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The difference between religion and the Christian faith
Saint Porfyrios Kavsolkalyvitis
19 December 2022
Our religion is love, desire, ardor, fervor, and longing for the divine. All of those are within us. Our soul demands of us that we acquire them.
For many people, though, religion is a struggle, a wo... 
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ
Sotirios Theologou
19 December 2022
We’ve arrived at the last Sunday before Christmas and all the decorations for the feast are in place- in our homes, in shopwindows and all over the towns. We’re all ready to celebrate Christmas at som...
Traditional Greek Christmas Cookies
19 December 2022
The most famous Christmas cookies in Greece are the traditional melomakarona and kourabiedes. Here we present the recipes for the most tasty way of cooking them, as a treat for friends and relatives.
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You’ll be wise
Saint Isaac the Syrian
19 December 2022
Speak as a learner not as a teacher. In all things, think that you need to be taught and you’ll be wise all your life.
Saint Isaac the Syrian...
Sunday before the Nativity
Metropolitan Varnavas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis
18 December 2022
THE REALLY GOOD NEWS
When people ‘aren’t at their best’, as we say, what they don’t want to hear is bad news. On the contrary, their fervent wish is for good news ‘to fall into their lap’, so that th...
Is it possible?
Elder Panayis from Lysi
18 December 2022
Let’s not expect our children to love us as we love them. Parents love more. As our Father, God loves us more than we love him. This is why we shouldn’t let him down. When I feel the love of God i...
Doxastiko at Lauds on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ (plagal tone four) – Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas
Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas, Archon Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ
17 December 2022
The Doxastiko at Lauds on the Sunday before the Nativity of Christ in plagal tone four (Των νομικών διδαγμάτων ) by the late Thrasyvoulos Stanitsas, Archon Protopsaltis of the Great Church of Christ, ...
The Creative Word of God
Archimandrite Peter, Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex UK
17 December 2022
The word of God has four meanings: 1. In the bosom of the Trinity, the Only-begotten Son of the Father is called the Word of God because He was the One Who delivered to us the revelation of God the Fa...
Sermon for the Apostolic Reading on the Sunday before Christmas (Hebrews 11: 9-10 & 32-40)
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
17 December 2022
In today’s Apostolic Reading, we heard with how much faith Abraham and his descendants obeyed the voice of God and with great certainty and patience they waited for the promise He had given them to be...
Sunday before the Nativity of Christ: the Good Tidings
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos
17 December 2022
When people aren’t feeling at their best, what they least want to hear is bad news. On the other hand, what they’re always wanting to hear is a good bit of news that’ll give them a boost and the coura...
