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Weeds spring up
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
28 August 2016
God gives His mercy abundantly. But it’s up to us, with our free will, whether we accept it or reject it, as well as whether we accept it whole-heartedly or hypocritically. Because on this earth, weed... 
Ascetic tradition and depth psychology
Ioannis Kornarakis, Emeritus Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Confession, University of Athens († 2013)
28 August 2016
To mention just one of many examples, St. John Cassian, who lived in the 5th century A.D. and travelled to the monasteries of Egypt, the Thebaid, the Mountain of Nitria, Cappadocia, Asia Minor, and ...
Elder Ambrosios of Dadiou Monastery advises and cautions
28 August 2016
1) Towards the end of August 2001, someone asked him to pray to Saint Nektarios to help him and the Elder said:
-“Let the Saint be, my child. He is now in the United States and tries to save lives”.
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Byzantine Philanthropy – Part II
Demetrios J. Constantelos
28 August 2016
Ptocheia (Houses for the Poor)
The Byzantines maintained a special institution for the poor named ptocheion or ptochotropheion. A man was designated as “poor” if his revenues and possessions were wor...
Climbing Trees
Fr. John Garvey
28 August 2016
I grew up at the edge of Springfield, Illinois, across the street from open spaces, an active farm with cattle and corn growing in a field that adjoined the pasture. Beyond the farm was a forest, and ...
Smoothly and with Christ’s love
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
27 August 2016
Doing away with our will can be achieved smoothly: by loving Christ and observing His commandments.
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To the “Fortune Hunters” Surrounding Me
Fr. Cornel Todeasa
27 August 2016
Recently, after finishing my meal at a Chinese restaurant, I received a very interesting fortune cookie that said, “You are surrounded by fortune hunters!”
I don’t believe these fortune cookies tell ...
Creation· the end of ages (part 2)
27 August 2016
The greatest ecological disaster described in the Scriptures is the flood during Noah’s times; it took place because “the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the th...
As long as you live
Abbess Gavriïlia
26 August 2016
Any place can be a place of Resurrection, as long as you live in Christ’s humility.
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Politics or idolatry
Fr. John Garvey
26 August 2016
Photo by Tim Pierce
There is a cliché floating around that people drop as if it were a self-evident truth-a category that may not exist, despite our Declaration of Independence. In anything involvin...
