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Sinful duplicity
Saint John of Kronstadt
6 June 2017
People are often two-faced. They say one thing and have another in their heart and mind. This is something which often happens when they pray: although they understand the words and the meaning of t... 
Οne-year anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Canada Sotirios
6 June 2017
Today we celebrate the Great Feast of Holy Pentecost. Today, the tenth day after the Ascension and the fiftieth day after Pascha, we celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit, Who showed “the fishermen...
It’s easier to win
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
5 June 2017
Nothing helps you to calm your anger and overcome all the passions as much as love for God and all other people does. It’s easier to win by love than by any other struggle....
Whoever we are
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
4 June 2017
The passion of conceit is present in some form in almost everyone, which is why the Lord begins the Beatitudes with this point. He highlights the pride lurking in our character as another ancient ev...
It knows all the tricks
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
3 June 2017
Temptation makes us fractious, worried and creates internal warfare. It knows all the tricks… it drags people down into doubt. This is why there are so many shipwrecks. Do you know what an expert te...
God’s Saving Mercy
Abbot Tryphon
3 June 2017
We are not compelled to love God, having been created with free will. God does not, nor can He, compel His creatures to love Him. Mutual love requires, by it's very nature, freedom to either respond i...
Christian Preaching in the Latin-speaking Patristic Tradition
Professor Dimitra Koukoura, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
3 June 2017
The same line was followed in the Greek-speaking tradition of preaching. In the 4th century, the sermons of the Church addressed to the people were composed in the Atticizing dialect, the only langu...
A breast-plate for the faithful
Elder Filotheos Zervakos
2 June 2017
We should pray to God every day, extensively, even when we’re walking along the street, when we’re working or when we go to bed to have a rest after a tiring day. We should glorify God for His work ...
Credo
Clark Carlton, Author, Philosopher and Theologian
2 June 2017
First council of Nicea
The Westminster Confession of Faith-the principle doctrinal statement of English-speaking Calvinists-begins with an affirmation of the sole authority of the Holy Scriptures. S...
