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St. John Cassian (February, 29): How Should We Pray 28 February 2017 Feast of St. John Cassian the Roman is on February 29, and for non-leap years on February 28. St. Cassian (360-435) was a monk, known for his mystical writings. He visited many Fathers in desert and w...
Some thoughts on Great Lent Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia 28 February 2017 It’s well known that, in this period, we have two fasts. There are seven weeks of strict fasting, preceded by Cheese-fare week, making eight weeks in all. For many, this is a pleasant and desirable ti...
The unity of the Father and the Son and the call to us to become one in the Holy Spirit Metropolitan Amfilhije (Radović) of Montenegro and the Littoral 28 February 2017 We have become accustomed to thinking about ourselves and our dignity in terms of people after the fall, basing this on separation, self-alienation, individualization, self-reliance, fragmentation a...
Science is limited Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos † 27 February 2017 Science has made great strides and has remarkable achievements to its name. But let’s not get carried away. It doesn’t explain natural phenomena; it simply describes them. It can’t get into their ve...
A Patristic Reading Plan for the Great Lent 27 February 2017 Great Lent might be a time of increase in spiritual reading. We present a day-by-day Patristic Reading Plan for every of the forty days of Great Lent. It should be helpful in immersing in the writings...
They don’t feel comfortable Saint John of Kronstadt 26 February 2017 Proud people feel embarrassed when they’re asked to humble themselves before others. So do envious or vindictive people if they’re asked to wish their enemies well. But they have to defeat their pas...
On Paradise Saint John the Damascan 26 February 2017 Now because God was about to fashion people from the visible and invisible creation in His own image and likeness to reign as monarchs and rulers over all the earth and everything that therein is, He ...
Review by John G. Panagiotou of The Unnecessary Pastor – Part III John G. Panagiotou 26 February 2017 In his Letter to the Ephesians, the Apostle Paul teaches that God has given His people salvation through the gift of faith in His Son Jesus. He speaks of how he experienced this by referring to “how...
They get their reward Saint Symeon the New Theologian 25 February 2017 Those who patiently bear sorrows, persecutions and the trials of this life, with the aim of pleasing God, buy themselves heavenly goods and everlasting bliss. With the death of the body, they pay fo...
On Travelling the Way of God with Vigilance and Sobriety Saint Abba Dorotheos 25 February 2017 Let us look to ourselves, brethren, and be sober. Who will give us this time, if we waste it? The time will come when we seek these days and will not find them… Let us make a start, let us, in the me...
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