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The Joy of the Salutations Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 3 March 2023 The mourning atmosphere of Great Lent is unquestionably lightened by the service of the Salutations. These ‘Hails’ which we address to the ‘Birth-Giver and Mother of the Light’, in gratitude for her g...
Division and Content of the 24 Verses of the Akathistos Hymn Theodore Rokas 3 March 2023 The Service of the Akathistos Hymn is sung at Mattins on the Saturday of the fifth week of Lent or in the evening of Friday of that week, attached to the service of Small Compline. It is sung in full ...
A starting-point Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † 3 March 2023 Worship isn’t restricted to certain times and places for prayer (Matins, Vespers and so on). The particular times for prayer are a starting-point, from which our soul sets out to transform the who...
Great Lent: an empirical journey into the depths of our being Elder Patapios Kavsokalyvitis, Superintendent of the Skete of the Holy Trinity, Mount Athos 2 March 2023 By fasting, we learn to say ‘No’ to our desire for food and also learn to say ‘No’ to our  often self-destructive will. We also learn to say ‘Yes’ to God, which is always redemptive. We’ve begun the ...
It’s not an ideological system Elder Moisis the Athonite † 2 March 2023 The center of the Christian message and the center of divine worship is the Lord’s resurrection. The message and worship of the Church are testimony to the resurrection. Orthodoxy isn’t an ideolog...
The Triodio and our spiritual life Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 1 March 2023 The time of the Triodio is the whole of our spiritual life in miniature. If you follow the messages in the hymns every day, it’s enough to show the journey you have to make in the struggle that awaits...
It springs from within you Saint Cyril of Jerusalem 1 March 2023 Sin isn’t an enemy that attacks from without, it’s an evil that sprouts and grows within you. ‘Look with prudence’ (Prov. 4, 25) and you won’t feel any vile desire. Remember the coming judgement a...
From darkness to light Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 28 February 2023 On the eve of our entry into Great Lent, everything in church speaks to us of repentance. The wonderful hymns ‘robe’ the message of repentance in a poetic manner; the Gospel reading gives us the keys ...
Lent: the other dimension of life Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 28 February 2023 Amid the turbulence of our life, the deafening noise surrounding us, the long and pointless conversations on the telephone or in person, the stress and uncertainty regarding the state of the world tod...
The Struggle of Great Lent – ΙI Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 28 February 2023 Of course, we must keep the fast only as far as we’re able, with discretion, because we’re not all the same. “Unless the good be done well, it is not good”. In other words, unless good is done in a ...
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