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It’s not a given Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 25 August 2023 Even in our everyday tasks, we people try to achieve perfection. This is testimony to the fact that God has given us the opportunity for our own personal perfection and fulfilment as psychosomatic...
The respect shown by the faithful to Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 25 August 2023 The degree of respect, honor and love shown towards the Mother of God by the faithful is second only to that shown to God. The respect for the Mother of God dates back to the 1st and 2nd centuries and...
The Christian Vision of Motherhood Fr. Bassam Nassif, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, University of Balamand 24 August 2023 (Homily given at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Convention in Phoenix Arizona - Wednesday July 26, 2023) In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Your B...
It doesn’t matter Saint Makarios of Optina 24 August 2023 Is sorrow burdening you? It doesn’t matter. A heart full of gratitude, humility and wisdom- a heart which has been fille with gratitude, humility and wisdom through struggle-  will be richly compe...
We don’t forget Saint John Chrysostom 23 August 2023 If you’ve sinned, don’t despair. I never stop repeating these words, all the time. Even if you sin every day, then repent every day. Let’s do what we do with old houses that are ready to collapse:...
In the Land of the Living Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 22 August 2023 In the Synaxarion for the Feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, there is a particularly moving account written there.  At the age of about 50, The Holy Virgin received a divine message th...
The Strange Features of the Dormition Sophia Bekri, Theologian 22 August 2023 As every year, we celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God with veneration and honor, though the festivities generate mixed feelings. On the one hand, there’s sorrow and pain because our Lady, who...
On sudden death Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 22 August 2023 Nowadays when science and technology are flying, when cultures converge and there is a crisis in values, even the word ‘death’ is avoided and anything reminiscent of it is ignored and discarded. Moder...
They cleanse Saint Dimitri of Rostov 22 August 2023 Repent and bring the Lord your tears as myrrh of repentance. Tears cleanse the soul and wash away every stain. They clear the conscience, illumine the mind, break the fetters of the passions and t...
Don’t be so sure Saint Sophrony of Essex 21 August 2023 Given our fallen state, we’re in no position to judge other people. Don’t be so certain that they’ve erred. Don’t judge. Saint Sophrony in Essex...
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