Saint Demetrios suffered in Thessalonica during the reign of Galerius Maximian (c. 306). He belonged to one of the most distinguished families of the province of Macedonia and was widely admired not only because of his noble ancestry and grace of bearing, but also for virtue, wisdom and goodness of Read more…
Contents Sign up to receive Orthodoxy Now Magazine Updates. Click to Read the Full Issue St. Luke the Evangelist By Lamros Skontzos He spoke excellent Greek, as well as Hebrew. No other writer in the New Testament can equal the elegance of his style. The Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Read more…
Pantelis Paschos, Professor of Theology In a lyrical psalm [132], the great poet of our Church, the Prophet David, gives the name ‘myrrh’ to the spirit of unity among those dwelling together under the sanctified protection of the Church. They have common desires, longings, the same fight against the Read more…
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis Saint James (Iakovos), the brother of our Lord was the first bishop of Jerusalem. He was the first to write a divine liturgy, as it had been taught to him by the Lord himself. This liturgy was later shortened by Saint Basil the Great and, after Read more…
Stelios Koukos Nina D. had Starets Anatolij as her confessor. Quite some time after his demise, she moved to the Briansk region, where the last great starets of Optina was already living in exile. It happened that an acquaintance of hers saw in her sleep a monastic elder who, Read more…
Stelios Koukos Testimony of Panayiota N., Athens At the beginning of October 2011, a bailiff turned up at my home and served notice of the auction of my property, which was to take place on 30 November and involved the shop I run. I’d signed a guarantee for the Read more…
Stelios Koukos Elder Panaretos and the unknown saint In the first part of the twentieth century, an elder, Fr. Panaretos, lived in the general area between Kavsokalyvia and the Lavra. At some stage he wanted to make a little vegetable garden outside his poor dwelling to provide him with Read more…
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous If you read what the holy Fathers wrote as regards their personal struggle to experience God in their lives, you see that they had the same or similar difficulties, temptations and even offences which we face. In this situation, the basic element which distinguished them was Read more…
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich These bold and holy martyrs of the Christian faith were, at one time, officers at the impartial court, in the reign of Maximian. This impious emperor appreciated them particularly for their bravery, wisdom, and loyalty to his person. But when he was told that his two Read more…
Elder Ephraim of Arizona † Geronda loved the sea and trees. That is Geronda why, when I went to Hawaii to hear confessions in 1987, I saw him in a vision in the midst of orange trees. Those orange trees were tall and loaded with oranges and apples. Up Read more…