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Inner darkness
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
22 July 2017
The Fathers tell us that awareness of sinfulness is a great gift from God, greater than the sight of sublime visions. When we become aware of our inner darkness and see the infernal and repulsive fo... 
The tradition of printmaking on Mount Athos
Markos Kampanis
22 July 2017
Artistic tradition on Mt Athos is usually connected to icons and religious murals. There is however another artistic practice, usually underrated and in general unknown to the majority, that is the ar...
Orthodoxy’s offering to America
21 July 2017
Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios, explains what Orthodoxy has to offer in a western society...
The most precious thing
21 July 2017
Our time is the most important thing we have for our salvation....
Advent a time of Spiritual House Cleaning
Fr. John Parker
21 July 2017
I have never been a particularly patient person. In grocery stores, I do mental math trying to determine which checkout line is the fastest. I’d like to be done *now*.
When approaching a red light,...
Condign punishment
Elder Filotheos Zervakos
20 July 2017
They haven’t read, they haven’t heard that those who distance themselves from God are lost. If the nation is to recover, it needs a spiritual rebirth. It should put a stop to corruption and moral tu...
The Prophet Elijah
Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes
20 July 2017
One of God's greatest Prophet in the Old Testament is the Prophet Elijah. He lived and prophesied, according to the Books of Kings (III Kings 17:1 - IV Kings 2:18), during the days of Achaab (873-854...
Economic Crisis – The Role of the Church
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana
20 July 2017
Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania addressed the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches which met in September 2012 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, in Hania, Crete. ...
In God’s hands
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
19 July 2017
Sorrow is pleasing to God so long as it doesn’t detract from our will to struggle. We should leave all matters in the hands of God. If we want anything, we should ask our Father for it, as children ...
Should Orthodox Churches Have Armed Guards?
Andrew Estocin
19 July 2017
Our family discussed this question after attending liturgy one Sunday. The reason? The parish leadership chose to hire an armed security detail in response to the threats of a mentally ill person. A t...
