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Like an old tree
Elder Cleopa Ilie
8 September 2022
Without regular confession, it becomes more difficult to uproot the passions within us. Just as an old tree can’t be cut down with just one stroke of an ax, so a habitual sin can’t be expelled wit...
On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 2
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
8 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
But once He had granted the usufruct and overlordship of all things in Paradise, He had to train the people he had entrusted with such gr...
“Workbook Companion to the Path to Oikonomia with Jesus Christ as Our Lighthouse”, by John G. Panagiotou
7 September 2022
OCP Publications is proud to present the newly released Workbook Companion to the Path to Oikonomia with Jesus Christ as Our Lighthouse, by John G. Panagiotou. This workbook companion volume is intend...
On the Birth of Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God – 1
Saint Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
7 September 2022
The Birth of the Mother of God, Russian Icon, 17th Century
Today, the Virgin Mother is born from a barren mother and the palace is bedecked for the coming of the Lord Christ. Today, the bonds of ste...
They cleanse
Saint Dimitri of Rostov
7 September 2022
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...
ORTHODOX ARTS FESTIVAL
6 September 2022
ORTHODOX ARTS FESTIVAL
17/9 – 17/10/2022
www.orthodoxartsfestival.org
This year’s ORTHODOX ARTS FESTIVAL 2022 will take place online from September 17th to October 17th of 2022.
The Festival is co...
The ungrateful are always sad
Saint Paisios the Athonite
6 September 2022
‘Elder, why is it that a lot of people feel stress and worry even though they’ve got everything?’.
‘When you see people who have a lot of stress, worry and sadness, even though they lack nothing, you...
Forgiveness: perhaps the most novel answer to intimidation
Maria Stylianou, Sociologist
6 September 2022
Intimidation’s a word that encompasses a painful social reality, since it condenses a range of behaviors which affect the human person and wound people’s dignity. Above all, however, they affect those...
On Wealth and the Wealthy (Matthew 19, 16-26) [2]
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
6 September 2022
To the young man who wished to follow him, Christ said that, if he wanted to be perfect, he should go and sell all his belongings and give the proceeds to the poor. He would then have treasure in heav...
They find themselves
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos
6 September 2022
Through the Orthodox hesychast tradition, people today find themselves, and acquire an empirical, personal relationship with God. There’s no salvation for the human person except in communion with...