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Dimitris Iliopoulos

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Geronda in Hawaii (Miracles of Saint Joseph the Hesychast)

Elder Ephraim in Arizona †   Geronda loved the sea and trees. That is Geronda why, when I went to Hawaii to hear confessions in 1987, I saw him in a vision in the midst of orange trees. Those orange trees were tall and loaded with oranges and apples. Up Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 28, 2023 ago
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The respect shown by the faithful to Our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God

Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis   The degree of respect, honor and love shown towards the Mother of God by the faithful is second only to that shown to God. The respect for the Mother of God dates back to the 1st and 2nd centuries and was decreed by Scripture itself which mentions Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 23, 2023 ago
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The Transfiguration: the Start of our Entry into the Kingdom of God

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘…and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ (2 Peter 1, 11). The feast of the Transfiguration, largely forgotten as regards much of our secularized life, is a great festival and a reminder that our life is Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 11, 2023 ago
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His transfiguration is our transfiguration

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   Shortly before Christ ascended the cross, he took Peter and James and John up onto a high mountain and was transfigured before them. Two features are woven into the fabric of the event of the transfiguration: the cross and height. The cross of each of us, Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 10, 2023 ago
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How magnificent Our Lady is

Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki   What a magnificent person our Lady is. She shows us the path and provides us with the way to deification, that is, how each of us can attain a state of likeness with God and communion with him. Our Lady is also Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 9, 2023 ago
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The Meaning of the Great Feast of the Transfiguration (2)

Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens   3. The spiritual perspective of the Transfiguration Beyond being a historical event with the most profound theological significance, the Transfiguration is also projected as a proposal for an experience of life. This experience should not be associated solely with the Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 7, 2023 ago
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The Meaning of the Great Feast of the Transfiguration (1)

The Transfiguration of the Lord is one of the greatest of the feasts of Christianity. Until the 4th century, it was celebrated before Easter, but after the day of the inauguration of the church of the Transfiguration, which had been built by Saint Helen on Mount Tabor, it became customary to Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 5, 2023 ago
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Faith in Christ is a matter of the heart

Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis   Faith in Christ is principally a matter of the heart, and then of reason. The Lord didn’t say, ‘If you understand me’, but ‘If you love me, keep my commandments’. This means that we can understand him to the degree that we try to love him. Read more…

By Dimitris Iliopoulos, 2 yearsAugust 1, 2023 ago

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