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Basil the Great Writes to Saint Gregory the Theologian – 2 Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos † 31 January 2018 It should be noted here that the Niptic Fathers, among whom were Saint Gregory Palamas and Saint Nikodimos the Athonite, used this last passage in Saint Basil in order to establish and interpret the c...
What love wants Abbess Theosemni, the Holy Monastery of Chrysopiyi, Hania, Crete 30 January 2018 We have to respect other people, whether they make mistakes or not. We shouldn’t destroy them, shouldn’t wound them and berate them. Because what love requires is this: to exculpate them, to love th...
The Idolization of the Self Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos 30 January 2018 It’s an oft-repeated refrain that, over the last centuries, people have been seduced by philosophical theories, economic projects and social systems, have forgotten God and have claimed independence f...
Greek Orthodox Education: The Need for an Earnest Introspection Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 30 January 2018 Our history here in Canada spans over a century. We left our homeland, carrying with us the eternal values and ideals of Hellas. We promised to preserve our Hellenic heritage, along with our Orthodox ...
Basil the Great Writes to Saint Gregory the Theologian – 1 Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos † 30 January 2018 Saint Basil the Great was the founder and organizer of coenobitic monasticism. His rules, and the reforms introduced by Saint Theodore the Studite, are still in place to this day. Of course, Saint Ba...
You wipe it clean Abba Pimen 29 January 2018 People need humility and the fear of God more than they need to breathe. Two wrongs don’t make a right, so if somebody does you wrong, return it with good. In this way, your good action expunges the...
The Sickness that Is Arrogance Varnavas, Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis 29 January 2018 In its desire to prepare us for the great and bright battle of the virtues, Holy and Great Lent, the Church, has adopted a period of preparation, that of the Triodion. This period starts with tomorrow...
We use iodine Elder Amvrosios Lazaris 28 January 2018 We forgive people, we don’t quarrel with them. We don’t annihilate people. We put iodine on their wounds. Be joyful. Love one another. Forgive one another. Pray. Love God, Our Lady and all our Saint...
Self-Righteousness and Humility Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th. 28 January 2018 Today’s Gospel reading (Luke 18, 10-14), presents two types of people who are typical of their kind, a Pharisee and a Publican (Tax-Collector), praying in the Temple. They represent the two opposite p...
It has no other way Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 27 January 2018 A humbled heart, which has first been wounded by the arrows of the enemy and then, after repentance, by the paternal love of the Saviour, has no other way of expressing itself but by tears. It’s naï...
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