Not our own will

Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis   We’re brought to perfection by the Lord who comes and dwells within us when we keep his commandments. And one of his first commandments is that God’s will be done in our life, not our own. And should be carried out with the same precision Read more

Time

Fr. Dumitru Stăniloae   For God, time is the waiting period between when he ‘knocks at the door’ and we open it wide for him (‘If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter and dine with them and they with me’ (Rev. 3, 20). In this Read more

The Guilt of the Modern Era

Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki   To our unnatural and ‘illogical’ logic, it appears that each person does not bear full responsibility individually. The main weight lies with the all-powerful nature of the prevailing, impersonal social outlook and the uncontrollably frenzied times in which we live. These times Read more

A Thorny Hug

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   The Christian life is to be judged entirely on our attitude to other people. The welcome we give others, how we find room for them, is indicative, or otherwise, of our good apprenticeship. Because, according to his own revelation, Christ and other people are one and Read more