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Let us find room for the new-born Christ
Theoni Marinou-Boura, Theologian
23 December 2022
Thoughts on the Events of the Nativity
• Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be counted in a census and were unable to find an inn in which to stay. Really, who has time and space for God today? How... 
The Third Birth of Christ (Part II)
Stergios Sakkos
23 December 2022
Our first encounter with Him is through faith. Faith opens the door of the soul, so that Christ can enter. Faith receives Him, subjects our hearts to Him and engenders within us a fervent interest and...
As and when
Saint Anthony the Great
23 December 2022
Those who try to live a virtuous and God-pleasing life, take care of the virtues as though they belonged to them and as a cause of eternal contentment. Passings delights, however, are enjoyed as t...
The Word became flesh (John 1, 14) A Sermon on the Nativity of Christ
Saint John of Kronstadt
23 December 2022
The Word became flesh; that is, the Son of God, co-eternal with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit, became human --- having become incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. O, wondrous, a...
The Third Birth of Christ (Part I)
Stergios Sakkos
22 December 2022
1. Rebirth
The third birth of Christ is in the life of people who believe in Him and accept Him as their own, personal God. Because even though Christ became incarnate in order to save ev...
We should know
Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos †
22 December 2022
Even before God shows us his mercy and loving-kindness, we can have a foretaste of his mercy, love, kindness and joy. We should be aware, in particular, that any time we carry out one of God’s com...
On Confession
Starets Efstratij Golovanski
21 December 2022
In confession, we should be neither ashamed nor afraid. Fear and shame are irrational feelings which derive either from the devil or our egotism. The confessor who conducts this sacrament would never ...
The Significance of the Birth of Christ for the Human Race
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Hermeneutics, A. U. Th.
21 December 2022
The Gospel reading for the Sunday before Christmas, taken from the beginning of the Gospel of Saint Matthew, contains Christ’s genealogy ‘after the flesh’, and, thereafter, God’s dispensation regardin...
It’s a reprimand
Saint John of Kronstadt
21 December 2022
In the apostles, martyrs, hierarchs and all the saints we have examples of living faith, fervent love and subjection to the will of God. And we also have proof that, if we want, we can also please...
He gives us everything
Elder Panayis from Lysi
20 December 2022
‘Seek the Kingdom of God and all this will be added…’. God grants us whatever we want, in abundance, provided we surrender ourselves to him. God wants the whole of our heart.
Elder Panayis from...
