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Hide and seek Saint John Chrysostom 16 March 2017 The more you try to hide a sin behind another sin, the more you broadcast it. You can’t hide a sin behind another one. You get rid of it only through repentance and confession. When we want to hide ...
The Theology of Gender – 1. The Story of Creation Sofia Matzarioti-Kostara 16 March 2017 The story of creation presents the basic principles of human life and behavior. It is the main reference for the Christian understanding of humankind’s existential questions. In the book of Genesis, t...
Original Christian Voices Against Euthanasia David W T Brattston 16 March 2017 The Problem According to its advocates, euthanasia is morally neutral or even a positive good within the framework of ethics, including Christian ethics.  But is euthanasia really moral?  It certainl...
Controlling anger Abba Dorotheos 15 March 2017 If somebody curses you or saddens you, pray very hard for them, as the Fathers say, as if they were a great benefactor, and a doctor treating your love of pleasure. If you do this, your anger will b...
Fulfilment in monasticism Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 15 March 2017           The sheer enormity of holiness which the commemorated Saint has acquired throughout his righteous life has fascinated the whole world. His name offers a lot of consolation to the devout. Thi...
Sunday of Orthodoxy at Vatopaidi 15 March 2017 Highlights of the Divine Liturgy and Procession with the Holy Icons on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 2017, at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi....
Nobody’s fault but mine, Lord Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 14 March 2017 It’s all very well for people to communicate over the Internet now, to send e-mails, to write messages to other people in mere seconds. But sometimes they’re unable to communicate with their spouse ...
ELDER PAÏSSIOS: an air of saintliness Hieromonk Akakios of Athos 14 March 2017 FROM MY ACQUAINTANCESHIP WITH THE BLESSED ELDER PAÏSSIOS ‘Only saints can talk about the saints as they share common spiritual experiences and understand each other’, the blessed Elder Païssios once ...
It won’t be changed Saint Basil the Great 13 March 2017 The soul that has firmly attached itself to the desire of the heavenly things and of its Maker, which is content to be adorned with celestial beauty, will never be altered, nor will it lose its good...
Private club? Abbot Tryphon 13 March 2017 We must invite our friends and neighbors to "taste and see" the great treasure that is Orthodoxy, for it is our responsibility, as Christians, to reach out in kindness, and with a welcoming smile, whe...
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