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We’d be able to hide
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
11 June 2018
When people are in a state of Grace, the soul is calm and mellow. It can’t be goaded into rage. Later, such people are expected consciously to reject evil. They have to overcome all the enemies of t... 
What’s here and what’s there
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
10 June 2018
Spiritual people know everything, because their mind is that of Christ. They know that what’s here is ephemeral and what’s there is permanent and immortal. They know that they themselves will be sav...
The meaning of life
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
9 June 2018
Before we depart for the heavens, we have to realize the value and meaning of this life: that it’s an arena in which we strive. We should remember that the saying is wise and true which tells us: ‘T...
They can be passed on
Saint John of Kronstadt
8 June 2018
The passions are transmittable to our spiritual organism. Wickedness, for example. Even if it’s not expressed in words or deeds, it’s still hidden away in the heart and can just be discerned, maybe ...
Bartholomew in Canada: A Twenty Year Celebration
Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Archon Ostiarios, political scientist, freelance columnist
8 June 2018
Twenty years ago today His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was in Canada.
Twenty years ago today His All-Holiness presided over the Divine Liturgy at the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toron...
We Put Fabrications in the Place of God
Protopresbyter Nikolaos Loudovikos
8 June 2018
Fr. Nikolaos teaches Theology and Philosophy at the Orthodox Institute, Cambridge and at the Ecclesiastical Academy, Thessaloniki. He is well-acquainted with European thought and is one of the leading...
Stupid philosophers
Saint John the Sinaite
7 June 2018
Callous people are stupid philosophers. They explain God’s will to their own condemnation. They’re blind and they teach others how to see. They praise silence and laud it with loquacity. They teach ...
There’s a dichotomy
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
6 June 2018
The Grace which comes from repentance snatches up the soul and wings it towards God, Whose light attracts it. At the beginning, He isn’t so apparent, but His warmth, which is love, starts to soften ...
A downward slope
Saint Maximos the Confessor
5 June 2018
Unawareness of lack of the virtues is a downward slide into impiety. Because those who are accustomed to the pleasures of the flesh and disobedience to God will end up denying Him when the opportuni...
