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An anonymous ascetic reveals his relics in a dream Monk Vlasios the Athonite 15 September 2014 In 1982, on Tuesday of Bright Week, after the procession and blessing of the waters at the monastery arsanas (boat-house), two venerable Elders of the Holy and Great Lavra (Chrysostomos, later Bishop ...
The Social Dimension of Certain Bioethical Approaches Dimitra Botsari 11 September 2014 The fundamental principles and practices in public health often obscure the infringement of personal welfare for the sake of the public good. It would be no exaggeration to take this as the core of bi...
Orthodox Witness in France. On the Unity of Orthodoxy Fr. Pierre Deschamps 10 September 2014 One issue faced by Orthodox Churches is that of the different nationalities and languages of the faithful, which, in certain circumstances, results in ethnophyletism. Is this danger of the fragmentati...
The Holy Relics of Saints Joachim and Anna 9 September 2014 The treasury of the Holy Metropoly of Tamasós and Oreini from Cyprus shelters the holy relics of the Saints  Joachim and Anna. The reliquary is often sent to various places in Greece and ot...
OCN and Pemptousia Announce Strategic Partnership 4 September 2014 Athens and Ft Lauderdale (September 3, 2014) — On Wednesday, Pemptousia and the Orthodox Christian Network announced a strategic partnership to begin sharing and promoting each other’s content. The...
The Kelli of Saint George at the Vatopaidan Skete of Colciu – 2 4 September 2014 Latterly, Frs. Dionysios, John and Pierre were joined by another monk, who was given the name Gedeon. He’d been to America and had worked in a factory in Philadelphia or Milwaukee, so he spoke some En...
Abortion as a form of genocide – 2 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 3 September 2014 We understand the temptations and challenges of our day, which offer carnal pleasure to people all too easily. Pre-marital and extra-marital relationships are deemed to be normal, whereas in fact they...
The Kelli of Saint George at the Vatopaidan Skete of Colciu – 1 2 September 2014 As I mentioned in a recent article on Elder Gedeon, I’ve been acquainted with this kelli for some time, since shortly after Elder Gedeon’s death. I was introduced, indirectly, by my wife and daughter,...
The beginning of the Church Year Fr. Lev Gillet 1 September 2014 The Byzantine liturgical year begins on 1 September. A brief inspection of the texts read at the services for this day indicates the internal attitude which the Church wishes to inculcate in us at t...
Joshua Theodore Rokas 1 September 2014 When the Israelites were on the verge of entering and conquering the promised land, under the leadership of Moses, the latter called the people to remind them of the events of the Exodus from the ti...
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