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When we avoid the thought of death Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue 7 February 2017 Through their faith and their loving union with God in the person of Christ, Christians become fundamentally spiritually equipped to overcome the fear of death. They’re saved from spiritual death an...
I want only You Saint Justin Popovich 6 February 2017 Life without Christ, death without Christ, truth without Christ, the sun without Christ and the universe without Him- all of that is absolute madness, a terrible martyrdom, a Sisyphian torment, hell...
Bodbe Convent 6 February 2017 Bodbe Convent, where the relics of St. Nino, Equal to the Apostles and enlightener of Georgia lie, is situated in eastern Georgia (Kakheti), two kilometers south of the city of Sighnaghi, in a picture...
How do we acquire untainted faith? Hieromonk Dionysios (†) 6 February 2017 Let’s struggle with all the strength that God’s given us. Let’s entreat Him to agree to help us, so that we keep His commandments and that His will may be accomplished within us, by the coming of Hi...
Who’s responsible for a really Christian marriage? Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 6 February 2017 The newly-weds are our spiritual children, members of our parishes. It’s the duty of clergy to celebrate the ‘feast’ of the couple in a splendid manner, with formality, seriousness and dignity, while ...
They’re like nets Metropolitan Pavlos of Aleppo 5 February 2017 All the professions which we Christians practice are like nets. When we work for ourselves, we’re ordinary fishermen. But when we become Apostles, each in his or her profession, then we become fishe...
The fragrance of the resurrection Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 February 2017 Many a time even the law of gravity was hardly noticeable, because everything was complemented and relieved by the grace of obedience and self-denial. We continually inhaled the fragrance of the res...
Testimony from Mount Athos,On the state of grief Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 4 February 2017             “Grief in the Lord(or grief for the sake of the Lord- Πένθος κατα Θεόν) is the state in which the soul feels gloomy; it is the disposition of the aching heart, which does not cease fervent...
How do children understand death? Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue 4 February 2017 Depending on children’s own experiences as they grow up, they form and adapt their own individual concept of death, until they arrive at a more realistic way of dealing with it at a later stage. The...
In the Image and Likeness Hieromonk Dionysios (†) 4 February 2017 Our good God created us in His image and likeness. The image is common to all people, but only very few have the likeness. So let’s examine what the likeness is. The likeness is when we imitate God, ...
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