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Non-Gender and One-Gender in the Gnostic Gospels (5) Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 27 June 2018 The above prohibitions should not be confused with instances where certain saintly women disguised themselves in order to enter men’s monasteries. What distinguishes these women from the followers o...
Why do people divorce? Saint Paisios the Athonite 26 June 2018 People divorce because of their sensuality and their egotism. Nothing else. All the other reasons are invented afterwards to justify what they’ve done....
The Offspring of the Barren Woman Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 25 June 2018 Apart from the Nativity of Christ, our Church celebrates the birthday of only two other people: Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and the Honourable Forerunner, Saint John the Baptist. And it’s na...
No infallible people Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 25 June 2018 Nobody’s infallible, especially when they’re still imperfect and full of badness. There are lots of things they don’t know, and they’re not very good at others. They lack experience and are fighting...
Pain and Sorrow in our Lives (1) Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 25 June 2018 The path of life is all pain and tears; all thorns and nails; crosses everywhere; anxiety and sorrow. Every step is a Gethsemane. Every slope’s a Golgotha. Every second’s a spear-thrust. ‘If we could ...
Our ignominy Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 24 June 2018 Egotism is an absurd passion  which is literally a scourge of humankind. We all suffer from this dread disease. Self-centred people are made ridiculous and a spectacle by their egotism. God calls up...
The Church as a Therapeutic Center: The Curing of the Soul Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios 24 June 2018 In the previous section, we said that the Church is a Hospital, a healing center. It heals man’s sick personality. If the darkening of the nous is the real illness, then cure consists of the illuminat...
Our own limitations Saint Sophrony of Essex 23 June 2018 Don’t be dictatorial in the way you speak, though this doesn't mean that you should deny true values. Just be aware of your own limitations....
Stress and melancholy Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 22 June 2018 Stress is caused by the eradication of the religious sense. Unless you have love for Christ, unless you concern yourself with holy matters, you’re bound to be full of melancholy and badness....
The Bliss of Paradise Saint Nikodimos the Athonite 22 June 2018 ‘Blessed are those who know you even if they know nothing else; those who know you and everything else, however, aren’t blessed for that reason, but simply because they know you’. Oh, the bliss of Pa...
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