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”She shut the door in his face, berating him for his rejection of Christ”: Martyrs Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
26 August 2016
The holy martyr Saint Adrian and his wife, Saint Natalia, both came from Nicomedia. In the second period of the reign of Maximian (286-305), twenty-three Christian men who had been hiding in caves w... 
It’s powerless
Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
25 August 2016
Sin is a great evil, because it produces unhealthy thoughts, befouls the soul, dissipates it, corrupts it and, in the end, impels it towards death. Just as illnesses weaken the body and kill it, this ...
Byzantine Philanthropy – Part I
Demetrios J. Constantelos
25 August 2016
Philantropia in Byzantium was not what we understand today as philanthropy and charity. Nowadays philanthropy implies the prophylactic and therapeutic welfare, concern for the general public and char...
Reply to Jonathan Edwards’s Treatise on the Will
Fr. John Whiteford
25 August 2016
First of all, Edwards' treatise seems to me to have more to do with John Locke, than it does with the view of the will found in the Bible. John Locke was a great thinker, but was essentially a theis...
They stray and can do nothing
Saint Silouan the Athonite
24 August 2016
People don’t understand the Scriptures; they find them almost incomprehensible. It’s only when they’re taught by the Holy Spirit that everything becomes clear and the soul feels it’s in heaven. Becaus...
Description of the modern person’s spiritual state
Ioannis Kornarakis, Emeritus Professor of Pastoral Psychology and Confession, University of Athens († 2013)
24 August 2016
As the psychoanalytical dialogue progresses through its various stages (which, for the moral conscience, are particularly sensitive), the patients’ attitude toward their personal responsibility for ...
The Church: A Living Theology
Gale Bellas-Papageorge
24 August 2016
As a child, I remember thinking that church was so uninteresting. “Why is the priest repeating himself over and over again?, I would think to myself. I was so bored by the repetition. Nothing chang...
A Saint who fought against ignorance: Hieromartyr Cosmas of Aetolia
Metropolitan Dionysios of Servia and Kozani †
24 August 2016
On the 24th day of the month of August, the Church celebrates and honours the sacred memory of the holy hieromartyr Cosmas Aitolos. Saint Cosmas is one of those saints of the Church who are called N...
Creation· the end of ages (part 1)
24 August 2016
Man has been trying to make sense of the creation ever since antiquity as it is manifested in the teachings of many religions and philosophies. Generally, we may say that ancient Greek philosophers ...
Not small and unworthy
Saint Gregory the Theologian
23 August 2016
God longs to be longed for by people. He fills those who wish to drink. He benefits those who want to do good works. He gives much more pleasing things than others receive. The only thing is that we s...
