Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay…

Is any one among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Lett him sing praise. Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of…

Truly, truly I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it…

What follows is an inspiring story about a woman named Stavrula who died on Holy Monday, 2004.  I post this story every year on Holy…

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy…

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made Him a supper;…

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about…

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met Him, while Mary sat in the house.  Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You…

 And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way He said to them, “Behold, we are going…

  And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.  For the Son of man came…