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Christ’s examples
Saint Anthimos of Chios
18 December 2016
With what He suffered – voluntarily - the Lord gave us examples of silence, patience, endurance and love.... 
Elder Ephraim from Simonos Petra: The Experience of Orthodox Church
18 December 2016
Elder Ephraim from Simonos Petra's Monastery, Mt Athos, Greece, speaks about the Experience of Orthodox Church today...
Prayers for the dead
Michael Bressem, Ph.D.
18 December 2016
A round white mound, frosted with powdered sugar and decorated with candied almonds, sits on top of a silver platter with a thin lit candle in the center of it. Is it someone’s birthday? No, it’s the ...
Refreshment
Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
17 December 2016
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy upon me. Be a fountain for my thirsting soul....
Are you religious or spiritual?
Michael Bressem, Ph.D.
17 December 2016
Jesus Praying
While getting to know someone you might ask, “Do you go to church?” It is increasingly common to hear the response, “Oh, I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.” Your acquaintance may g...
On Worship where it is Due
James W. Lillie
17 December 2016
In the text by Saint Nil Sorskij which we published recently on the passions of avarice, anger, sorrow and sloth, we read: “In order to defeat the spirit of ingratitude and blasphemy we say: ‘Get behi...
It seeks respite
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
16 December 2016
Those who don’t confess their sins always feel the burden of guilt. They’re far from God and their soul grieves and hurts. The abnormal moral state of sinners, the constant chastisement, is caused by ...
The myth of unconditional love
Michael Bressem, Ph.D.
16 December 2016
Many believe that “love conquers all” and they erroneously attribute the Holy Bible as teaching this. However, the saying is from the Roman poet Virgil (“omnia vincit amor,” Eclogue X) rather than f...
Death is Inevitable
Abbot Tryphon
16 December 2016
My recent bout with my heart brought the subject of mortality to the forefront for perhaps the first time in my life. At sixty-five I am no spring chicken, as the saying goes, but facing a possible ...
Prosecutor Recommends ‘Not Guilty’ in the Vatopaidi Case
15 December 2016
The Public Prosecutor, Vasiliki Krina, has recommended to the Three-Member Court of Criminal Appeal that all the accused in the case of Vatopaidi be found ‘Not Guilty’.
According to the Prosecutor, o...
