Search Results for: ""
The Lord respects our freedom
Archimandrite Gabriel Dionysiates
25 September 2018
When He came into the world, Our Lord Jesus Christ had complete respect for the freedom of us His servants: ‘Let those who wish to do so follow me’.
So, are we, His supporters, to declare implacable ... 
How to buy Paradise
Saint Amphilochios Makris of Patmos
24 September 2018
With a good word about your neighbor, in their defense, you buy Paradise.
» Elder Amphilochios Makris of Patmos...
Submission to the Will of God
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian
24 September 2018
In today’s Gospel reading, we see the call, the invitation from Christ, to three disciples, Peter, James and John (fishermen from Judea unknown to Him at that time), at Lake Gennesaret. Jesus uses Pet...
Don’t abandon the prayer
Saint Ephraim Katounakiotis
23 September 2018
If you’re busy, if you’ve got something to attend to, don’t abandon the Jesus prayer, because it’ll glorify you.
» Elder Ephraim of Katounakia...
Jealousy
Saint Sophrony of Essex
22 September 2018
One of the signs of egotism is the presence of some feeling of jealousy within us.
We must avoid this feeling as if it were black death itself.
The genuine Christian life liberates us from jealousy....
When God is obliged
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
21 September 2018
Insofar as someone suffers a variety of trials, be they bodily or spiritual and bears them consciously and thanks God, then, if nothing else, God’s obliged to send His consolation to cool their souls....
