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The ways of those that remember injuries [lead] to death (Proverbs 12, 28) Hierodeacon Filaretos, Monastery of the Holy Lavra, Kalavryta 23 March 2018 According to Saint John of the Ladder, resentment is a poison in the soul, an estrangement from love and a continuous sin. This is why, of all the requests in the Lord’s Prayer, only one is accompanie...
He shelters us all Saint Isaac the Syrian 22 March 2018 God’s shelter and providence shield everyone, but can be seen only by those who cleanse themselves from sin....
Silence is His answer Saint Sophrony of Essex 21 March 2018 A lot of people take God’s silence to mean that He doesn’t exist or that He’s dead. But if we thought about the position we put God in with our passions, we’d realize that that He has no choice but ...
International Almsgiving through the Metropolis Missions Department 21 March 2018 Our Holy Metropolis continues to both directly provide, as well as facilitate, tens of thousands of dollars in international donations through its Missions Department. The Metropolis, for example, pr...
A Sacred Birth Mina Boulekou, Author-Poetress- Columnist 21 March 2018   Blessed by your name Mary among the woman’s Angel said a holy message changed our world destiny. A heaven's gift was sent to give us a new Hope. A king was born The Son of GOD...
Before the unjust death of a child 20 March 2018 In the event of death, we usually attempt to rationally explain its happening or to provide a sense of meaning for it through logical interpretations. We compose philosophies, preach theologies and af...
Don’t learn about them Saint Mark the Ascetic 20 March 2018 Don’t try to learn about the sly and wicked things that people do, because then your soul’s transformed by what you hear....
On Not Judging Our Neighbour Abba Dorotheos 20 March 2018 If, brethren, we remembered the words of the holy Elders, if we studied them, it would be difficult for us to sin, difficult to neglect ourselves. Because, precisely as they’ve advised us, if we refus...
‘My soul, my soul, arise, why are you sleeping’, (kontakion, Great Canon) 20 March 2018 From a recording of a concert of the Greek Byzantine Choir in Patras on 3/11/2006. The setting is by Konstantinos Pringos and the piece is sung by Panayiotis Koutras, the Protopsaltis of the church ...
He wounds us unto death Saint John of Kronstadt 19 March 2018 We blunder about, here and there, we’re troubled about petty and unimportant things. The devil, who has the power of death, traps us in his snares and wounds us unto death. This is why we must be ca...
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