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The Effort of Love is the most Noble Expression of the Christian Ethos Elder Christodoulos, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousi 31 October 2017 Christ brings a new ethos into the world. To those who sought power, honour and glory, He said: ‘I didn’t come to be served but to serve. And to give my life as a ransom for people’. This is His rad...
Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urbanus, Apelles, Narcissus and Aristobulus George Poulos 31 October 2017 In recent years there has been a rash of new religions erupt­ing on the community skin, a kind of social disease to which the seasoned Christian is immune, but which afflicts the well-intentioned but ...
Greek Monasticism in the 19th Century [1] Protopresbyter Georgios Metallinos 30 October 2017 During the nineteenth century the newly created Greek State attempted to become European, focused on its progress and modernization. Of course, this tactic had a catalytic influence on the direction o...
It doesn’t protest Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 30 October 2017 A wicked conscience is when people transgress God’s moral law, living in order to impose their own will, which is whatever their ego dictates. The conscience of these people has been distorted by th...
Christ is late (Luke 8, 41-56) Iraklis Filios 30 October 2017 Today’s Gospel reading (Luke 8, 41-56) is truly wonderful. It has to do with the raising of Jairus’ daughter and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood. According to the text, an important f...
Then you’ll understand Abbess Gavriïlia 29 October 2017 When you give yourself entirely to the power and love of God, you’ll realize that everything happens because God wants it to, because God allows it....
St Anastasia the Roman Saint Symeon the Translator 29 October 2017 We find two Anastasias in the Lives of the saints, both of whom were of prominent and famous families and who confessed their faith. Both were daughters of mighty Rome. The first was married against ...
Other tastes Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos † 28 October 2017 What are attractive pleasures for other people are stumbling-blocks for the faithful. Christ alters our ‘tastes’. Those who are reborn have a different kind of joy. They’re not drawn to and don’t en...
“Monastic Wisdom; The Letters of Elder Joseph the Hesychast” 28 October 2017 Elder Joseph the Hesychast (1898-1959) was a charismatic personality of 20th century’s Orthodox spirituality. He became a monk in Mt Athos at a young age and finally he was a top teacher of Jesus’ pra...
It ends in death Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 27 October 2017 Impiety is a sin of the mind against God. It’s ignorance of God and ends with the death of the soul. It’s caused by our lack of awareness of God. In itself it’s perverse and gets us nowhere. It’s th...
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