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They’re hard to break
Saint Theodoros of Edessa
20 August 2023
Let’s gird ourselves tightly and labor to carry out the Lord’s commandments, lest we be bound tightly with the chains of wicked desires and soul-destroying pleasures, which are difficult to break.... 
Samuel the Judge and Prophet (+ Αugust 20)
Theodore Rokas
20 August 2023
The Prophet Samuel, the last Judge of Israel, appeared on the stage of Biblical history towards the end of the period of the Judges, which, because of the lack of a king (“there was no King in Israel”...
The way
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
19 August 2023
Breaking the commandment, which is considered to be repudiation, caused the fall, devastation and death. Now, the way back for us is practical confession.
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos...
Words from the heart
Saint Basil the Great
18 August 2023
Our words emerge from the superfluity of our heart. Because the heart is like a spring, and our words are like a rivulet flowing from it.
Saint Basil the Great...
Saint John Cassian and Abbas Serenus: Do the Wicked Ultimately Prosper?
Saint John Cassian
17 August 2023
How we ought not to despise those who are delivered up to unclean spirits.
It’s clear that we ought not to hate or despise those whom we see to be delivered up to various temptations or to spirits of...
How Elder Iosif Resolved the Issue of a Priest-Monk who Mocked Him
Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery
17 August 2023
The humility, goodness and love which Elder Iosif bore in his soul moved God and were the solace of our brotherhood, who looked to him as our guide.
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos, (1921-2009)
Metropo...
Bad language
Saint John Chrysostom
17 August 2023
If you want to show that you don’t like using foul language, then don’t put up with listening to it, either.
Saint John Chrysostom...
Works of belief
Saint Mark the Ascetic
16 August 2023
When you hear the scripture that ‘he will render to each according to their works’ (Matth. 16, 27), don’t think about works of hell or of the kingdom, but works of belief or unbelief in him. God w...
Did Our Lady give birth to God? Was God born of a woman?
Iraklis Filios
15 August 2023
Saint Cyril of Alexandria wrote that the Mother of God sanctified the Holy Trinity! At first sight this is a scandalous statement. How could a human being sanctify the Holy Trinity? And if that statem...
The Dormition of the Mother of God
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15 August 2023
In the hymnography of the Orthodox Church, the Mother of God is called ‘god after God, holding second position to the Trinity’. Some people may feel that these terms are excessive and dogmatically unf...
