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They live an unbearable life
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
8 March 2018
Those who don’t know themselves, don’t know God either. Those who don’t know God, don’t know the truth and live unbearable lives full of sorrow and bitterness and they always sinning against God.... 
Indifference to those who are sinning is itself a sin
Christos Karadimos
8 March 2018
Should we be indifferent to those who are sinning? Not according to Saint Basil the Great, who bases this opinion on Scripture. According to Saint Basil, the Lord gave explicit instructions, in both t...
Don’t feel sorry for your body
Saint John of Kronstadt
7 March 2018
Let’s not pray hypocritically. However lazy and weak our flesh is, however drowsy you feel, you have to master yourself. Don’t feel sorry for your body, humble it for God. The gift of prayer that yo...
He abhors it
Saint Theophan the Recluse
6 March 2018
The Lord really dislikes people passing judgement on others. Condemnation is begotten from self-satisfaction. This is why, at your every fall, you should examine the reasons that caused you to act l...
The Other, my Brother
Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos
6 March 2018
The way things are today, with economic matters dominant, as well as the various theories which stem from them, it’s clear that the value of the human person has been much reduced. We recognize it not...
Great Lent: Sunday Bible Reading Week 2
6 March 2018
Today’s Gospel (Mark 2:1-12, see sidebar), read on the Second Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas) describes one of the many miracles performed by Christ and highlights once again His ...
We could meet the needs
Saint Sophrony of Essex
5 March 2018
God came and showed us that He doesn’t want to abandon us but rather that we’ve moved away from Him. I mean, in the sense that God doesn’t force us. If humankind had other principles to live by, we ...
A Deep Scar
Mina Boulekou, Author-Poetress- Columnist
5 March 2018
A deep scar
kept me alive.
I cross the earth
like a brave soldier
with solid steps and doleful eyes.
Oh! Lord
Hear the cry of your children.
Hear the voices screaming
in the war ruins.
A v...
Let us offer
Saint Gregory the Theologian
4 March 2018
The Lord of all desires mercy, not sacrifice, and since loving-kindness is better than the sacrifice of thousands of fattened lambs, let us offer it to Him through those who are in need, through tho...
