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Chanting in Mt Athos
2 August 2017
Elder Thomas Mikrayannanitis, Mt Athos, speaks for his monastic experiences and chants Byzantine hymns.... 
Like a smoking furnace
Saint John of Kronstadt
2 August 2017
You can’t eat or drink or smoke all the time, turning your life into one long bout of food, drink and tobacco. The spirit of the evil one has tried to transform life into smoking. So he’s made the m...
Hidden and Quiet
Katherine Johnson
2 August 2017
It’s the end of the day and toys strewn all over the floor. No clear path to set my feet upon. Dishes arch high in the sink and I just notice the hint of smoke. And now the dinner’s burned beyond savi...
Sweetest Jesus
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
1 August 2017
May sweetest Jesus be ever in your thoughts. May He be a haven to which you return again and again....
Holy Tradition vs. Sola Scriptura: The Witness of the Liturgy (1)
Pedro O. Vega
1 August 2017
Since the Reformation, the polemics between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism have centered on the role of the Bible as the only rule of faith for the Church over and against any notion of Bible and...
Get rid of it
Saint Iakovos Tsalikis
31 July 2017
If we hear something bad, let’s get rid of it immediately. Bad things should go in one ear and out the other....
The Caress of Prayer
Katherine Johnson
31 July 2017
There’s nothing more humbling than being a parent, because what makes for good children is the life you’re living. And it’s a parent’s love of God, the faith of a father and a mother, that sparks flam...
Are Ideals Dangerous?
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
31 July 2017
The occasion for the composition of this text was the anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople.
On days of historic anniversaries, we generally turn to the ideals which formed the motivating force b...
Metropolitan Kallistos: “My Acquaintance with Elder Sophrony”
30 July 2017
Metropolitan of Diocleia, Kallistos (Ware) speaks for Elder's Sophrony spirituality and his personal acquaintance with him...
A demonic life
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
30 July 2017
Guile is the mother of all evil. It distances us from God and delivers us to the cunning demon making us his companion and ally. Those who are full of guile are lost. They do evil and fight good. Th...
