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It doesn’t come back Saint Dimitri of Rostov 19 April 2018 Time past doesn’t return. Life is like a war, like a market, like a school, like a long sea voyage. In battle, there’s no room for respite, in trade you can’t be inactive, at school you can’t be ina...
Very few Elder Gavriil Tsafos † 18 April 2018 We go to church, but not many of us live in the Church....
It’s not romanticism Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 17 April 2018 If we really observe Christ’s commandments, then we demonstrate that we love Him, because, as He Himself said, ‘those who love me keep my commandments’. And when the holy Fathers ask, ‘Which command...
We don’t reach Infinity by Adding Numbers Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae 17 April 2018 In Saint John Chrysostom’s homily which we read on the night of the Resurrection, we hear: ‘Let no one grieve at their poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one bewail their tre...
Disbelief and God’s Tolerance of it Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 16 April 2018 a) God’s tolerance, as a consequence of the mystery of divine self-emptying, is not limited to the Cross and burial. It continues after the Resurrection. The risen Lord had no wish to impose the glad ...
They expect from others Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 14 April 2018 People become uncharitable when they expect charity from others while others are expecting it from them. In this mutual expectation, that is awaiting charity from each other, it’s almost a general r...
It produces a lot of thorns Elder Tadej Vitovničk 13 April 2018 Just as rich, fertile soil will produce a lot of thorns if it’s not cultivated, so will human nature. It was made good by its Creator, and well-suited to works of virtue, but because it hasn’t been ...
He doesn’t feel insecure Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 12 April 2018 God gives us the freedom to do what we like. We have the freedom to reject Him, to spit on Him, to curse Him. He gives us this freedom because he feels no insecurity. Humble people don’t feel insecu...
We don’t want the Resurrection Stergios Sakkos 12 April 2018 It sounds harsh and may test the credibility of unsuspecting readers to say that we don’t want the Resurrection. If you’re blind, don’t you want your sight? If you’re sick, don’t you want to be cured?...
Pearls or flame Saint Arsenie Boca 11 April 2018 The tears of gratitude of the poor that were shed for the help you gave them will be bright pearls for you in your life after the grave. Tears that the poor shed over your coldness and indifference ...
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