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Fr Moyses’ teachings through his poetry Iakovos Menelaou, MTh & MPhil 21 March 2016 Here, we have a traveller who left Athens and went to Athos, intending to become a monk. Athos is called by Fr Moyses’ traveller Ithaca, illustrating Cavafy’s impact, and denotes Odysseus’ prospecti...
Don’t shrug your shoulders Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 20 March 2016 Even if you can't become a first class saint. like Saint Anthony, don't just shrug your shoulders and say ‘There's nothing I can do about it'. Try even harder and double the talent that God gave you....
Understanding Icons Frederica Mathewes-Green 20 March 2016 The first thing we sense about an icon is its great seriousness. Compare an icon in your mind a great Western religious painting, one that moves you to deeper faith or even to tears. You’ll notice t...
It’s of great importance Elder - Thaddeus of Vitovnica 19 March 2016 It's enormously important that there should be someone in the family who really prays. Prayer draws down the Grace of God and all of the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have fro...
St Theodore Tyron’s miracle 19 March 2016 Saint Theodore the Tyron was from the area of city of Amasia in Pontus. He was a Roman soldier during Maximian’s great persecution (c. 303) and gave his life for Christ (c.306/307). Saint Martyr...
It’s not their fault Saint John of Kronstadt 18 March 2016 Don't make a display of your passion. Don't hurt other people by externalizing the badness you have within you. Confess your sorrow to God at having a soul full of wickedness and that your life is pur...
The presence of Orthodox monasticism in Finland Basil Anagnostopoulos 18 March 2016 Monasticism in the Orthodox Church of Finland has stood firmly by the Church, and they faced dauntlessly together the long and oppressive foreign yoke and the stiff and fanatic religious proselytism...
At the mercy of their sins Saint John Chrysostom 17 March 2016 The righteous are made sad by the just trials they undergo, but benefit from them, to the glory of God. The unrighteous, on the other hand, are at the mercy of their sins....
Science and Religion: From theories and dogmas to people Vasileios Konstantoudis, PhD in Physics, Researcher in "Democritus" Research Center 17 March 2016 The commonest way of dealing with the relationship between science and religion today seems to be that of rivalry. Science and Religion are two different ways of approaching the truth about the world,...
Beneficial advice 16 March 2016 A brother once went to Abba Filika and took some laymen with him. He asked the abba to say something beneficial to them. But the elder remained silent. The brother continued to implore him for a long ...
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