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He gave us a command
Saint Silouan the Athonite
29 March 2023
Those who don’t love their enemies haven’t yet learned the wealth of the grace of the Lord, who died on the cross for his enemies and gave himself as a model to us, together with the command to lo... 
There’s no excuse
Elder Amvrosios Lazaris
28 March 2023
Sin enters through the sense organs. We have to stop it in our brain through prayers and the Jesus prayer. Envy’s the worst sin, and there’s no excuse for it. We have to get rid of it from inside ...
‘Hail, city of the king of all’
Sophia Bekri, Theologian
27 March 2023
Among the many wonderful salutations addressed by the hymnographer to our Lady, one stands out particularly for its symbolism and importance: ‘Hail, city of the king of all’.
This characterization of...
So brief
Saint Sophrony of Essex
27 March 2023
Life’s so short and the aim so high, yet so far away. Living on earth is endless pain for people....
The Power of Faith (4th Sunday in Lent)
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.
26 March 2023
The incident mentioned in today’s Gospel reading (Mark 9, 17-31) is placed immediately after the Lord’s descent from the mountain on which He was transfigured before three of His disciples. After the ...
Don’t become idle
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
26 March 2023
Be understanding towards yourself. Don’t ask of yourself more than you can do. Show patience towards your own faults as we do towards those of others. But keep making an effort. Always make progr...
The Epistle Reading for the 4th Sunday in Lent
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
25 March 2023
In today’s Epistle, Saint Paul calls hope ‘a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul’. A ship without an anchor runs the risk of being dashed against the rocks along a coast. When people without hope ar...
Saint Justin Popović, the ‘Evangelist’ of the Mystery of the Annunciation
Alexandros Christodoulou, Theologian
25 March 2023
Saint Justin (Popović) was born on March 25, 1894, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Mother of God, in the town of Vranje in Southern Serbia, to devout parents, Father Spiridon and Tashe (Anastasia...
Homily on the Annunciation
Saint Gregory the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of New Caesarea (ca. 213-270)
25 March 2023
Today Gabriel, who stands before God, came to the pure virgin, announcing the glad tidings: ‘Hail, you who are full of grace’. She tried to think what kind of salutation this might be. But the angel w...
We don’t think we’re anything special
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
25 March 2023
The passion which attacks people until the last moments of their life and which, when it takes over, makes people’s hearts more callous and dreary, is that of ambition, with the synonymous passion...
