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Who is the newly-proclaimed Saint Meletios? Evagoras Makhaira 13 February 2017 On 27 November, 2013, the Ecumenical Patriarchate entered two new names into the Calendar of Saints of the Church: Porfyrios Kavsokalyvitis and Hieromonk Meletios, from Ypseni, Rhodes. Many Orthodox w...
Elder Joseph the Hesychast: an account of his deeds Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 13 February 2017 Throughout the thousand- year long history of the saint-nurturing Mount Athos countless holy figures have been distinguished.  This fact constitutes the greatest benefit which the Holy Mountain has ...
For our good Saint Theophan the Recluse 12 February 2017 Injustices don’t come from God, but they’re allowed by Him for our good. Yes, for our good. These aren’t empty words. It’s the truth....
Testimony from Mount Athos, The significance of pain Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 12 February 2017  “Lets us reject both pleasure and pain in this life with all our might in order to be freed from any schemes drawn by passions and from any demonic wickedness. For, we love passions for their hedon...
Teaching on the prayer of the heart Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 12 February 2017 I haven’t spoken to you about this before. That’s my omission and, let’s say, my responsibility. Our heart’s the centre of supernatural, natural and unnatural movements. Everything starts from the he...
Patience Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 11 February 2017 ‘Sweetest Jesus! You who were sinless God suffered so, so many wrongs, so much controversy so many curses, so much mockery from such a crowd of people who hated you and bore you such ill-will. And y...
Father Dumitru Stăniloae (1903-1993) Fr. Constantin Coman 11 February 2017 Theologising in the spirit of the Fathers ‘My theology springs partly from the constant and authentic dialogue I have with the Holy Fathers of the Church and partly from my lively and regular dialogu...
Fullness of heart Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 10 February 2017 There’s no way we can know everything about created things. But what is there? There’s a feeling of completeness in people’s hearts when the created thing, that is the human person, becomes acquaint...
Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer Frederica Mathewes-Green 10 February 2017 A Book Review by Frederica Mathewes-Green Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer: Experiencing the Presence of God and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of an Ancient Spirituality by Norris J. Chumley, HarperOne, 20...
How Monasticism Testifies to God’s Reality Amir Azarvan 10 February 2017 Over the years, I have become acquainted with various logical arguments for the existence of God - some I find more convincing than others. Of course, the strongest evidence comes from direct experien...
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