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The value of charity, its practical application and its spiritual dimension
Protopresbyter Stefanos Anagnostopoulos
17 August 2017
The miracle of the resurrection of Tabitha by the Apostle Peter is told in Acts, 9, 36-41. She lived in Joppa, was a Christian and ‘was devoted to good works and acts of charity’. With her practical l... 
The foolish philosopher
Saint John the Sinaite
16 August 2017
Callous people are foolish philosophers. They explain the will of God to others, to their own condemnation. They’re blind and tell others how to see. They praise silence and laud it with verbosity. ...
There’s a dichotomy
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
15 August 2017
Grace, which comes from repentance, snatches the soul up towards God, Whose light attracts it. In the beginning it’s not so obvious, but its warmth, which is love, begins to soften the heart. Then s...
Monk Iakovos: “Holy Mountain’s Psaltic Tradition”
14 August 2017
Monk Iakovos, Protopsaltis (First Chanter) of the Church of Protato, Karyes, Mt Athos, speaks on Holy Mountain's Psaltic Tradition...
It’s a slippery slope
Saint Maximos the Confessor
14 August 2017
If you’re not aware that you’re devoid of the virtues, this is a downward slope towards impiety. Because those who’ve become accustomed to the pleasures of the flesh and who ignore the voice of God ...
Elder Efrem’s radio interview on Skai on the Dormition of our Lady
14 August 2017
The Abbot of Vatopaidi monastery, Archimandrite Efrem, spoke on the radio programme “Gisa somewhere else” of SKAI 100,3 FM on Saturday 14th August 2010, on the eve of the feast of the Dormition of ou...
Turn your mind gently to Christ when you say the Jesus Prayer
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
13 August 2017
Prayer of the heart, the Jesus Prayer, occurs only for those who’ve been given the grace of God. It shouldn’t happen with the thought: ‘I must learn it; I have to know how to do it, to achieve it’, ...
The Image of the Turks in the Vitae of the Neomartyrs of the Orthodox Church
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America
13 August 2017
The image that one nation has for another goes through different levels of the social, cultural, political and-of course-religious life. And this image is not simply formed or imposed by these life-...
Millennialism and Messianism
Georgia Moulopoulou, M. Th.
13 August 2017
Millennial doctrines also came to light from the books of the Apocalyptic literature of Judaism. Such books were Esdras, Enoch, Baruch, Jubilees, the Psalms of Solomon, the Book of Daniel, the Revel...
Like murderers
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
12 August 2017
Slander is condemnation, defamation. Slanderers defame and condemn their neighbours and deprive them of their honour just as murderers deprive them of life. Both groups are equally guilty of homicid...
