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Obedience to be the most important virtue for a monk
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
18 July 2016
Even though the blessed Elder Iosif was a great hesychast, he considered obedience to be the most important virtue for a monk. This is why he trained his disciple to gain the spirit and the fruits o... 
Holy Martyr Aimilianos (18 July): free man and servant
18 July 2016
When Julian the Apostate came to power as emperor (361), he scorned both the good that had been achieved by Saint Constantine the Great and everything he had gained from his own Christian upbringing...
We’re benefitting ourselves
Saint Theodoros of Edessa
17 July 2016
When we keep Christ’s commandments, we’re not offering anything to Him. Because He has no need of anything and is the Giver of all good things. In fact, we’re simply benefitting ourselves by making et...
We live on this
Saint Justin Popovich
16 July 2016
For us Christians, who are enlightened and illuminated in Christ, everything in this world is of value and has meaning, insofar as it’s a means and path to eternity. Because we see what isn’t apparent...
Elder Iosif the Hesychast and the transmission of the divine Grace to his disciples
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
16 July 2016
Elder Iosif the Hesychast had reached a level where he was replete with divine Grace and was able to transmit it to his disciples. Elder Efraim Katounakiotis confessed that ‘you couldn’t get enough ...
Not many walk the path
Saint Makarios the Egyptian
15 July 2016
When they’d suffered many tortures and had shown endurance unto death, the holy martyrs became worthy of crowns and glory. The more cruel the tortures they underwent, the more glory and boldness they ...
Spreading the discourse of catechism in spoken form on the internet (as .mp3 speech files). Experience from the running of the “Pantocrator” web site
15 July 2016
Dr. Christos Nikolaou, Head of the Internet portal www.pantokrator.info...
A Man of God, Father Symeon Krayiopoulos
Professor Emeritus of the Theological School, University of Athens - Georgios Ant. Galitis
15 July 2016
It is with some trepidation that I set pen to paper to record -what? What can one write about a personality whose holiness and spiritual wisdom stretched over many decades, who was shepherd to thousan...
The pastoral care of the Church as an expression of communion in Christ
14 July 2016
Dr. Dragan Karan from Serbia talks about the pastoral care of the Church, especially in the area of digital media, as an expression of communion in Christ....
They build with one hand and demolish with the other
Saint John of Kronstadt
14 July 2016
Almsgiving is a good and God-pleasing effort, provided you make sure to rid your heart of pride, wickedness, envy greed, deceit and other passions. Unless people try to cleanse their hearts and if the...
