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How you see
Saint Anthony the Great
16 April 2016
Just looking at something isn't in itself a sin. What is a sin is looking at things with envy, pride and greed.
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Pleasant and summery weather
Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff
15 April 2016
Warm and balmy weather is followed by thunderstorms and rain. A soul which finds relief from sorrow in mourning and which has been cooled by tears enjoys a special calmness and serenity which, like th...
«Give to your brother and to the stranger» The refugees and the Orthodox Church
Chrysostomos Stamoulis
14 April 2016
Boston, April 2016
«One evening in a not so fashionable taverna, a young Chinaman came in with his merchandise displayed on a wooden tray hanging from a strap round his neck.
A host of trinkety th...
The power of prayer and fasting (Mk. 9, 17-31)
Miltiadis Konstantinou, Professor of the School of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki
14 April 2016
The Gospel for the fourth Sunday in Lent, Mark 9, 17-31), presents Jesus as coming face to face with an ancient problem which affects the whole of humanity: the ability of people to overcome evil. For...
Strong eyes
Saint Isaac the Syrian
14 April 2016
Just as a healthy eye desires the light, so, if fasting's undertaken with discretion, it's followed by a desire for prayer.
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Who is able to act as confessor?
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou
14 April 2016
Who is able to act as confessor depends on the bishop’s discernment. In many places in Greece, the bishop selects certain priests and appoints them as confessors through a special prayer and the ‘la...
Wildfire
Saint Theodoros of Edessa
13 April 2016
People who are overcome by the desires and pleasures and spend their lives out in this world will quickly fall into the snares of sin. And once sin's occurred, it's fire on dry grass, a stone rolling ...
Offshoot of avarice
Saint John Chrysostom
13 April 2016
All the evil you'll ever come across is the offshoot of the love of money. Wherever you find it growing: in the home, in the market-place, in the courts, in the legislatures or in the highest places i...
Confession: The sacrament of repentance and reconciliation
Archimandrite Vassilios Papavassiliou
12 April 2016
Few would argue against the statement that the Sacrament of Confession is on the decline in the Greek Orthodox Church. While it is not my intention here to explain the reasons for it, one could specul...
They’ve got no room
Saint Paisios the Athonite
12 April 2016
Let's not expect spiritual understanding from people who don't believe in God. Let's pray that God will forgive them and show them His light. And don't tire yourself out trying to talk about the truth...
