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From all corrosion
Saint Cassian the Roman
6 August 2018
Temptations happen to people: to test them, and so that their virtue will shine through, as was the case with Abraham, Job and many others of the righteous; to cleanse them of all the stains of sin,... 
The Possessed Young Man
Archimandrite Ioïl Yiannakopoulos
6 August 2018
In the Gospel , concerning the young man who was possessed, we’re given the opportunity to examine the shortcomings in the way we bring up our children.
Bringing children up outside Christianity
If ...
Sin and Sickness: An Orthodox View (3)
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
6 August 2018
Of course, all of this doesn’t mean that sickness is removed with the coming of Christ into the world, despite the fact that, when announcing the cure of the sick, Christ also indicates the presence...
Spiritual murder
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
5 August 2018
If your tongue’s like a sharp sword, then you can use it to murder people. It’s what we often do, without thinking that we’re killers. We wound our neighbour’s heart with slander and lies, we insult...
It’s not possible
Saint Silouan the Athonite
4 August 2018
Love for your enemies isn’t possible except by the Grace of the Holy Spirit....
Father Gavriil Tsafos (1944-2018), the Elder of Joy
3 August 2018
On Wednesday, 1 August, at the beginning of the fast for Our Most Holy Lady, whom he loved so much, Archimandrite Gavriil Tsafos, the parish priest of the pilgrimage church of Saint Andreas, in Leukos...
It’s beyond their ken
Saint Silouan the Athonite
3 August 2018
Disbelief comes from pride. Proud people reckon they always know best, through their mind and through science, but knowledge of God is always beyond them, because God can be known only through revel...
Sin and Sickness: An Orthodox View (2)
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
3 August 2018
We have another instance where the righteous suffer without guilt, as in Job and Tobias. In these cases the answer is provided by Scripture itself: the aim is to manifest the loyalty of the believer...
