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Only for two reasons Saint John Chrysostom 6 February 2023 Can Christians ever be sad? They can, but only for two reasons: when they themselves or their neighbor come into conflict with God and his holy will. So we shouldn’t worry and be sad about those w...
Some Thoughts on the Triodio Archimandrite Theodosios Martzoukhos 5 February 2023 (Folk Song) (or… as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats) (The Gospel) Many people, in the past as well as today, deny any metaphysical version of our life in a state of Paradise (perfec...
The Tax-collector and the Pharisee and the Lenten Triodion Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou 5 February 2023 There is more to Lent than fasting, and there is more to fasting than food. This principle lies at the heart of the Lenten Triodion, the main hymnbook of Lent. Lent is without doubt the richest and ...
Spontaneous and natural Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 5 February 2023 If we start to love better those whom we love naturally and spontaneously, our heart will become purer, cleaner and larger. We’ll start to love people- perhaps one person, then another and another...
Thoughts on the Triodio Serafeim Manolis 4 February 2023 We’re entering the Triodio, the period of contrition in the liturgical year during which hymns are sung which are very deep and powerful. The hymns of the Triodio reveal the dread mysteries and the co...
Triodio, the Effort to Rescue the Human Person Protopresbyter Antonios Christou 4 February 2023 Dear readers, it’s true that this year we were going to try to avoid referring to the time of the Triodio, because we’ve done so at length in the past, in some of our older articles, and it’s not good...
Do you understand? Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 4 February 2023 Self-love is egotism. We shouldn’t say: ‘I want to be all right; I want to go to paradise’, but we should feel this love for everybody. Do you understand? That’s humility. So if we live united wit...
The main meaning Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 3 February 2023 When we talk about repentance, we don’t mean regretting our sins (that’s a psychological event which may well remain on this level and never become an event involving the Holy Spirit). Nor do we m...
Mother’s Day and the Church Petros Panayiotopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 2 February 2023 Mother’s Day today and children all over the world take the opportunity to remember and honour their mother. There are also a good number of cynics who view the adoption of the ‘feast’ as a phenomenon...
Now Lord lettest thou thy servant depart in peace 2 February 2023 This text is an abridgment of a sermon preached in 1626 by John Donne, Dean of Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. Although it was actually delivered on Christmas Day, it seems equally appropriate to the ...
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