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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...
Thoughts on Freedom
Fr. Michael Gillis
29 August 2016
St. Theophan
St. Theophan tells us that freedom is part of the divine nature that God has implanted in human beings and that freedom is the gift that we have to offer back to God. However, freedom ...
St. John Chrysostom and Family Life, the Contemporary Crisis of Marriage
29 August 2016
The institution of the family is in a state of crisis throughout the world today. St. John Chrysostom, who we celebrate this year (2007), 1600 years after his repose, is regarded as the one who develo...
