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Where, Death, is your sting? Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou 30 April 2016 I mentioned the overwhelming feeling of liberation that we experience on Easter night, and I want to draw your attention to two texts which are good examples of this. The first is the Sermon of St J...
Why is this? Saint John of Kronstadt 29 April 2016 Virtue is a really good, really beautiful thing. Virtuous people are at peace with themselves, pleasing to God and accepted by others. Even without wishing to, virtuous people attract the attention of...
The greatest torment Saint Justin Popovich 28 April 2016 There's no worse torture than thought itself. There's no hell greater than thought that's completely cut off from the Creator and God of all thought, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Divine Word. Human thou...
Where does responsibility lie for people’s spiritual state? Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis 27 April 2016 A large part of the responsibility for people's spiritual state lies with the family. If we want to rid children of various internal problems, then advice, coercion, reason and threats aren't going to...
Teach us to pray one for another, in patience to bear one another’s burdens Saint Sophrony of Essex 27 April 2016 O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou, Lamb of God, Who didst take upon Thyself the sin of the world, Who by Thine ascent to Golgotha didst redeem us from the curse of the Law and didst restore Thy fallen image; ...
Know yourself Saint Cyril of Alexandria 26 April 2016 Knowledge is awareness of God. If you really want to know God, get to know yourself first. ...
Hesychasm and Theology: A Contribution to the Dialogue concerning the Great and Holy Synod George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 25 April 2016 On the occasion of the convocation of the Holy and Great Synod of the Orthodox Church, we are publishing a text by George Mantzaridis, Emeritus Professor of Theology at the Aristotle University of The...
Incredibly short Elder - Thaddeus of Vitovnica 25 April 2016 Life on earth is very short, unimaginably so. But much has been given to us in the short span of time so that we can turn to God from the depths of our heart. He it is Who can transfigure and resurrec...
We should practice Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 24 April 2016 People should train themselves to recognize immediately, through the feeling in their heart, whether good or evil is coming towards them, in the same way as we identify savory and unsalted things, or ...
The Lazarus Carols, from Cyprus to Tataoula 23 April 2016 Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 23 April 2016 Beloved brothers, sisters and children in the Lord, The typical feature of the Greek people was and is the preservation of ancestral tradition. Modern times are characterized, if not by the abandon...
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