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The great enemy of truth
Saint Maximos the Confessor
27 May 2018
The great opponent of truth, the thing that draws people today into perdition, is delusion. Because of this, the souls of the feckless are filled with dark ignorance which estranges them from God.
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Sunday of Pentecost
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes
27 May 2018
After fifty days from our Lord's glorious Resurrection our Holy Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost. This feast day is very important for all mankind, because it is the birthday of our Church. It is ...
Saturday of the Souls
Archbishop Timotheos (Papoutsakis) of Crete (†)
26 May 2018
We’ll say a few words here about the profound meaning of the Saturdays of the Souls. Obviously, these days are dedicated to the dead, to the souls, to the world of the spirits.
People aren’t just the...
It’s a gift from God
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
26 May 2018
Every good thing comes from God. There’s not a single good thought that isn’t from God, nor wicked one that isn’t from the devil. Anything good you conceive, say or do, they’re all God’s gift. ‘Ever...
Non-Gender and One-Gender in the Gnostic Gospels (3)
Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.
25 May 2018
Whereas gender theories claim that the problem lies in the human body and its sex, which may need to be corrected, Patristic theology insists that God did not make any mistake and that evil lies in ...
Like a smoking furnace
Saint John of Kronstadt
25 May 2018
You can’t just eat, drink and smoke your way through life and make it a constant round of food, drink and tobacco. The spirit of evil has tried to turn us into perpetual smokers. He’s made our mouth...
They’re in the depths of despair
Saint Sophrony of Essex
24 May 2018
There are two forms of birth: one according to the flesh, the other the spirit. Christ said to Nicodemus: ‘Those who are born of the flesh are flesh; those who are born of the spirit are spirit. Don...
Inner darkness
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
23 May 2018
The Fathers tell us that the sense of sinfulness is a great gift from God, even superior to the sight of sublime visions. When we realize our inner darkness,s and the infernal and disgusting nature ...
Condign punishment
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
23 May 2018
They’ve not read, not heard, that those who distance themselves from God are lost. If a nation wants to recover itself, it has to be reborn morally, cut out decadence and the paralysis of morality, ...
