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Prescriptions Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 26 January 2023 In the era of life coaching and positive thinking, people need prescriptions, practical solutions. The less we think, the better. In fact, if we happen upon some special ‘dispenser’ then we’re more th...
Discourse 27 on the Gospel of Saint John [1] Saint John Chrysostom 26 January 2023 John 3: 13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven- the Son of Man who is in heaven. What I’ve often said I’ll now repeat, and will continue to say. And what is it? That...
Without delay Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 26 January 2023 Should it happen that you say or do something which goes against God’s commandments, correct your error at once with sincere repentance.  Through repentance you’ll always return to the path of God...
Love humility Abba Isaiah 25 January 2023 People who are humble, don’t have a tongue that makes observations about others who show neglect or who are living a casual life. They don’t have eyes that look out for failings in others, nor ears to...
Grace and joy Elder Moisis the Athonite † 25 January 2023 The Orthodox Church is the Church of the Cross and the Resurrection. It isn’t a secular organization. Orthodoxy isn’t an ethical or social system, even though some people think that the only good ...
Useless rag Saint Dimitri of Rostov 24 January 2023 Without God’s grace, you’re a dry reed, a barren tree, a useless rag, a vessel of sin, a receptacle of the passions. Anything good you have within you comes from God’s grace. Sins and the passions...
Analysis of 1 Timothy 4, 9-15 Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th. 23 January 2023 Today’s epistle reading comes from Saint Paul’s first letter to Timothy and contains advice from the apostle to Timothy, his disciple and collaborator, whom he left as bishop of the Church of Ephesus....
It’s so wonderful Elder Ieronymos, Aegina 23 January 2023 Don’t say a lot. Hold your tongue. Love silence. Once you get used to it, you won’t want to speak. That’s how wonderful silence is. Elder Ieronymos, Aegina...
The 15th Sunday of Luke (Zacchaeus) Monk Agapios 22 January 2023 From the Kyriakodromion of Monk Agapios All injustice, illegal seizure and greed is wicked and worthy of abhorrence on the part of those who love God and are of sound mind. Tax-collectors are the wor...
Zacchaeus, a Moving Example of Repentance Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian 22 January 2023 In today’s Gospel reading, we hear that Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town. There was a man there called Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector by profession. This was a job...
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