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Don’t listen to them Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea 4 March 2017 Don’t be shocked when you hear what they say against the faith, because those who are doing the talking don’t understand what it really is. You just remember always the basic principle that the earl...
How do children understand death? Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue 4 March 2017 Depending on children’s own experiences as they grow up, they form and adapt their own individual concept of death, until they arrive at a more realistic way of dealing with it at a later stage. The...
They don’t understand Saint George Karslidis 3 March 2017 We’re all sinners. Just walking on earth, clad in the flesh, every step’s a sin. The world and its people are wallowing in sin and don’t realize it....
Authority is Experience Protopresbyter George Metallinos 3 March 2017 The antithesis and consequent collision of faith and science is a problem for Western (Franco-Latin) thought and a pseudo-problem for the Orthodox patristic tradition. This is based on the historical ...
Teaching plan for the life of Saint Nicholas in pre-school Christina Tsaka, Kindergarten teacher 3 March 2017 Nikolobarbara Our greek orthodox people have connected the weather change of winter time with the orthodox church’s almanac, as they do with every season of the year. So, according to the folk trad...
So long as we’re firm Metropolitan Pavlos of Aleppo 2 March 2017 God doesn’t always answer our prayers in a way human reason might expect, but in accordance with His will that we be saved. As long as we’re consistent in our supplications and our hope, God will de...
You’ll make them better Saint Isaac the Syrian 1 March 2017 When you meet people, force yourself to honor them more than they deserve. Greet them warmly. Praise them. When they leave, say all sorts of nice things about them. In this way, you’ll make them bet...
40 Day Challenge: Great Lent Archbishop of Canada Sotirios 1 March 2017 Our Holy Orthodox Church, in its infinite wisdom, readies the faithful to celebrate Pascha, that is, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, through a period of preparation known as Great Lent. Even befo...
Review by John G. Panagiotou of The Unnecessary Pastor – Part IV John G. Panagiotou 1 March 2017 The problems that the Church faces today are seemingly self-imposed. Often times, the Church has allowed its narrative to be controlled by the prevailing culture which represents direct opposition t...
What do they reject? Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 28 February 2017 Monastics leave the world because they reject its diseased spirit. By departing from the world, however, they don’t abandon the human person. Proof of this is that people come and find them, they st...
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