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Repressed guilt and the phenomenon of projection Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos † 15 February 2023 What is projection? It’s when someone projects onto others whatever it is that’s inside themselves. To put it more analytically, so that we all understand: people who’ve committed a sin and have repre...
Like a little child Saint Joseph the Hesychast 15 February 2023 To find consolation you have to strive, to beg with pain, to cry like a little child that’s shouting, to pray to Christ and his sweet Mother that they’ll open your eyes. Saint Iosif the Hesycha...
The most important issue in our lives Saint Theophan the Recluse 14 February 2023 Precisely because salvation’s the most important issue in our lives, it’s also the most difficult. This is why we have to work at it. Strive for the Lord and you’ll soon see the fruits of your str...
Repentance: return from exile in the world Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis 13 February 2023 Through its graphic narrative, the Gospel parable of the prodigal son depicts the mystery of human iniquity and also the majesty of God’s acceptance and love. In an unsurpassed manner, it presents the...
They’re a window Elder Moisis the Athonite † 13 February 2023 The present crisis is an opportunity for us to take a sharp look at ourselves and to view others with leniency. A kind disposition is a beautiful thing. Mutual understanding, mutual respect and mu...
Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son [Part II] Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens 12 February 2023 3. The Tragic Experience of Life “in a far Country”. In spite and independently of the reasons for departure, life in a country far from one’s home has its tragic aspect, too. It’s a bitter experienc...
The Prodigal Son: Like a dead man even before he died in the body Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 12 February 2023 The Prodigal Son lived aimlessly and wasted all the wealth his father gave him. When he’d spent it all, a famine struck the far-off country where he was and he himself began to starve. In this distant...
Let’s use them Saint John Chrysostom 12 February 2023 Our loving God, knowing the weakness of our will and our tendency to backslide, has left us powerful medicines: reading the Scriptures so that we can use them all the time; and studying the lives ...
Sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son [Part I] Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens 11 February 2023 Introduction The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is the Gospel reading for today, is, as is well-known, one of the most beautiful texts of world literature. It also recalls for us the Classical...
Sermon on the Apostolic reading for the Sunday of the prodigal son (1st Corinthians 6:12-20) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 11 February 2023 In the parable of the “Prodigal Son,” which we heard from the Holy Gospel (Luke 15:11-32), we saw a situation where a man embraces “prodigal living.” He was a free man who became a slave, and grazed w...
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