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Something deeper Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis 14 August 2022 Christians aren’t dressed in the old person with its passions and sinful desires, but are clothed in the new person. They’ve put on Christ himself, who now lives in their hearts. The word ‘clothed...

Persistently and unceasingly Saint Symeon the New Theologian 13 August 2022 Run to Christ, begging him constantly and fervently, as the blind man in Jericho once did: ‘Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me’. And he’ll ask you mystically, ‘What do you want me to do for you...

‘It is truly right to call you blessed, who gave birth to God…’ Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 12 August 2022 While all the hymns of our Church were written by holy and devout people and are divinely inspired, the hymn ‘It is truly right to call you blessed who gave birth to God, ever blessed and most pure an...

There’s proof Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 12 August 2022 The Church calls upon people to be glorified, sanctified, saved, and gives them a specific course of treatment which has been proved to be an effective cure. The saints are proof of this. They, to...

It remains beyond reach Saint Silouan the Athonite 11 August 2022 Disbelief comes from pride. Proud people claim to be able to know everything through their mind and through science, but knowledge of God is beyond their reach, because he can be known only by the...

‘In vain have those who hate me…’ Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 10 August 2022 The discourse of the hymnographer is always of present interest. From the time when Cain, motivated by resentment, murdered his brother Abel, ‘wickedness has accompanied human nature as rust does copp...

First Discourse on the Beatitudes [2] Saint Gregory of Nyssa 10 August 2022 Blessed poverty ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’ But what benefit will we derive from this great gift of God unless we discover the deeper meaning hidden in t...

Cause for transformation Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos 9 August 2022 The sanctity of a person isn’t just a cause for those people who meet them to be transformed for the better and become more perfect, but it’s also a cause of the transformation of irrational creat...

‘The storm of misfortunes rages upon me, Lady…’ Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th. 8 August 2022 When Job the much-suffered was faced with all his unexpected trials and tribulations, he didn’t express any complaint or grievance, because he believed that, since God has complete dominion over the w...

‘Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord’ Sotirios Theologou 8 August 2022 Christ’s Transfiguration is a very important feast for our Orthodox Church. The Lord reminds us of his glory and shows his divinity to his disciples. At the same time he reminds each of us of his miss...

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