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The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: The New Ecclesiastical Year
1 September 2014
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By God’s Mercy,
Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch
To the Entire Church: Grace and Peace from the Creator,
Sustainer and Governor of all Creation, our L... 
Monk Gedeon of Kolitsou
30 August 2014
He was born in Gadintsi, Moldavia (Romania), in 1894, into a Christian family, and his name was Gheorghe Chelaru. His father, Constantine, was a reader at the local church. He attended the first fou...
Testimonies about the Elder Seraphim of Vyritsa
Antonina Nikolaevna L.
28 August 2014
During the time of the war, I was on the frontline. In 1944, I was wounded and they sent me home. I’d heard from a number of people that there was a priest living in Vyritsa , Father Seraphim (1866-19...
Abortion as a form of genocide – 1
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
25 August 2014
We live at a time when people are becoming increasingly vindictive. Their morals are deteriorating and their minds are darkened. The absurdity that people are experiencing today is obvious and unden...
The Icon as a unique and inimitable fact in the Church
Fr. Stamatis Skliris
24 August 2014
Temple painted by Father Stamatis Skliris
An icon expresses the relationship of history towards the Kingdom of God. Although much of the emphasis focuses upon the Last Times, a necessary feature of ...
Hieromartyr Irenaeus, Bishop of Lugdunum (Lyons)
23 August 2014
Our holy and God-bearing father Irenaeus, who, by divine providence received the name of peace and became a messenger of the Holy Spirit, was born in Asia Minor in about 140. From his early youth i...
The style and ethos of Athonite singing
Fr. Iakovos the Athonite
22 August 2014
Fr. Iakovos, Protopsaltis of the Protaton Church, singing together with the students of Athoniada School, Holy Mountain
Once, when I was talking to an Elder who’d been on the Holy Mountain for many ...
How the monks make kollyva on the Holy Mountain
21 August 2014
On the Holy Mountain, the abbots of the last hundred years are commemorated, as well as the priests and monks of the last thirty and kollyvo is also made every time an icon is placed in the church f...
Monk Moïsis from the Skete of Koutloumousiou
Panagiotis Panagiotides
18 August 2014
I was introduced to Elder Moïsis (Moses) in 1991 and worked with him, particularly during the time he was chief secretary of the Holy Community. He was a man of broad education, a very productive writ...
