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Then they’ll diminish
Elder Cleopa Ilie
19 February 2017
The more sins and evil multiply on earth, so to do the correctional visitations, that is famine, earthquakes, wars, all kinds of sicknesses and death. Our concern, as Christians, is to abandon sin, ...
Photios Kontoglou: The Greatest Icon Painter of 20th Century Greece
Dr. Constantine Cavarnos
19 February 2017
Photios Kontoglou, the greatest icon painter of modern Greece and one of her most important theologians and literary writers, died in Athens on July 13, 1965. His death, during surgury, pa...
Saint Philothei: 16th Century Martyr, 21st Century Role Model
Evagelos Sotiropoulos, Archon Ostiarios, political scientist, freelance columnist
19 February 2017
“Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ,” St. Paul wrote in his First Epistle to the Corinthians (11:1).
The most excellent way to follow the Apostle’s prescription is to practice Christ’s own wor...
One hell after another
Saint Justin Popovich
18 February 2017
Stop all the universes, all the worlds there are, all created beings. Put down all the hearts, all the minds, all the animals, all the immortalities, all the eternities. Because without Christ, they...
Human Dignity: Byzantine Political Philosophy Revisited
Fr. John H. Erickson
18 February 2017
For several centuries, going back to the revolutions of the 18th century if not beyond, democratic societies of the West have acknowledged a manifold debt to classical Greek antiquity whether in the r...
Betrayal and Confession
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom †
18 February 2017
In the Name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Continuing my short sermons on Confession, I would like to say that in the first place Confession is an encounter and a reconciliation. I...
Your reward will be great
Saint George Karslidis
17 February 2017
Don’t think just about what to eat, to wear, what a big house you’ll build. Knock on the doors of the poor, the sick and the orphans. Choose the doors of the sad over those who are happy. If you do ...
Penthos: The Lenten Journey to Joy
Emma Cazabonne
17 February 2017
O Lamb of God,
Who take away the sins of all,
Take from me the heavy yoke of sin,
And in Your compassion
Grant me tears of compunction.
From the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete
Some of us...
The Orthodox Monasteries as guards of a great cultural heritage
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
17 February 2017
Besides, the repair of traditional and historical buildings as well as the conservation of cultural heirlooms is a very costly business. For many members of the Church it may be a luxury which ought...





