Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos What was Christ’s greatest miracle? Most people would say the raising of Lazarus. But Saint Isaac the Syrian disagrees, saying: ‘Someone who is aware of his or her sins and genuinely repents is on a higher level than a person who raises the dead. Raising a Read more
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian In today’s Gospel reading, we hear that Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town. There was a man there called Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector by profession. This was a job identified in people’s minds with deceit, theft and lies. At that Read more
Bishop Efthymios of Aheloos ‘The Impudence of the Heresies is Defeated’ The phenomenon of atheism arose in the West and became a world-wide movement for which Western civilization paid dearly in the 20th century. Atheism began within the Western Church as a reaction on the part of learned men Read more
The myOCN Community Monday night Icon Series: an alternating live interactive video program series exploring our nature and purpose as Christians, Orthodox Christians and living Icons of Christ. Led by Christina Hanegraaff and Father Dimitrios Lee, this weekly series of presentations and discussions will run from February 1 – April Read more
God wants to Save the Lost Have you ever lost something that you really, really liked? A favorite toy? A piece to a puzzle? A piece of jewelry? Something special from a grandparent? Maybe you searched all over the place for it. And if you found it…do you remember how Read more
Protopresbyter Vasileios Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki A worrying phenomenon of our day, a New Age befuddlement passing as spiritual practice, is the fact that in recent years there has been a heightened interest in and concern with angels in a host of New Read more
The myOCN Community Monday night Icon Series: an alternating live interactive video program series exploring our nature and purpose as Christians, Orthodox Christians and living Icons of Christ. Led by Christina Hanegraaff and Father Dimitrios Lee, this weekly series of presentations and discussions will run from February 1 – April Read more
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos The healing of the blind man in Jericho is the last of the miracles recorded by Saint Luke before Christ’s entry into Jerusalem and his impending Passion. It may be no coincidence that, on Great Friday, the hymnographer has Christ express the bitter complaint which begins Read more
Saint Iakovos Tsalikis Earn your bread in any way, provided you work for it. Of the children of Adam and Eve, one was a farmer, the other a shepherd. All jobs are good, provided we’re close to God. Saint Paul wouldn’t take bread from anyone for free, but worked Read more
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios Christ is “the true Light” (see John 1:9). Those who believe in Him and are members of His One Holy Church, receive His light. This is how Christians themselves become light, by reflecting the light of Christ that is within. They cannot keep it Read more
Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios In this Apostolic reading from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, we see an inspiring description of the suit of armor a Christian needs for warfare. Of course, the kind of example that St. Paul is presenting is a spiritual one, aimed at effectiveness in Read more
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Time is interwoven with life and brings it to death. Just as passengers on a ship are brought to harbor, even if they’re asleep and not aware of anything, so we’re all brought to the Read more