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God aims to save us
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
1 November 2018
When those who have sinned and seen all the great evil that they themselves have caused and the consequences thereof, they’re penitent. Penitence is an inclination to return to God, from Whom they h... 
The Outwardly Pious
Kostas E. Tsiropoulos
1 November 2018
Religion is a response to a deep longing of ours: the yearning for immortality. It’s a raft which supports us in our fear, enables us to pass through the dread rapids of chaos and to reach the harbour...
Never lose heart
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
31 October 2018
When you’re wounded because you’ve fallen into some sin or other through your weakness or, sometimes, to your harm, through your own will, don’t lose heart, don’t be upset about it, but turn straight ...
Galatians 6, 11-18 – St. John Chrysostom’s Commentary (Part 1)
Saint John Chrysostom
31 October 2018
Ver. 11, 12. See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand. Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised.
Feel the pain that pos...
Forgiveness
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
30 October 2018
Just as we wish for God to love us, to forgive us, to overlook our errors, to watch over us and protect us with His providence, so we should extend the same to other people.
Forgiveness doesn’t requi...
A savior on a daily basis
Saint John of Kronstadt
29 October 2018
Sin wears away at people every day, so they need a savior on a daily basis.
This Savior is Jesus Christ. If you call upon Him in living and unshakable faith, He will save you.
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Not everyone betrays
Abbot Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou
28 October 2018
In every age, not everyone betrays, not everybody deserts. Some remain faithful. Some keep up the struggle. Some don’t exchange their faith in the true God for anything worldly and secular.
This, i...
