This article was originally published on September 4, 2017. Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm Read more
‘Elder, there’s a woman whose husband’s left her. He’s taken the child and he’s involved with two other women. She asked me what she should do’. ‘Tell her, as far as she can, to be patient, to pray and to act with kindness. She should wait and not dissolve the Read more
This article was originally published on August 20, 2017 Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. At that time, Jesus said this parable, “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his Read more
Sister Parakliti, Holy Skete of Saint Mary Magdalene, in Liti This year, God again permitted us to celebrate the Dormition of the Mother of God at her dependency of Our Lady of the Vintage. This is on the island of Limnos and belongs to the Holy Monastery of Simonos Read more
This article was originally published on August 19, 2017. Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. Read more
What do you do when somebody gives you a present? Well, you probably say “thank you!” Then, you might try to repay that person with another present—maybe for a birthday or for Christmas. Sometimes, we might feel like we owe something until we’ve given something equal. In today’s Gospel reading, Read more
Theodore Rokas Apart from the saints who are remembered on the day, on September 1 our Holy Church also celebrates the beginning of the Indiction, that is the start of the new ecclesiastical year. Among the hymns for the feast is the following, the kontakio for the Indiction, which Read more
CONCLUSION Part III: The Paralytic Who Are Your Go-To People? Are You a Go-To Person? And when He returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that He was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the Read more
Elder Moses the Athonite † For many people, the Church is identified with the parish and the actual building of the church. They think it’s a company, an association, an organization, a charity shop, a wonderful ideology which is financially sound and has very extensive property holdings. There are Read more
And now, my sons, listen to Me: Happy are those who keep My ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Happy is the man who listens to Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting beside My doors. For he who finds Me finds life and obtains favor from the Read more
Saint German, Patriarch of Constantinople And you, All-Pure and All-Good and Most-Merciful Lady, the consolation of Christians, the fervent comfort of those in distress, the immediate refuge of sinners, do not abandon us as orphans, without your divine assistance. For if you do abandon us, where shall we turn? Read more
Welcome to The Daily Prayer Team messages, each day includes a passage of scripture, a reflection and a prayer. Sponsored by Saint John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, FL. The Beginning of the Ecclesiastical (Church) Year And Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and He went to the Read more