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Many pitfalls
Saint Iakovos Tsalikis
15 December 2016
Don’t trust people. Be careful who you mix with. Don’t listen to what people say. Temptations come into it. We’re people. The devil’s got many plots and traps. Everything in marriage should be handled... 
The Problem with Abundance
Michael Bressem, Ph.D.
15 December 2016
People are rarely satisfied with having enough. Many say to themselves,“If a little is good, then surely more is better.” This belief appeals to our desire for greater freedom: we want a larger select...
The Hope in Christmastide Despair
Protopresbyter Adamantios Avgoustidis, Associate Professor, School of Theology, University of Athens
15 December 2016
Christmas is coming and, as has increasingly been the case in recent years, texts are published which decry the fact that the meaning of the feast has been lost and that excessive consumerism is now t...
Why the Orthodox Church Needs Deacons
Michael Bressem, Ph.D.
15 December 2016
Imagine going into a fancy restaurant for a special meal. The dining room is beautifully decorated, only the best linens are used, and the glow of candlelight creates a warm ambience. Through the kitc...
With all your heart
Saint John Chrysostom
14 December 2016
It’s impossible not to succeed if you hope in God with all your heart and try your very hardest....
The Use of the Internet in the Pastoral Practice of the Church
Sister Sara
14 December 2016
Communicating via the Internet
The manner of expression of the Internet is, in the first place, that of presence: to communicate on the Internet you have to be on the Internet. You enter an open stad...
On the Presuppositions of our Personal Salvation
14 December 2016
Inquirer: Father, earlier you spoke about our personal salvation. Can you tell me more about this?
Elder Cleopa: Some religious confessions teach that personal salvation presupposes the act...
They don’t depend on money
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
12 December 2016
Those who hope in the Lord don’t set their hope on money or the amount of power they have, but are content with the help that God will give them. They’re full of faith and love, they live in the coura...
The husband as head of the wife and his responsibilities
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th.
12 December 2016
I’ve left the husband to last because he shoulders more of the burdens and is called upon to serve the family. But even in this sense, he’s considered, in our tradition, to be the head of the wife. Th...
