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Never at any time
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
30 August 2023
No matter how times change politically, culturally, or socially, people remain essentially the same, with the image of God indelible and untarnished. Since the fall of the first-created, sin and t... 
Encomium on the Beheading of the Great Forerunner – 2
Saint Theodore the Studite
29 August 2023
So what did he say to Herod? “You’re not allowed to live with her”. He reminded him of the divine law, as if saying to him: “Look and see what the Law orders you to do. If there are two brothers and...
The Beheading of Saint John, the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord – 1
Saint Justin Popovich
29 August 2023
Saint Justin Popovich
Today is a little Great Friday, a second Great Friday. Today the greatest man of those born of women, John, the Holy Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, is slain. On Great Frid...
He brings you into communication
Saint John of Kronstadt
29 August 2023
Never forget that you owe God for every moment and for innumerable other things. For every breath, for every ray of sunshine that warms you, for every bite of bread, for every good thought, for ev...
The Grandeur of the Mother of God
Monk Arsenios of the Skete of Koutloumousiou, the Holy Mountain
28 August 2023
When the most glorious and richest kings on earth have in mind to build their throne and their royal palace as a whole, they don’t leave a stone unturned until they find the most precious material tha...
The Repose of Father Job (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast)
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
28 August 2023
In 1978 when I was at Philotheou Monastery, Father Job passed away. He was a good disciple of mine. Soon afterwards we had an all-night vigil for St. John the Forerunner. I have a soft spot for him, b...
Encomium on the Beheading of the Great Forerunner
Saint Theodore the Studite
28 August 2023
Dear God-fearing Christians, the feast which we have gathered here to celebrate together today is radiant and filled with divine joy. It is rightly called radiant because it shines from the very name ...
Our inseparable companion
Elder Gavriil, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Apostle Barnabas
28 August 2023
The whole of our life is a testing-ground, a vale of tears, a hotbed of pain and trials. Sorrow and pain are the lot of every mortal and our constant companion in this transient life. This is so i...
Geronda in Hawaii (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast)
Elder Ephraim in Arizona †
27 August 2023
Geronda loved the sea and trees. That is Geronda why, when I went to Hawaii to hear confessions in 1987, I saw him in a vision in the midst of orange trees. Those orange trees were tall and loaded wit...
We wouldn’t know
Saint Theophan the Recluse
27 August 2023
It’s better to cast your eyes down and look at your feet, taking care where you’re treading. That’s the best path. Were it not for divine grace we wouldn’t know what we’re supposed to be like.
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