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Agora: A Disturbing Movie
Fr. Michael Gillis
27 September 2017
Several people in Holy Nativity have seen the movie Agora and have been disturbed by it and asked me to see the movie so that they can talk to me about it. So last night I watched it. Let me begin by ... 
The meeting point
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
26 September 2017
Observation of the commandments and patience in trials are typical of the meaning of the Cross and blessed are they who willingly agree to shoulder it. Those who accept this meaning of the Cross as ...
It’s in your hands
Abba Pimen
25 September 2017
You can’t prevent malicious thoughts from coming, but it’s up to you to resist them....
Close to Christ and Far from Him
Archimandrite Ioïl Yiannakopoulos
25 September 2017
A. Far from Christ. From today’s Gospel reading : ‘We’ve worked all night long and haven’t caught anything’, says Peter to Christ when the latter tells him to let the nets out again*. So, away from Ch...
The great crowns
Saint Basil the Great
24 September 2017
If God sees us accepting our present distress with gratitude, He’ll either remove the causes or He’ll reward us with the great crowns of patience....
A Selection of Writings by the Metropolitan of Aleppo, Paul Yazigi –2
24 September 2017
C. Providence
No matter how many turbulences we face in life, we ought to remain steadfast and peaceful. The more these difficulties go beyond our strength the more the Lord’s providence overcomes th...
The task of parents
Saint Sophrony of Essex
23 September 2017
What is the root of disbelief? In the first place, we should say that this matter is primarily one for parents, for fathers and mothers. If the parents approach the act of giving birth to a new pers...
The Roots of the Problem of Disconnect between Christianity and the Scientific Community [3]
Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
23 September 2017
As the universities became more and more powerful, ecclesiastical authorities sought to limit their scope — particularly the authority of the scholars. The Latin Church eventually condemned many of th...
Neither peace nor joy
Saint Silouan the Athonite
22 September 2017
A sinful soul, a prisoner of the passions, can’t have peace and joy in the Lord, even if it has all the riches of the earth....
Archbishop Basil of Brussels and Belgium (1900-22 September 1985)
22 September 2017
Vsevolod Krivoshein, as he was in the world, was born in Saint Petersburg 1900. His father served as a minister and vice-president of the Russian government. Vsevolod studied philology at the univer...
