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The religious education in Germany today
14 July 2016
Interview with Dr. Friedrich Schweitzer, Professor of Religious Education & Practical Theology (Tübingen University)...
Μonasticism is nothing other than living in the kingdom of heaven
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
14 July 2016
Living with Elder Iosif, Father Sofronios learned empirically that monasticism is nothing other than living in the kingdom of heaven, experiencing divine Grace. He stressed that he never forgot thos...
The most biased referee
Abba Kassianos
13 July 2016
Christ, as the most biased referee and umpire in our contests, keeps the balance between us and our opponents, tempers the excessive power of their attacks and, besides, ‘together with temptation;’ gi...
Situations Not Caused By, But Involving Pregnancy
Valarie H. Protopapas
13 July 2016
There have been cases where women severely injured in accidents or suffering from some other terminal medical problem such as stroke or advanced heart disease have been kept alive by artificial mean...
Opportunities for ecclesiastical intervention in cyberspace to preserve the authentic Orthodox ethos
13 July 2016
Dr. Petros Panagiotopoulos, PhD Theology, Associate of the Department of Theology AUTH Graduate Programs in employment, OPEN Courses Lessons, Lifelong Learning and Teacher Trainings, Coordinator at Internship Project for Students (NSRF) of the Department of Theology, Instructor at the Theological Faculty of Orthodox University of Congo....
Hieromonk Sophrony of Saint Panteleïmon (1896-1993) – 11 July
Elder Moisis the Athonite †
13 July 2016
He was born in Moscow in 1896 and his lay name was Sergei Symeonovich Sakharov. As he himself recalls, his first experience of the vision of the uncreated light occurred in his childhood. He studied a...
Not many walk the path
Saint Makarios the Egyptian
12 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 ...
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos as a Disciple of Elder Iosif the Hesychast
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
12 July 2016
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos made his renunciation at the age of 16, in the summer of 1937, at the Holy Monastery of Stavrovouni in Cyprus. The reason behind his doing so was the following event. He’d wat...
The last day of Saint Paissios the Athonite
12 July 2016
Eventually, Elder Paissios got cancer and was taken into hospital in Thessaloniki. At the hospital, they looked after him as best they could. Nevertheless, his cancer spread so much that the end was v...