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Actual and prudent
Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov
5 February 2018
If, out of love for God and a life of virtue, people aren’t overly concerned about themselves and believe that God will look after them, this trust in God’s providence is both real and sensible.... 
God’s Great Love For Us
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
5 February 2018
‘He became angry and did not want to go in’
The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read in churches today, is held by commentators to be a pearl among the parables, or the ‘Gospel within the Gospe...
The proper intention – Feast day of St Agatha
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
5 February 2018
The Lord always seeks to find the proper intention in man for it is said that ‘Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver’...
It turns round and round about
Saint Nilos the Ascetic
4 February 2018
If you’re bound, you can’t run. Nor is a mind that works like a slave for some passion or other capable of real prayer. Because it’s dragged here and there by its impassioned thoughts and can’t be s...
I’d be indifferent
Saint Paisios the Athonite
3 February 2018
The joy felt by spiritual people isn’t the same as the worldly joy sought by so many people today. Let’s not confuse things. Did the Saints have the kind of joy that we’re seeking? Did Our Lady? Did...
Never forget
Saint Dimitri of Rostov
2 February 2018
Love, love the Lord! And never forget: the proof of your love for Him is the observance of His commandments. The beginning of your love for Him is the humility of the Publican. The fulfilment of you...
The Mystery of the Virgin Womb as the Tabernacle of God in the Flesh
John G. Panagiotou
2 February 2018
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14)
The great prophet of God Isaiah prophesied this pr...
From the beginning
Saint Isaac the Syrian
1 February 2018
Fasting is a commandment that was given for human nature to observe from the beginning and the First-Created fell from there....
