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Your knees won’t bend
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
26 July 2017
Pride of the intellect sent Satan to Hell. Pride of the intellect separated Adam and Eve from God, and impelled the Scribes and Pharisees to kill Christ. Pride of the intellect is the most fertile g... 
Elisabeth Behr Sigel
26 July 2017
Mme Elisabeth Behr Sigel was, perhaps, the most significant Orthodox woman of the 20th century who delivered the 2003 Florovsky Lecture at Saint Vladimir’s Seminary. She was born in Alsace, France in ...
Why we fear
Saint Clement of Alexandria
25 July 2017
The fear of God is impassive. Because we don’t actually fear God Himself, but falling away from Him....
It’s tremendously important
Elder Tadej Vitovničk
24 July 2017
It’s of vast importance that somebody in the family should really pray. Prayer draws the Grace of God, and all members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have hardened. Always pray....
Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios: “My Life in Mt Athos”
24 July 2017
Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios speaks for his life in Mt Athos and United States...
Mysticism (Part I)
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana
24 July 2017
Definition – Characteristics
The purpose of mysticism is an experiential, existential quest, direct relationship and spiritual union with God or the divine. This is sought with concentration, prayer,...
The New Martyr Athanasios the Iviritis – Part 1
24 July 2017
In the year 1628 the holy martyr Athanasios, a Greek by birth, the son of a çavuş who had converted to Islam, was martyred for his faith in Christ, with the collaboration of his father, who had urge...
Drowning in despair
Saint Sophrony of Essex
23 July 2017
But there are two forms of birth: one according to the flesh and the other in the spirit. Christ said to Nicodemus: ‘What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do ...
Elder Ioannis Kalaïdis (1)
Protopresbyter Georgios Trapezanlides
23 July 2017
Introduction
In the Gospel of Saint Matthew, the disciples and, by extension, all Christians who desire to live in accordance with the word of God are called by the Lord, the light and salt of the ea...
These Things I Believe (Part I)
Dr. Charles Malik
23 July 2017
I am a Christian. I believe in God, the Creator from nothing of heaven and earth and of everything visible and invisible. This Creator-God is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who is also identica...
