Then He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds. And after He had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone, but the boat by this time Read more…
Saint John Chrysostom (Epistle for the Sunday of the Blind Man) Acts, 16, 25-40 ‘And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, and immediately all the doors were opened, Read more…
Jesus said this parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. And some fell on the rick; and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had Read more…
Metropolitan Anthony Bloom † In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. At the end of today’s reading, words stand that we pass by very often. The blind man says to Christ, “And who is the Son of God?” and Christ answers, “You have seen Read more…
As he passed by, Jesus saw a man blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be Read more…
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos ‘The beginning of quietude is to repel the blows of the demons, because they trouble you to the depths of your heart. The end of quietude is not to fear turmoil, but to be indifferent to it’ (Saint John of the Ladder). Turmoil is a common Read more…
Sunday Epistles and Gospels Saturday, June 5 Being an Authentic Christian Will Bring Both Conflict and Peace In those days, as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by soothsaying. Read more…
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich When you go to the Holy Mountain and see the humble monks, you might think that they live a lazy life, without purpose. It may seem like this if you see things from the outside, because not many people are able to understand the terrible, unceasing Read more…
Jesus said, “I AM the light of the world.” John 8:12 Jesus said, “You are the Light of the world.” Matthew 5:14 The concept of “Light” plays an important role in the Bible. In Genesis 1:3, we read that light was the first thing God created. And at the beginning of the Read more…
How many times have you heard that you should “Love your enemies”? Well, probably lots. Our Lord Jesus Christ told us to love our enemies, and we read about it in the Bible. When we love our enemies, we show how much we love God. After all, God made everyone, even Read more…
Metropolitan Athanasios of Lemessos The Church isn’t against the human body. This is why the fathers were so careful not to damage their body in the course of their ascetic struggles. They tried to subject it to the Holy Spirit and to God’s commandments, to prevent it engaging in Read more…
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou We owe greater honour to the other, as Christ rendered to the Church In the middle of Great Lent, the Church instituted the veneration of the Holy Cross, so that it may increase our inspiration and strengthen us in our struggle to prepare our souls to Read more…