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Sanctity and Miracles of Blessed Paisios the Athonite
12 July 2016
Monk Paisios from New Skete, Mt Athos, Greece, speaks on blessed personality of St Paisios the Athonite... 
They build with one hand and demolish with the other
Saint John of Kronstadt
11 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...
The differentiation between communicative action, ritual action practice and virtual communications as a foundation for a pastoral approach to the Internet and Digital Media
11 July 2016
Dr. Michael Hjälm, Assistant Professor in Eastern Christian Studies at Uppsala University...
The connection between Christian Life and Political action
Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, Ierotheos
11 July 2016
We can see in this preamble to the law on the correction of social injustice that it has a theological basis. It refers to the passions which sway people when they distance themselves from God and w...
The New Blessed Martyr Nektarios (Skete of Saint Ann) from Vryoulla in Asia Minor
Elder Moisis the Athonite †
11 July 2016
He was born in Vryoulla or Vourla in Asia Minor. As a seventeen-year-old, he and six other Christians were deceived and converted to Islam. When he appeared before his mother in Turkish clothing, she ...
The most biased referee
Abba Kassianos
10 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...
Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect (Matt. 5,48)
10 July 2016
So it’s natural for people, who’ve been made in the image of God, to desire their Creator as their model. It’s this longing for the divine that’s the foundation of our being. Whatever God has, the ...
People should cultivate their soul, in order to be like their Creator
Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, Ierotheos
9 July 2016
A good analysis of these efforts on the part of the emperors is presented graphically by Gerard Walter in his book La vie quotidienne a Byzance au siècle des Comnènes (1081-1180) . Writing about the...
How can I be free of it?
Saint John the Sinaite
9 July 2016
‘I don’t know with what method and in what way I’ll ever bind this friend of mine (i.e. the body) and bring it to judgement. Because before I bind it, it’s loose again and before I can judge it, I’m r...
Pan-Orthodox Internet Study Programs
8 July 2016
Protopresbyter Michel Elias Najim, Cathedral Dean and Pastor...
