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Monasteries and economical management: self-sufficiency equates with frugality
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
1 February 2017
In the Orthodox Church today, we can distinguish two basic institutional units which manage financial matters: monasteries and parishes. We’ve chosen to examine the case of monasteries, not for any ... 
Too many monks, not enough soldiers?
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
31 January 2017
There’s a charge made by atheists that Byzantium was weakened because of the large number of monasteries. That is too ridiculous for words. The enormous Byzantine empire had a large army to deploy a...
Statement (Violence in Quebec)
Archbishop of Canada Sotirios
31 January 2017
STATEMENT BY THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF ORTHODOX BISHOPS
The Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops prays for the repose of the souls of those who lost their lives following the shocking shooting ...
Testimony from Mount Athos: On repentance
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
31 January 2017
The greatest benefit which God has granted our fallen nature is none other than repentance. Without it no man would ever secure his salvation no matter how perfect God’s plan to save the world is. B...
Make a decision
Saint George Karslidis
30 January 2017
Don’t sit during the Divine Liturgy. Don’t let your mind wander. While you’re in church take the decision to devote all your time to prayer....
With fear of God
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
29 January 2017
An Elder who enjoys spiritual riches, gives them to his disciple and the disciple receives this divine legacy with the fear of God, in order to preserve it and pass it on in turn to those who are fo...
The Image of God in a World of Social Networking
Gale Bellas-Papageorge
29 January 2017
When the semester begins, I can tell that my students have trouble going for a few hours without checking their phones to see who’s texted them or posted on their Facebook status. In fact, I now put ...
Relations between Church and Economy on a moral and theological basis: the Example of the Monasteries
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
29 January 2017
It would be a mistake to believe that such a wide-ranging subject could be exhausted in an address of only a few lines. It’s a theme on which many of the sources of our Holy Tradition have taken a pos...
They’re rotten
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich
28 January 2017
If a humanist claims to be doing good works, independently of Christ, we can be sure that the works are rotten to the core, either from vainglory or concealed egotism....
A Sound Mind In A Sound Body, Does exercise make the mind healthier?
28 January 2017
For thousands of years we have known that exercise is a key to a healthy body, but only recently, and until now anecdotally, have scientists considered that exercise enhances existing mental acuity. ...
