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“You Are Not Alone!”: Lesvos’ Joint Declaration
18 April 2016
We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situatio... 
Beginning and end
Dimitrios Panagopoulos, preacher
18 April 2016
Where people's confidence in themselves ends is where help from God begins.
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The heart equals life
Saint John of Kronstadt
17 April 2016
In education, it's exceptionally dangerous to pay attention only to the development of the intellect and knowledge, ignoring the heart. We should look to the heart above all else, because the heart is...
Abortion, Oikonomia and the “Hard cases”
Valarie H. Protopapas
16 April 2016
This examination of the issue of abortion, the Orthodox concept of oikonomia and certain individual situations used to support and promote the "right" to an abortion has been undertaken primarily beca...
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...
