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He’ll reward us Saint - Saint Seraphim of Sarov 12 January 2023 Careful study of the word of God in peace and quiet is very beneficial. If we undertake such a task, in combination with good deeds, the Lord will not deprive us of his mercy, but will reward us w...

Time: the prelude to eternity Lambros Skontzos, Theologian 11 January 2023 By God’s grace, we’ve already entered the new year. Together with our hopes and expectations for the new year, our souls are filled at this time with a natural concern over the meaning of the passage ...

Suspicion in Marriage and in Personal Relationships Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos 11 January 2023 Bad thoughts poison life and the relations between people. Especially between a married couple, where thoughts prevail which are the result of the corrosion of time and from the fact that we, as peopl...

It embraces everything Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 11 January 2023 Our sanctification isn’t achieved through our personal defensive mechanisms but through our development into universal persons, on the model of Christ. In this way, a saint experiences not only un...

The Iambic Katavasies of the Lord’s Feast of Theophany [3] Mihaïl Koutsos 10 January 2023 Ode 7 He who stilled the high flame of the furnace Which contained the devout young men Burnt the heads of the dragons in the river. By the dew of the Spirit he dispels All the turbulent gloom th...

Christ’s Behavior (Matth. 4, 12-17) Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia 10 January 2023 ‘When he heard that John had been delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee’. Christ’s behavior towards people wasn’t monolithic. He reacted in a variety of ways. In any case, He became incarnate, was m...

They drive him away Saint John Chrysostom 10 January 2023 Sorrow and dejection exist not to overwhelm us when someone we love dies or when we lose money or suffer some misfortune, but to help us in our spiritual struggle. Let’s be sad not over the sorrow...

We’ve expelled it Elder Moisis the Athonite † 9 January 2023 Every trial is divine edification, and is a form of the ascetic effort which we’ve removed from our life. Our good God tries in a variety of ways to bring us close to him. Before him, we’re all s...

Open the Windows of the Soul Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 8 January 2023 This year, the Sunday after Theophany coincides with the handing-back of the feast. ‘The Saviour has appeared, Grace and Truth’. The Saviour has appeared, about Whom the prophets spoke in preparation ...

The ticket Saint Theophan the Recluse 8 January 2023 We can be saved by having a humble outlook. Without this ticket, we won’t be allowed entry into paradise, which is full of humble people. Saint Theophan the Recluse...

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