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
Saint Justin Popovich Today (29th of August), we also specifically glorify the first Evangelist and Christian Confessor, the first to confess God in the New Testament world. Consider how fearlessly, openly and directly he confessed God’s Truth: ‘King, it’s not right for you to have your brother’s wife, your Read more
Saint Justin Popovich Today is a little Great Friday, a second Great Friday. Today the greatest man of those born of women, John, the Holy Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord, is slain. On Great Friday, God, was murdered, God was crucified. At today’s holy and great feast, the Read more
Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi God did not give the command to the forefathers to abolish the freedom from their personality. As we have already said, the universe as “being caused” cannot exist by itself. Therefore, not only does it not possess its own “being” but neither does it contain Read more
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous 1. If somebody isn’t thinking and says something that annoys you, don’t get upset. Ignore them. Never mind what they said. Is that a reason for you to burn? In cases like that, say nothing. Instead of saying ‘That mother-in-law of mine’ll be the death of me’, Read more
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous A certain monk confessed to Abba Pimen: ‘My body’s grown weak but my passions haven’t’. The wise elder replied: ‘The passions are thorn-pricks’ [i.e. ‘tattoos’ in today’s parlance] (Sayings of the Elders) The Sayings of the Elders is a product of the monastic state which also applies to Read more