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The Mystery of Time (Mark 1, 1-8) Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis 5 January 2023 ‘The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ…’. Just the use of the word ‘beginning’ in today’s Gospel reading takes us, by association, to the start of a new year, the festal resonance of which we’re...
The Significance of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan Sophia Kafkopoulou 5 January 2023 On 6 January, our Church celebrates Theophany, one of the great feasts of the Lord. Jesus’ baptism is the event which formally confirmed the advent of the Messiah. Although the Lord Himself had no nee...
It’s not pure Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 5 January 2023 We should love others and make sacrifices for them selflessly, without seeking any reward. That’s when we find balance. Love that requires reciprocation is selfish. It’s not genuine, not pure, not...
The Transfiguration of Time Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis, Professor of the Theological School, A.U.Th. 4 January 2023 a) In every age, people want to measure, monitor and confer value on time, and, if at all possible, to surpass its limits. This can be seen from the monuments of world civilization, as well as from s...
It may seem difficult. Saint Theophan the Recluse 4 January 2023 So you’ve been slandered unjustly. Bear it patiently. It’ll be considered a penance for things where you really were at fault. From this point of view, slander is part of God’s providence for you....
‘Wishing to receive circumcision in the flesh’ Lambros Skontzos, Theologian 3 January 2023 The basis of our faith The incarnation of God the Word isn’t some sort of abstract, theoretical scheme of things, nor a myth created by a fevered imagination, but an actual event which took place at ...
Brief commentary on the 5th Eothinon(=Matins Gospel lection, Luke 24:12-35) Anastasios (Tasos) M. Ioannides, Former Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati, USA 3 January 2023 The fifth Eothinon (=matins gospel lection) records a very touching incident, when the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ appeared to two people, as they were walking from Jerusalem to the neighboring vill...
Simply be glad Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 3 January 2023 We have to learn to love without expecting anything in return. We should enjoy the miracle of love that allows us to be glad when something happens that we can rejoice over. And we should be glad,...
The Fulness of Time Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou 2 January 2023 The New Testament is not merely different from the Old but brings to the world the incomparable uniqueness of new life in Christ. The Lord came that we may have life and have it in abundance (John 10:...
Christmas subverts human assumptions Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 2 January 2023 If we wish to understand something of Christmas and to experience in some way the life of the Church, we must arrive at that grace-filled point when God’s coming into the world means the complete inve...
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