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It upsets the nerves Saint Ignatios Brianchaninoff 27 February 2016 Pride upsets the nerves, heats the blood, stimulates the imagination and preserves life in the fallen state. Humility calms the nerves, regulates the flow of blood, reins in idle fancies, puts a stop ...
It’s not unbeatable Saint Theophan the Recluse 26 February 2016 An inclination towards sin isn't yet invincible. It becomes invincible from the moment the soul begins to study carefully and persistently how to satisfy its passion....
Cells, Sketes, and Monasteries in Mt Athos’ History Kriton Chrysochoidis 26 February 2016 The sketes, which are reminiscent of the ancient lavras, are not single building complexes, but consist of cells or "huts" scattered around a central church called the kyriakon. In the sketes the mo...
It changes people Saint John Chrysostom 25 February 2016 An ascetic effort that is carried out in accordance with the law makes people merciful, restrained, modest, able to keep back their anger, to tame their desires, to give alms, to be kind towards other...
Relations between the Orthodox Church of Finland and Mount Athos Basil Anagnostopoulos 25 February 2016 What is the relation between the Orthodox Church of Finland and Mount Athos? The following paper is derived from papers presented at a Symposium on “Byzantium and the North”, held on 12th June 1981. ...
Let’s keep it to ourselves Saint Paisios the Athonite 24 February 2016 If ever you want to spread the word about something, get hold of someone who's a gossip, supposedly to tell them a secret and ask that the secret should remain strictly between the two of you. That'll...
The renaming of Cavafy’s ‘Ithaca’ in Fr Moyses Iakovos Menelaou, MTh & MPhil 24 February 2016 The renaming of Cavafy’s ‘Ithaca’ in Fr Moyses ‘Ἰθάκη’ (‘Ithaca’) is possibly one of the most recognizable of Cavafy’s poems and, indeed, of Modern Greek poetry in general. ‘Ithaca’ alludes to th...
It was smoke Saint John of the Ladder 23 February 2016 Even at the hour of their death, if you see someone sinning, don't criticize them, not even then. Because God's verdict isn't known to us. Some people have fallen into great sins, in the open, but hav...
The formation of Athonite monasteries’ internal organisation Kriton Chrysochoidis 23 February 2016 The number of sovereign monasteries seems to have been finally fixed at twenty at the same time. Nineteen were already great monasteries in Byzantine times, while the twentieth was the sole post-Byz...
It overturns and sinks Saint John Chrysostom 22 February 2016 Savage criticism of others wrecks their souls and sinks them....
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