lives and think that everything depends on us personally. But such a way of life leads to atheis...
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