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By command Saint Theophan the Recluse 5 July 2016 Grace doesn’t begin to act within us unless we want it and seek it. God doesn’t want to trespass on the freedom He’s given us. Otherwise we’d all become saints in the blink of an eye at God’s divine c...

The Christian Understanding of Suffering Valarie H. Protopapas 5 July 2016 Having lost the understanding of the redemptive nature of suffering, society today believes that to endure suffering is the evidence of mental aberration. This reflects the secular and humanist unde...

The Wall-Paintings in the Chapel of Saint Dimitrios in the Monastery of Vatopaidi.

Bishop Gregory of Nyssa: “To be with the other brothers in Christ was a gift of the Holy Spirit” 4 July 2016 Bishop Gregory of Nyssa talks to Pemptousia and OCN about his experiences of the participation in the Holy and Great Synod. ...

Rev. Fr. Christopher Metropulos: “We realized that the people of God want something important from us” 4 July 2016 Rev. Fr. Christopher T. Metropulos, President of Hellenic College Holy Cross, is speaking exclusively on Pemptousia and OCN, for his experiences from Holy and Great Council...

I feel the punishment within myself Saint John of Kronstadt 4 July 2016 Sloth, stubbornness or any other passion is always followed by the commensurate punishment. When my internal disposition towards God and His holiness isn’t good, then I feel this punishment within mys...

Grains of Orthodox pastoral experience from two decades on the Internet 4 July 2016 Archimandrite Antonios Stylianakis, Child Psychiatrist-Psychotherapist...

Spiritual experience as basis of spiritual guidance Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 4 July 2016 It’s often been observed that some nuns find it difficult to express certain troubling thoughts to the Abbess, and that they find it easier to do so to the Elder. Of course, it’s obligatory for the ...

Extreme nationalism never does any good Chrysostomos Stamoulis 3 July 2016 My dear friends, This evening it has been my pleasure, after accepting the honour of an exceptional invitation, to speak from the chair of the late Archbishop Iakovos. To speak, that is to say, fro...

Sin and Sickness – Redemption and Cure Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis 3 July 2016 ‘Son, your sins are forgiven’. This phrase, as used by Christ to the paralytic at Capernaum, links sickness with sin and forgiveness with cure. This is why Christ first cures the centre and root of th...

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