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They despair and give up Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 25 February 2023 Inner vision of the passions and sins is such an important event that the Fathers consider it superior to a vision of the angels. Since the passions are that deplorable and dismal abyss of the hea...
My mind wanders at the time of prayer Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 24 February 2023 ‘Strive constantly to concentrate your mind, which loses itself in reveries. God doesn’t require total concentration in prayer on the part of members of the coenobium (as is the case with hermits). So...
To escape Saint Isaac the Syrian 24 February 2023 Constantly free yourself of all earthly things so that you can escape the snares and wicked words and deeds. Don’t relax for even a moment by examining a wicked thought. Don’t let a wicked thought...
What kind of Lent? Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 23 February 2023 In the minds of people today, Lent’s a period of cleansing, of nutritional detoxification, preparation for Easter, not in terms of a change of life but of diet. This time seems to them more like a mem...
Against the flow Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher 23 February 2023 The world’s a mighty beast. It’s our second worst enemy. If we’re to make any progress as Christians, we have to go against the flow of the world, because there’s so much evil in it that it hinder...
The struggle against sin Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk 22 February 2023 I recognize that the struggle against this enemy is difficult; but it’s necessary. Lots of people wage wars and defeat other people, but are yet prisoners and slaves to their passions. There’s no more...
Boundaries and Vision Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 22 February 2023 ‘It’s important that we set boundaries, but they should be accompanied by a vision’ (Professor Vasilis Karapostolis). We live in a time where everything’s allowed. Parents readily excuse their childr...
What is commensurate? Saint Symeon the New Theologian 22 February 2023 What’s more beautiful than a soul that mourns, in the knowledge that, if it’s patient, it’ll inherit the joy of all? What’s more bold than a broken and contrite heart which effortlessly puts to fl...
Each one separately Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 21 February 2023 Christ doesn’t see people as a mass; he sees each one of us as a unique person. He heals each of us separately and retains the essential character of each of us. He doesn’t make all of us the same...
Do we bear in mind the nature of the future judgement? Sotiris Stylianou 20 February 2023 On Sunday 19 February we’ll hear in our churches the Gospel reading concerning the Last Judgement (Matth. 25, 31-46). In this, Christ describes the criteria by which we’ll be judged at the completion ...
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