CONCLUSION Part VI: For Whom Do We Exist? “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments… He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself Read more
Feast of Saints Joachim and Anna There is Only ONE Needful Thing Icon of Saints Joachim and Anna with the Theotokos Yesterday we celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. The Gospel lesson that is read on the feast days of the Virgin Mary is always the Read more
Part V: A Summary of Four Existential Questions Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one.To each is given Read more
Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian ‘I forgave you all the debt, because you pleaded with me’. Today’s Gospel reading is known as the parable of the 10,000 talents and in it we see both the kindness and mercy of God and also the harshness of people. The occasion for this 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
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
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
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
Saint German, Patriarch of Constantinople Discourse on the Deposition and Veneration of the Holy and Honourable Belt of Our Most Pure Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary Through the Holy Spirit, David, the Prophet and King, sang, “Glorious things are spoken of you, the City of God”. Read more
I think Saint Nektarios is telling us in this film is that we’re all, potentially, saints, provided we fight against our own will, our desires, and our passions. If we cleanse our relationship with God. – Aris Servetalis OCN welcome’s Aris Servetalis, the actor of Saint Nektarios in the new Read more