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The movement of Kollyvades as it appears throughout history and in the present – 2 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 7 May 2014 Two Synods convened on the issue of the memorial services. At the command of the Patriarchate, the first one convened in 1774 at the Holy Monastery of Koutloumousi in the Holy Mountain. Two former Pat...

Job the Prophet 6 May 2014 This faithful servant of God, the most perfect icon of all virtue, and especially of patience, was the son of Zare and Bosorra, and was the fifth from Abraham. He was true, blameless, just, devout, an...

The Holy Great Martyr Irene 5 May 2014 The holy Great Martyr Irene was born in the city of Magedon in Persia during the fourth century. She was the daughter of the pagan king Licinius, and her parents named her Penelope. Penelope was very...

Saint Theofanis, Metropolitan of Peritheorio (14th Century) 3 May 2014 Saint Theofanis served as the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi, and was associated with Saint Maximos Kavsokalyvitis (†1365), whose biographer he was. Saint Nikodimos the Athonite translated...

The movement of Kollyvades as it appears throughout history and in the present – 1 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 2 May 2014 Throughout the history of the Church, the Holy Spirit has been endorsing some spiritual figures who not only leave their mark in their times but also become illuminating beacons for the future generat...

Artemis, new CD: “Mash-Up Sessions II:Nikos Papakostas” 30 April 2014 “You were taught as a kid about the enmity with the Heavens and what it is that brings the mind into darkness… you followed the signposts that pointed west of Eden, and were dragged along right ...

Great Friday. Christ on Golgotha! [Part 1] Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 29 April 2014 Christ on Golgotha! Our Saviour on the cross! The Righteous One suffering! He Who loves the whole of the human race, is being put to death by us humans! If people have a conscience, they should be ash...

Saint Memnon the Μiracle Maker 28 April 2014 Saint Memnon the Μiracle Maker is not mentioned by any chronicler. By local tradition, this Saint was one of the "three hundred" Palestinian refugees who arrived in Cyprus during their expulsion from ...

Christ’s descent into the tenebrous realms of death – Part 2 Fr. Lev Gillet 22 April 2014 The soul will never lose its sense of being, that is, of existence, but it has two possibilities. It can either feel its existence as ‘well-being’ or as ‘ill-being’. Saint Gregory Palamas says that ev...

Christ’s descent into the tenebrous realms of death – Part 1 Metropolitan Joseph of Proikonissos 20 April 2014 The service has already given us all the grace and joy, the perfection of the meaning of the Holy Days. We’ve been able to proceed liturgically, together with the Lord, from the garden at Gethsemane t...

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