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‘A good word’, the Doxastiko at the Polyeleos, by Y. Rysios the Priest (†1865) – (choir of Vatopaidi)
13 November 2016
‘A good word’ at the Polyeleos, in tone four, in a composition by Yeoryios Rysios, the priest, follows the usual order of the old Polyeleos in the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods of settings, w... 
Words of love
Saint Isaac the Syrian
12 November 2016
When you want to advise people for their good, first give rest to their body and bring them relief with words of love....
‘My conversion to Orthodoxy’
12 November 2016
Revd. Fr. Jonathan Hemmings talks about his conversion to Orthodoxy and his last book....
St. Basil the Great and Christian Philanthropy
John G. Panagiotou
12 November 2016
Many things are said and written about the great Cappodocian Father of the 4th century St. Basil the Great of Caesarea. In Basil the Great, we find the consummate theologian, liturgical scholar, ascet...
Not for any reason
Saint John of Kronstadt
11 November 2016
There’s absolutely no justification for Christiasn to be proud of doing something righteous. They’re saved from the snares of the evil one only by the faith through which they perform these acts of ri...
Homecoming
Elder Efsevios Yannakakis
10 November 2016
Those who’ve departed with virtue are assured of a fine welcome in heaven....
Icons of the Theotokos: The Lydda, or “The Roman”
Nick Kostopoulos
10 November 2016
This week’s icon has a very special distinction compared to most of the icons we have previously spotlighted: this icon was not written (that is, made) by human hands.
Tradition tells us that when th...
Our individual persona isn’t terminated on death
Elder Marcel of Karakallou
10 November 2016
From the time we’re created, each individual has a particular mode of existence, which is not extinguished when we die. Saint John the Damascan says that the union of soul and body occurs at the beg...
We’re stuck in the dark
Saint Anthony the Great
9 November 2016
The more you live within your means, the happier you’ll be. Because you don’t have too much to care about: servants, farm-workers and getting more animals. Because once we become attached to those thi...
The harsh parables of Luke
Fr. Michael Gillis
9 November 2016
St. Luke
“You fool, this night your soul will be required of you” (Luke 12:20). Of the four Gospel writers, Luke seems to present the parables of Jesus in the harshest light. For example, Luke’s tel...
