Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘Therefore become merciful, as your Father is merciful’. If we read the literature of the ancient Greek sages and, indeed, that of wise people from all over the world, we see that, in their efforts to define what is just, proper, Read more
The Primary Activity in a Church Must Be Worship Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 The most important thing that happens at a church is worship. Every church has a certain number of people who worship every Sunday. There is another number that worships periodically. There Read more
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos The most prominent ‘torchbearer’ in the Church, Saint Paul the Apostle, lit his torch from the uncreated light of Christ, though he lost his bodily sight: ‘he who is to illumine the world is darkened’, says one of the hymns from his feast-day. God the giver Read more
The Primary Emphasis Needs to Be a Relationship with Jesus Christ “Hearers & Doers” Every one then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds Read more
SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS SECOND SUNDAY OF LUKE Stop Obsessing About Credit Gospel for the Second Sunday of Luke The Lord said, “As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even Read more
SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Follow in the Footsteps of Jesus Epistle for the 2nd Sunday of Luke For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Read more
Have your parents ever forgotten to pick you up from something? Or maybe they were just a little late? Maybe you started to wonder if they would ever come. In the epistle, Saint Paul writes about how hard it is to be a Christian! He tells how the Christians are Read more
Make a Mantra and Use It I love Thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in Whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, Who is Read more
Go Do It CONCLUSION PART XVII “Tightrope 1” by Tom à la rue is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him. Luke 22:43 The night before His passion, Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. He asked His disciples to “watch” Read more
Proclaim Encouragement from the Rooftops CONCLUSION PART XVI Jesus said, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began Read more
Are You All In? CONCLUSION PART XV As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. Job 5:8-9 Several years ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Team had a marketing campaign, entitled “All In.” Read more
We Can All Solve This Problem CONCLUSION PART XIV Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been Read more