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The possessed and the mentally ill
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
18 October 2016
There are times, in religious circles, when confusion arises over which people are mentally ill and which are possessed by demonic energy. When Saint Païsios the Athonite was asked how the mentally il... 
‘The Rich have been made poor’, tone plagial 1 (Setting by Daniil Daniilidis Katounakiotis)
18 October 2016
‘The rich have been made poor and hungry, but those who seek the Lord shall not lack anything that is good (Ps. 33).
These words of wisdom do not merely suggest a way out of our material problems. ...
From the classical media to the digital media in the mission of the Church
18 October 2016
Protopresbyter Nicolae Dascălu, Head of the Basilica Press Centre of the Patriarchate of Romania
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The opposite happens
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
17 October 2016
All the other qualities of the divine nature which we can discern surpass the measure of human nature. Humility, however, is innate to us and co-exists with all the things which come from below, have ...
Your teeth look great. Now tell me about Orthodoxy
Revd Barnabas Powell
17 October 2016
“I hear you’re a minister,” the hygienist remarked, fastening the bib around my neck for a dental cleaning. “May I ask what kind?”
“Eastern Orthodox,” I said quickly, as the tools of her trade descen...
The Prophet Hosea and his Allegorical Marriage
Theodore Rokas
17 October 2016
We are told in his book that the prophet Hosea was the son of Beeri and came from the northern kingdom. According to the heading of his book he was active during the reigns of Uzziah (787-736 B.C.), J...
It’s ridiculous
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
16 October 2016
Egotism is an absurd passion which is a real scourge of the whole of the human race. Everybody suffers from this terrible disease. Egotism makes a mockery of people and they become a laughing-stock. G...
The Descent into Hades
Fr. Stephen Freeman
16 October 2016
Charles Williams, one of C.S. Lewis’ circle of friends, once wrote a book entitled, The Descent into Hell. In it he chronicles the slow inexorable damnation of a soul. Choices made or not made – a c...
A Turbulent Personality Discovers Orthodoxy – 1
Petros Panayiotopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
16 October 2016
Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989).
One of the most enigmatic and contradictory personalities of the last century, the writer, Bruce Chatwin, came to have a close relationship with the truth of Orthodoxy, mai...
Irina Kirillova MBE on ‘Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh’ (Part Two)
16 October 2016
The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies, Cambridge, presents Irina Kirillova on 'Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh' (Part Two). Lecture delivered for the IOCS Community Lecture Days, 2016 series (21 May 2016)....
