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Who are ‘those who labor’?
Elder Epifanios Theodoropoulos †
11 December 2016
The verb ‘to labor’ means to tire yourself out, to suffer. So ‘for those who labor’, means we pray for people who’re suffering. Not from serious illness, because we’ve already mentioned the sick. This... 
Death in Late Antiquity and its origins, according to the Orthodox faith
Maria Dimitriadou, Pedagogue
11 December 2016
1.3. Late Antiquity
A very different philosophical position on the origin of the soul was held by Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) and his adherents, who believed in transplantation. For the materialist Epi...
They say what’s necessary
Saint Paisios the Athonite
10 December 2016
It’s not people who tell the truth to your face, nor those who publish it abroad who are sincere and straightforward, but those who have love and real life and who speak with discretion when they need...
Book Review – The Orthodox Dilemma: Personal Reflections On Global Pan-Orthodox Christian Conciliar Unity
John G. Panagiotou
10 December 2016
In George Alexander’s “The Orthodox Dilemma” the reader is given a highly accessible overview of the history, current situation, and possible future of Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy. Throug...
Don’t be indifferent
Saint Theophan the Recluse
9 December 2016
You mustn’t treat lapses with indifference. Every time, after an outburst of passion, you should grieve, repent and confess to God what’s happened....
The Patricidal Society
Metropolitan Amfilhije (Radović) of Montenegro and the Littoral
9 December 2016
The times in which we live are distinguished by a rebellion, unprecedented in history, against any kind of authority or ‘guardianship’. All authority, religious or moral, social or familial is being c...
I don’t understand
Abbess Christonymfi, Monastery of Our Lady the Queen of All, Keratea
8 December 2016
Always, in the midst of difficulties, I find Christ more easily and my prayer is more fervent. You say you lose Him. I honestly don’t understand you. I must be a different kind of person....
The Embrace and Confession of the Faith
8 December 2016
When the priest has laid the Precious Gifts on the altar, he, or the deacon, offers the Litany of Completion. The people reply ‘Grant this, Lord’, after each petition. He then says, in a low voice the...
Revival and refreshment
Saint John Chrysostom
7 December 2016
Holy Scripture revives and refreshes souls which are despairing and fretting because of sorrows and worries....
The doctors were always noncommittal
7 December 2016
My name’s Garyfallia and I was born with spina bifida, a rare deformity of the spinal membrane which almost always causes paralysis of the legs and/or arms and even learning problems, depending on h...
