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A Time to Rebuild: Saint Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center
23 October 2014
On September 11, 2001, Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was crushed under the falling Twin Towers. Now, the faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America are called to rebuild that which was once there, so that it may continue to be a beacon of light and hope in lower Manhattan. It will be a house of worship for the Greek Orthodox community and a place of prayer and solace for all people. For more information, please visit www.stnicholaswtc.org.... 
Peace of Heart is Established Little by Little
Saint Nikodimos the Athonite
22 October 2014
Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite
Your constant care should be not to let your heart become agitated or troubled, but to use every effort to keep it peaceful and calm. Seeing your efforts and endeavours...
Elder Symeon, Abbot of Grigoriou Monastery (+1905)
21 October 2014
A man blessed by God, Spyridon Angelidis, as he was before his tonsure, was born in Tripoli in the Peloponnese in 1830. In 1852 he arrived at the Monastery of Ayiou Pavlou with three friends. Accordin...
Alexei Nesteruk: “Light from the East” (Theology and the Sciences)
18 October 2014
Alexei Nesteruk, Light from the East: Theology, Science, and the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, Fortress Press.
In a unique volume, a new and distinctive perspective on hotly debated issues in science a...
Alexios of Atlanta: “Religious Life in America”
18 October 2014
Metropolitan of Atlanta, Alexios, describes the religious life in America....
Don’t Proof Text the Holy Fathers
Seraphim Danckaert
16 October 2014
“Proof texting” is a well known problem, especially when it comes to interpreting Holy Scripture. Some people develop whole theologies around a narrow interpretation of a few scattered verses (or e...
Venerable Euthymius the Athonite
15 October 2014
Venerable Euthymius of Peristeron
Saint Euthymius the New of Thessalonica and Mt Athos, in the world was named Nicetas, and he was a native of the city of Ancyra in Galatia. His parents, Epiphanius ...
The meaning of pain in our life
Abbot Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou
14 October 2014
Apart from the suffering that it causes, physical, mental or spiritual pain– which entered man’s life by divine sufferance – also has positive effects for man’s earthly life and development.
It is ea...
Holy Mountain: a universal presence and a heavenward orientation
Nikolaos Metropolitan of Mesogaias and Lavreotikis
13 October 2014
Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaias
The spiritual influence of Mount Athos is indisputable and certainly stems from the fact that many men have attained holiness through their secret ascetic struggle...
