Christ is Born! In the secular world, the Christmas season is completed with the passing of Christmas day, but for Orthodox Christians, December 25th is just the beginning of the celebration! Keep the Holiday spirit going with daily activities and acts of service in your home or parish. DECEMBER 26 Read more
The following in an excerpt from “Eros of Orthodoxy,” translated by Fr. Nicholas Palis and written by Mr. Pantelis Paschou. Despite the fact that Christmas is celebrated in the heart of winter, a Christian feels a strange warmth during these “holy Twelve days.” This warmth is somewhat incomprehensible for most. Read more
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia As the Nativity draws near, the air around us starts to thicken with expectations. You can feel it on the roads and in the car parks: horns, congestion, people hurrying to get everything done, extended shopping hours that promise ease yet Read more
The Gospel of Luke gives us some of the most well-known details of the Nativity story—the Roman census, the journey to Bethlehem, shepherds in the fields receiving news from angels, and the presentation of the infant Christ at the temple. But what makes Luke’s telling of these events unique? What Read more
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia The small open boat climbed another wave and dropped into its trough with a shudder. The island had disappeared. Grey sky and broken sea surrounded them, and the Jesus Prayer rose quietly between clenched teeth. The larger ship that had carried Read more
I was born a Christian, I was brought up as a Christian, I have never denied Christ for Islam, and I never will deny Him, but will die a Christian. Nicholas the New Martyr of Chios was born in the village of Karyes on the island of Chios to parents Read more
The following in an excerpt from “Eros of Orthodoxy,” translated by Fr. Nicholas Palis and written by Mr. Pantelis Paschou. The Holy Fathers separate the senses of the body into two categories: 1) vision and hearing, which are reasonable and “more philosophizing and dominating than the others” and 2) taste, Read more
Love God’s creatures, love every leaf, every ray of God’s light. Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. —Saint John of Kronstadt, Celebrated October 20th. Saint John of Kronstadt, one of the most beloved saints of modern Read more
The following in an excerpt from “Eros of Orthodoxy,” translated by Fr. Nicholas Palis and written by Mr. Pantelis Paschou. According to the mystical theologians of Orthodoxy, man’s inner world, that is his heart, influences and is influenced by his external world, in other words, by his flesh, his body Read more
By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia We sit in quiet hospital rooms and watch the breath of someone we love grow light and laboured. We hold hands at bedsides, listen to the soft hum of machines, and wonder what it all means. In a world of relentless Read more
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By Fr. Michael Psaromatis Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia We live in a restless world. Our days are filled with noise, the endless scroll of screens, the pressure to perform, the search for recognition that never satisfies. We are hurried, distracted, pulled in a hundred directions, and yet beneath it Read more