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Don’t be alone
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
3 November 2022
We all have our problems which might be obvious to others or not,< and our worries, great or small. We want somebody to share them, not so much as to give us advice. Sharing them, mentioning them, bri...
This is where he shows his power
Archimandrite Symeon Krayiopoulos †
3 November 2022
We know very well that some of the great saints, the greatest, in fact, were such sinners that, when you read their lives today, they horrify you. Saint Mary the Egyptian, Saint Pelagia, the robbe...
It motivates us more
Saint John Chrysostom
2 November 2022
It may be that the threat of eternal punishment is more indicative of God’s love for us than is his promise of the heavenly kingdom. Because, unless there were the threat of eternal punishment, no...
Flies or bees. Which ‘enterprise’ do we have?
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis
1 November 2022
All the antagonism that we, regrettably, experience as people, between those we know and those we don’t, friends and enemies, religious-minded or otherwise, confirm the fact that, two thousand years a...
Saints Cosmas and Damian
George Poulos
1 November 2022
Christianity flourished in antiquity in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. In defiance of odds of a different kind, the odds of chance, a pair of physician brothers came into the service of...
You’ve got a problem
1 November 2022
People who praise others and reproach themselves have reached a measure of sanctity. If somebody distresses you and you ask them to make a prostration to you, you’ve got a problem. You’re quite wr...
The use of riches (Luke 16, 19-31)
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia
31 October 2022
‘A certain poor man named Lazarus’
Today’s Gospel reading is a parable. It presents an unnamed rich man, who was callous, and a poverty-stricken man, who answered to the name of Lazarus. In Hebrew, L...
The Spiritual Meadow
Ioannis Moskhos
31 October 2022
Heretics Return
The ‘Severus’ mentioned in the text was Patriarch of Antioch from 512 until 518, when he was deposed. He continued to be regarded as Patriarch by those who did not accept the Christol...
It’ll be him
Saint Amfilokhios Makris
31 October 2022
People who don’t have Christ see everything as difficult and dark. When we don’t have Christ in our heart, we replace him with money, possessions or other people. I implore you, apply this command...
Sermon on the Apostolic reading for the 5th Sunday of Luke – Ephesians 2: 4-10
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios †
30 October 2022
The Apostle Paul, in this present passage from his Epistle to the Christians of Ephesus in Asia Minor, presents us with the great love of God for humanity: "God is rich in mercy, because of His great ...