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Monk Hariton, the New Martyr of Kosovo
Hieromonk Stefan of Dečani
7 November 2017
The Lord’s words, Fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul (Matt. 10:28) have inspired many generations of Christians over the past two thousand years, since the sacrificial... 
Vigil in Nea Ionia, Attica, with Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos. 6 November 2017
6 November 2017
With the honours accorded to a Head of State, the Precious Girdle of Our Lady the Mother of God left the Holy Mountain in order to be available for veneration by the Orthodox faithful in Greece in the...
He’ll sweeten us
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria
6 November 2017
If the name of God is always on our lips, will He Who has so much love not sweeten us?...
On Light
James W. Lillie
6 November 2017
In his 56th Discourse (On faith and those who say it is not possible to live in the world and achieve the perfection of the virtues), Saint Symeon the New Theologian presents us with the following st...
Down to the details
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
5 November 2017
When people are trying, they see for themselves just how much God looks after them personally and how greatly He’s concerned with the details of their life. And so their faith increases. If they’re ...
Greek Monasticism in the 19th Century [2]
Protopresbyter George Metallinos
5 November 2017
The Decline of Asceticism and Spirituality
The frenzy spread by the demand for “social progress” throughout the nineteenth century diminished the interest in asceticism and the spiritual life. People...
They’re closer
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
4 November 2017
Because they don’t need anything, self-contained people are closer to God than others are....
Do you Possess the Signs of Christ’s Beatitudes? (part 2)
Saint Symeon the New Theologian
4 November 2017
But those who are united to God by faith and recognize Him through action are indeed enabled to see Him by contemplation. They see things of which I am unable to write. Their minds sees strange vision...
