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It’ll expire
Saint Basil the Great
29 September 2016
People who deprive their soul of prayer, will suffer in the same way as a fish out of water. It’ll expire.... 
Live each day as if it were the Second Coming
Fr. Cornel Todeasa
29 September 2016
The more I contemplate this phrase, the more I realize that it holds the key to living our lives the Orthodox way.
First, to live each day as if it were the Second Coming confirms the first postulate...
Our Relationship with God: 3. The Prophet Joel
Very Rev. Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou)
29 September 2016
The Prophet Joel also gives us a beneficial word that is able to enlighten our mind and to sustain our heart in a perfect relationship with God and with all His creation. He says: ‘The vine is dried...
The return of Gnosticism?
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou
29 September 2016
Over the past few years, there has been an enormous popular interest in Gnosticism and early Christian writings. Book shops are full of material on the subject and, on Christian holidays, the media bo...
Any old thing
Saint Joseph the Hesychast
28 September 2016
God asks only one thing: that you should honor Him, love Him and keep His commandments, recognizing that He’s your Maker. He doesn’t want to share His glory and for you to worship any old thing. He do...
What is the Soul?
Fotis Skhinas
28 September 2016
Let us begin by offering a definition of the soul as provided by Saint John the Damascan: ‘The soul, therefore, is a living essence, uncomplicated, incorporeal, invisible - in its proper nature - to t...
Women Priests – History and Theology (Part II)
Fr. Patrick H. Reardon
28 September 2016
Theodora Episcopa
But now let us continue to follow the lead of the feminist tour leaders through the streets ofRomefrom the Catacomb of St. Priscilla to theChurchofSt. Praxedes. There we find a nint...
Verses at ‘Lord I have cried’ in tone 2 (Daniilaii/ Choir of Vatopaidi)
28 September 2016
The verses from the Psalter which follow ‘Lord I have cried’ at the Vespers service are among the most beautiful sounds at Athonite feasts Usually sung in triple time they create a festal atmosphere...
Irina Kirillova on ‘The figure of Christ in Dostoevsky’ (Part Two)
28 September 2016
The Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies - Cambridge presents: Irina Kirillova on 'The figure of Christ in Dostoevsky' (Part Two)...
