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Do not feed your passions by yielding to them Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 28 February 2018 Do not feed your passions by yielding to them, so that you do not suffer ...

Saint Nektarij invited her in her sleep Stelios Koukos 12 October 2023 Nina D. had Starets Anatolij as her confessor. Quite some time after his de...

‘Keep saying in your heart’ Saint John of Kronstadt 24 July 2023 ‘Keep saying in your heart, “Christ is love”. In this way, you’ll love all ...

Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women Saint John Chrysostom 30 April 2023 One of the most striking features of Christianity is that it is not culture...

The Prodigal Son: Like a dead man even before he died in the body Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 12 February 2023 The Prodigal Son lived aimlessly and wasted all the wealth his father gave ...

The Three Hierarchs and Modern Atheism Bishop Efthymios of Aheloos † 30 January 2023 ‘The Impudence of the Heresies is Defeated’ The phenomenon of atheism aros...

The 15th Sunday of Luke (Zacchaeus) Monk Agapios 22 January 2023 From the Kyriakodromion of Monk Agapios All injustice, illegal seizure and...

The compassionate heart Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol 1 December 2022 How greatly almsgiving contributes to prayer. If you want to pray you have ...

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 Vir...

‘Keep saying in your heart’ Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis 27 July 2022 ‘Keep saying in your heart “Christ is love”. In this way, you’ll love every...

The last time Saint Porfyrios entered the Holy Mountain Fr. Evaggelos Papanikolaou, Doctor 20 May 2022 The story is told by Fr. Evangelos. As a young man, he often visited the Ho...

Return to Paradise (Cheese-Fare Sunday) Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † 6 March 2022 In the person of the old Adam, the human race fell, when it sinned against ...

Symeon, the Last of the Righteous. On the Reception of the Lord Timotheos, a Priest of Jerusalem 3 February 2022 Since we shall not have enough time to mention the virtues of all the saint...

On Loneliness and Real Communication Saint Nicholas Velimirovich 13 September 2021 Don’t be afraid to be alone. People are alone if they don’t know God, even ...

Blessed Irene οf Chryssovalantou Monastery – 28 July 28 July 2021 Blessed Irene was born in Cappadocia, into the bosom of a rich and noble ...

Saint Paul describes and analyzes love Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos 16 July 2021 (Ed. Stelios Koukos) Love is the product of faith and of our submission to...

Recognizable features of a non-authentic Christian experience Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki 15 July 2021 An experience which isn’t genuine produces Christians who, instead of being...

What delusion, what feebleness Saint John of Kronstadt 1 February 2021 What darkness, what derangement, what weakness and what a terrible, dea...

‘Keep Thy Mind in Hell and in Me’ Archimandrite Peter, Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, Essex UK 30 November 2020 Saint Symeon the New Theologian says that we do not benefit from the ‘glamo...

Wage Increase Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos 6 October 2020 It’s a common phenomenon all over the world that people try, by any means t...

They’re food Saint John of Kronstadt 13 July 2020 When you pray, try very hard to feel the power and truth of the words of ...

Homily on St Jerome (15 June) Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios † 29 June 2020 On June 15th the Church remembers St. Jerome, a commemoration highlighting ...

While there’s yet time Saint Gregory the Theologian 23 June 2020 While there’s time, let’s visit Christ, look after Him, feed Him, clothe ...

It rages inside us Saint John of Kronstadt 19 June 2020 All the passions are fire in the soul, a huge fire that rages within us. ...

A Reflection of Joy-making Sorrow at the Repose of Elder Ephraim of Arizona Stelios Koukos 5 May 2020 A Pious Reflection of Joy-making Sorrow at the Repose of Elder Ephraim of A...

Do your duty, help others and be useful Saint John Chrysostom 28 March 2020 There’s nothing worse than Christians who don’t save other people. Don’t ...

Praiseworthy and blameworthy Saint Gregory of Nyssa 21 November 2019 From holy Scripture we learn that there are two kinds of wealth: one is p...

The Responsibility of Love – 11th Sunday of Matthew Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larisa and Tyrnavos 1 September 2019 One of the features of our society is a sense of lawlessness. It’s a belief...

On Egotism Elder Ephraim in Arizona † 2 July 2018 Today we shall speak about the great spiritual sickness known as egotism. ...

The baker’s son: Saint Tychon of Cyprus Eva Topping 16 June 2018 Long ago, in the days when Arcadius and Honorius ruled the Roman Empire, a ...

For our good Saint Amfilokhios Makris 27 March 2018 The saints were always thinking about the next life. Remembrance of death...

We could meet the needs Saint Sophrony of Essex 5 March 2018 God came and showed us that He doesn’t want to abandon us but rather that...

Fasting and its benefits (2) 26 February 2018 Who is as strong as a lion, but, for the sake of his stomach falls into a t...

They get through easily Saint John Chrysostom 10 January 2018 People who exercise restraint spend the whole of their lives at ease and ...

Saint Filaretos the Charitable (1 December) 1 December 2017 Saint Filaretos was a fine example of virtue, especially that of performing...

Greek Monasticism in the 19th Century [3] Protopresbyter George Metallinos 9 November 2017 The Spiritual Continuation However, the most substantive problem that alwa...

