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Saint Alexei Medvenkof the Confessor († 22 August 1934)
3 September 2016
‘He has put down the mighty from their thrones and elevated the humble’ (Luke 1, 52).
This hymn to the Mother of God is reflected fully in the spiritual personality of Fr. Alexei Medvedkof’.
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An Orthodox service blog
3 September 2016
Claude Lopez-Ginisty, Sub-deacon, teacher of English and French, translator and blogger. ...
We fall more easily
Saint Fotios the Great
2 September 2016
The foundation of the virtues is humility. If we don’t place that at the base, we fall more easily when the evil spirit attacks....
Where’s God? When does He speak to us?
Hieromonk Eleftherios Balakos
2 September 2016
We look to hear the voice of God in some out of the ordinary event, or through some important personage. But perhaps this is just what suits us. It allows us to retreat into the vagueness of our perso...
Elder Aimilianos Simonopetritis’ Interpretation of Abbas Isaiah
Nikolaos G. Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia
2 September 2016
Ascetic literature is a form of Patristic theology which appeared and was cultivated within the context of monastic communities. Every work, or even maxim of ascetic literature was aimed at the spirit...
Wonderful narratives from Constantinople in the 9th century concerning the Precious Belt of the Mother of God
Syngelis Em. Konstantinos, Philologist
1 September 2016
31 August 2016
On 31 August, the Church celebrates the Deposition of the Precious Belt· of Our Most Holy Lady in the church of the Mother of God of the Khalkoprateia (copper shops) in Constantinople....
It leaps and dances
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
1 September 2016
A soul that’s been wounded by divine love is always glad, it rejoices, it leaps and dances, because it’s as buoyant in the love of the Lord as if it were riding on calm waters. No distressing even...
When divine Grace comes
Elder Efsevios Yannakakis
31 August 2016
When divine Grace comes, let’s stand with concentration, self-control and prayer
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Purity and peace
Saint Theophan the Recluse
30 August 2016
Cutting off the will and rejecting the ego get rid of any malice from the soul. Then purity and peace, the highest aims of life, come and reside in the heart.
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It’s hanging over you
Saint John of Kronstadt
29 August 2016
Even if you experience all the pleasures of the world, the greatest of misfortunes is still hanging over you. When you sin, you become God’s enemy. You find yourself in the great danger of losing eter...
