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Nobody can
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
18 April 2017
Repentance is never-ending. By the grace of God we can perfect all the virtues. But no-one can perfect repentance, because we need it to our last breath, since we sin ‘in the blink of an eye’. So re... 
The Theology of Gender – 10. St Basil’s contribution to the canonical tradition
Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara
18 April 2017
The whole series can be read here: The Theology of Gender
In order to evaluate Saint Basil’s contribution to the canonical tradition and spiritual conscience of the Orthodox Church, we have to ...
Tomb & Temple
Fr. Patrick H. Reardon
18 April 2017
The death of Jesus was no mere appearance; he really died. His soul and body were truly rent asunder.
“Jesus cried out again with a loud voice,” wrote Matthew, “and yielded up his spirit” (28:50).
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Become wise!
Saint John the Damascan
17 April 2017
Wise people seek calm, inactivity and leisure in order to steep themselves in quietude and think of God....
Dorotheos of Gaza on an Easter Hymn by St Gregory Nazianzinos – 1
17 April 2017
In Abbas Dorotheos, Ascetic Works, Teaching XVI is An Interpretation of certain sayings of Saint Gregory sung in hymns at Easter. These hymns are no longer sung at Easter, since they have been super...
Beyond Pascha
Fr. Stephen Freeman
17 April 2017
Forty days of Great Lent having been completed, along with Holy Week, and the Great Feast of Feasts, Pascha, having been marked in the Church, it is very easy to take a deep breath and say, “Now, that...
The most important thing
Saint Gregory the Theologian
16 April 2017
The most important thing is for you yourself to struggle, rather than prepare other people as to how to deal with disasters. It’s hard for people who would be hard put to turn to evil to guess at wh...
A Brief Comment on the Icon of the Resurrection
Athanasios Moustakis
16 April 2017
We shall try here to point out the main features of the Orthodox icon which is entitled “The Descent into Hell”. The first thing to note is that it is entirely different from the Western-style depicti...
The Hope of “the Servants of the Lord” While Crossing the “Desert”
Metropolitan Silouan of Buenos Aires and all Argentina
16 April 2017
e“Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; n...
He comes and takes us
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
15 April 2017
After our fall, we’ve become ill. And our sickness is in direct relationship to our sinfulness. And this sick person,, this sinful person, with so many mistakes, is the one whom Christ comes to take...
