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They make our path difficult Saint John of Kronstadt 25 April 2017 Flatterers are our greatest enemies. They blind us and don’t allow us to see our many faults. So they make it difficult for us to progress to perfection, especially if we’re selfish and don’t look a...
Recrucifying the Risen Christ Protopresbyter Christos Aiyidis 25 April 2017 Once again, the divine drama has come to an end and the Lord’s Resurrection has become the start of a new life, the unending and eternal life in Paradise, the life for which we were created. The Lord ...
Saint Mary Magdalene: The Revision of the Role of a Prominent Apostle 25 April 2017 The years between 1976-1985 were declared by the United Nations to be the “Decade of the Rights of Women”. Within the framework of the related activities which were undertaken at the time, it was clai...
The Holy Monastery of Chilandari (or Chelandari) Monk Chariton of Karoulia 25 April 2017 The monastery was founded at the end of the 10th century. In 1198 an imperial edict of Alexios III granted it to the Serbian prince Stephan Nemanja and his son, who had both taken the habit at Vatop...
Without a ticket Saint Theophan the Recluse 24 April 2017 People can be saved if they have a humble outlook. But without this, their ticket won’t allow them to get into paradise, which is full of humble people. Humility should be the background to your lif...
Morning is a miracle Irene Archos 24 April 2017 Morning is such a miracle. I take it for granted on most days. There is no guarantee that I will rise. Or that you will for that matter.  It is God’s mercy that allows my bones to creak and groan and ...
The Theology of Gender – 12. St. Basil’s Canon 9 on adultery Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara 24 April 2017 The whole series can be read here: The Theology of Gender Canon 9 of St. Basil ascribes the practice of the Church not to allow the woman to separate from her husband if he commits adultery to ...
We want our own will to be done Elder Tadej Vitovničk 23 April 2017 Everything’s changing all the time. Nothing remains static. We perfect ourselves, either in what’s good or what’s bad. We have to learn to live the life of the heavens. And that’s not easy, since to...
The Great Gain Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 23 April 2017 Forgiveness is the effort and exercise of a love that is, in the end, transformed into joy and leads to salvation, as Saint Païsios the Athonite notes: ‘There’s no greater joy than that which you fe...
Marriage as death and resurrection Abbot Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou 22 April 2017 But it’s obvious that for a marriage to be manifestation and a revelation of the marriage between Christ and the Church, the couple must continually overcome the sinful person they have hidden withi...
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