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Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, a Man of Abounding Paternal Love (4) Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne 10 May 2018 4. The slanders We have left to the end any reference to his cross. At various times people came to him asking for spiritual guidance. But these people had wicked thoughts, either from their passio...
We should bow our head Elder Tadej Vitovničk 9 May 2018 We have to learn to bow our head to the will of God and not insist on having our own way. Obedience to God is achieved through obedience to our spiritual guides, our parents, out teachers, and those...
They approach each other Abba Dorotheos 9 May 2018 The closer people draw to God the more they approach each other. And again, the more they approach each other, the closer they draw to God....
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, a Man of Abounding Paternal Love (3) Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne 9 May 2018 2. His zeal The Elder was a phenomenon as regards his conscious zeal, as the reader will easily recognize. It was imprinted on all areas of his activities and service, as also in his internal dilig...
A dreadful tyrant Saint John Chrysostom 8 May 2018 Sin really is a dreadful tyrant, issuing wicked commands and shaming those who obey them. From the time it entered the world, it has destroyed freedom, debased the value we have as our natural right...
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, a Man of Abounding Paternal Love (2) Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne 8 May 2018 1. The call through a divine vision In his fifteenth year, while he was on a hill at Paphos, floundering in the dark void because of a sense of the pointlessness of it all- he’d watched a documenta...
The connection’s necessary Saint Basil the Great 7 May 2018 Cutting yourself off from the link with other people isn’t a feature of those who live in accordance with the commandment of love....
Who Are You – Who Called You – Who You Should Be Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 7 May 2018 Fatherly Exhortations to Students, Graduates and Clergymen You are human, the most beloved creature of God. The creature that God ordained to live forever. No other creature was destined to live fore...
‘I am He Who is speaking to you’ – Part 2 Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 7 May 2018 In a homily on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the shepherd of Thessaloniki, Saint Gregory Palamas, mentions that, from the moment that Jesus confessed that He is the Christ, the woman immediatel...
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, a Man of Abounding Paternal Love Archimandrite Chrysostomos Papadakis of the Ecumenical Throne 6 May 2018 At the presentation of the book on Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, at the Athens Concert Hall, 19 April 2018. Nine years have passed since the demise of our blessed Elder, Iosif Vatopaidinos. Throughout th...
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