The God Who Is No God – 2 11 October 2017 Early Christianity was surely marked by practices: without them, there woul...

Saint Euphrosynus the Cook and the apples from heaven Eva Topping 11 September 2017 Obscurity surrounds the birth of St. Euphrosynos the Cook. No one knows whe...

The Prophet Elijah Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes 20 July 2017 One of God's greatest Prophet in the Old Testament is the Prophet Elijah. ...

The Creation of the World: The Crossroads between Theology and Science Petros Panayiotopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 19 May 2017 The matter of the beginning of the world is one which traditionally has bel...

Lest We Forget: Keeping Traditions Virginia Nieuwsma 9 May 2017 To hear Mother Victoria of the St. Barbara’s Monastery tell it, growing u...

The Greek and Latin Sermon Tradition and the Preaching of Luther Professor Dimitra Koukoura, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 8 May 2017 A. The Greek Sermon Tradition 1. The Preaching of Christ and the Apostles ...

The anthropological-ontological basis of the condemnation of wealth in the Gospel Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia 8 February 2017 Inevitably, human weakness sometimes led to irregularities, such as an ac...

Sweeter than honey 28 January 2017 Why is it that when it comes to drinking nectar, bees make it sweeter than ...

The mystery of man’s heart Very Rev. Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou) 25 December 2016 Archim. Zacharias Zacharou All the ordinances of the undefiled Church are...

Should we hate religion? Bev Cooke 22 December 2016 There was a lot of talk in January about Jefferson Bethke’s “Why I hate rel...

The myth of unconditional love Michael Bressem, Ph.D. 16 December 2016 Many believe that “love conquers all” and they erroneously attribute the ...

The Problem with Abundance Michael Bressem, Ph.D. 15 December 2016 People are rarely satisfied with having enough. Many say to themselves,“If ...

Who has a need for Christmas? Fr. John Parker 6 December 2016 He had been extremely wealthy, but something went terribly wrong. After the...

Blessed Are the Merciful For They Shall Obtain Mercy 29 November 2016 (more…)...

Locusts and wild honey James W. Lillie 23 October 2016 In the synaxarion for Saint James (October 23), we’re told that, like Saint...

While we have time Saint Gregory the Theologian 1 October 2016 While there’s time, let’s visit Christ. Let’s look after Him, feed Him, clo...

Raging within us Saint John of Kronstadt 27 September 2016 All the passions are fires of the soul, conflagrations raging within us. We...

I want to feel God. Genuine and Invalid Experiences Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos 16 September 2016 An unhealthy desire for experiences. The Pharisees and Sadducees sought a ...

God Is Always With You 9 September 2016 Ms. Jessica Precop traveled to the Dormition of the Mother of God Monaste...

St. John Chrysostom and Family Life, the Contemporary Crisis of Marriage 29 August 2016 The institution of the family is in a state of crisis throughout the world ...

Elder Ambrosios of Dadiou Monastery advises and cautions 28 August 2016 1) Towards the end of August 2001, someone asked him to pray to Saint Nekta...

Byzantine Philanthropy – Part II Demetrios J. Constantelos 28 August 2016 Ptocheia (Houses for the Poor) The Byzantines maintained a special institu...

Byzantine Philanthropy – Part I Demetrios J. Constantelos 25 August 2016 Philantropia in Byzantium was not what we understand today as philanthropy ...

The Vital Contribution of Monasticism Today Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios, Ierotheos 11 April 2016 Monks and nuns aren’t weird people who, out of some sort of personal whim, ...

Papa-Stratis from Lesvos: the Priest of the Refugees 21 November 2015 by Penelope Sarrou and Iraklis Filios ‘And I want to tell you that we came...

Christ also stopped at Eidomeni Petros Panayiotopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 20 November 2015 ‘Christ stopped at Empoli’ was the name of a classic work of literature. To...

Blessed Martyr Romanos, the athonite monk from Kavsokalyvia 5 January 2015 The Saint was from Karpenesi. He was totally illiterate, the only thing h...

Becoming Orthodox – Enter the Search: New Teachings Joel Kalvesmaki 5 December 2014 Joel Kalvesmaki is Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, overseein...

The Human Sensitiveness about Life and Death Paul, Metropolitan of Aleppo 16 November 2014 “There was a certain rich man … and a beggar named Lazarus” 5th Sunday of...

Spiritual hunger, the material needs and the miracle of sharing love Metropolitan Panteleimon of Antinoes 3 August 2014 One of the most impressive evangelical readings is that which refers to the...

Sin Is a Form of Love (Part 2) Ilias Voulgarakis 16 December 2013 Everything starts with the meaning that each person gives to sin. If it is ...

The Great Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi and Thrace* Chapter 16- Part 3 Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbot of the Vatopaidi Monastery 5 January 2012 * A speech at Komotini on the 21st January 1994. source: Translated by O...

Repentance, economic and institutional crisis 5 November 2011 According to Abba Cassian the monk seeks to obtain the kingdom of heaven an...

Archimandrite Ephraim: The spiritual legacy of Elder Iosif of Vatopaidi 4 November 2011 Conference on Monasticism Coenobium of St Nikodemos, Pentalofos, Goumenits...