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Original sin: Orthodox doctrine or heresy?
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou
25 February 2017
How easily we Orthodox indiscriminately adopt the language of Western theology! It is always a great temptation for those who have converted to Orthodoxy from Western Christian denominations to bring ... 
He’s with you
Saint Theophan the Recluse
24 February 2017
When you’re around other people and looking after your livelihood, try, at the same time, to think of God, to feel that He’s close to you and guiding you in accordance with His holy will. In this wa...
Testimony from Mount Athos, On delusion
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
24 February 2017
I think that we will not deviate from our subject if we give here a more detailed account of this demonic calamity which torments mankind. Delusion is the devil substantially and existentially. Throug...
The depiction of Saint Nicholas and the related traditions
Christina Tsaka, Kindergarten teacher
24 February 2017
Saint Nikolaos died on 6th December 330 A.D. After his assumption he was renounced “Myrrh” as his relics started gushing myrrh. His memory is celebrated on 6th December by both the Orthodox and the ...
Keeping death from children
Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue
24 February 2017
Most people today have grown up in this atmosphere and, as a result, bring up their own children in a similar manner. The majority prefer to hide death from children and to keep quiet about it, sin...
Lighter than a feather
Saint John Chrysostom
23 February 2017
The prayer of the Church has such great power that, even if we speak less than stones, it could make our tongue lighter than a feather. Just as, when a breeze fills the sails of a ship and makes it ...
Review by John G. Panagiotou of The Unnecessary Pastor – Part II
John G. Panagiotou
23 February 2017
Of the several ministry-related issues which are raised in the book, I think that two have particular relevance to me in my ministry experience in light of the Pastoral Epistles and the Letter to th...
Thanksgiving and Dismissal
23 February 2017
The last part of the Divine Liturgy consists of the thanksgiving for Holy Communion and the Dismissal. The priest takes the chalice and paten to the Preparation Table, folds the red cloth and places t...
Exploring the Artist
Deacon James Bryant
23 February 2017
The Place of the Artist
The place and prominence of the artist in society has shifted radically in the last millennium. Very little is known about the artists prior to the end of the Middle Ages. Th...
They sell themselves short
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
22 February 2017
People need to taste the sweetness of Grace in their soul, so as to understand how unfair they’re being to themselves if they don’t try to find it....
