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You’re asking?
Saint Isaac the Syrian
3 April 2023
What is it that you want? You want to ascend into heaven and inherit the Kingdom of God and repose in the bliss there and enjoy union with the angels and immortal life and you ask if the road’s di... 
An extreme story of sanctity (5th Sunday in Lent)
Metropolitan Agathangelos of Fanari
2 April 2023
‘For the son of man did not come to be served but to serve’
On the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, our Church presents and honors the sacred memory of a holy woman, our blessed mother, Mary the Egyptian, w...
Saint Mary the Egyptian (5th Sunday in Lent)
Saint Justin Popovich
2 April 2023
The 5th Sunday in Great Lent, the Sunday which is the week of great vigils, and ascetic struggles, the week of lamentations and sighs, is also the Sunday of the greatest among the women saints, our ho...
Because supposedly you don’t have
Elder Cleopa Ilie
2 April 2023
Don’t despair over the fact that, supposedly you have nothing praiseworthy about you. Lift up your soul and see the good things that God’s already given you and what, according to his promise, he ...
It takes years
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
1 April 2023
Monastics or lay people who strive to cleanse their heart through repentance will gradually begin to experience the state of virtue and divine illumination. But it takes many years, usually 15 to ...
‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), Greek Byzantine Choir
Greek Byzantine Choir
31 March 2023
‘Triumphant Leader’ (setting by Georgios Raidestinos), tone plagal four
Sung by the Greek Byzantine Choir conducted by Lykourgos Angelopoulos. From the CD Hymne Acathiste (2005).
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‘To you victorious leader of triumphant hosts’, ancient melody, 4th plagial tone (former Protopsaltis Archon Leonidas Asteris)
31 March 2023
The Akathistos Hymn occupies an important in the reverential period of Great Lent and is one of the most popular and well-known hymns, both in terms of its melody and poetry. Its inclusion in the Tr...
From the heart
Saint Paisios the Athonite
31 March 2023
For our prayer to be heard by God, it has to be made with humility and a deep sense of our sinfulness; it must also be heartfelt. If it doesn’t come from the heart, there’s no benefit in it. God a...
Artificial Intelligence: problems and prospects
James W. Lillie
30 March 2023
Review of an article by Fr. Nicholas Loudovikos
Speaking to a newspaper on 28 March, 2023, the Secretary for Science and Technology in the British Government said among other things: ‘People should t...
Everything will be transformed
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
30 March 2023
If we give ourselves to Christ’s love, everything will be transformed, everything will be transmuted, everything will be refashioned, everything will be transubstantiated. Anger, rage, jealousy, e...
