‘Elder, there’s a woman whose husband’s left her. He’s taken the child and he’s involved with two other women. She asked me what she should do’. ‘Tell her, as far as she can, to be patient, to pray and to act with kindness. She should wait and not dissolve the […]
Archimandrite Gregorios Κonstantinou Magician, witch or priest of the religion of Zoroastrianism for the people of Media: in classical antiquity this role referred to the priestly art of divination of Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism), who’s practitioners were also known as magicians or “magi.” During the Hellenistic period the magicians of Persia […]
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God—not because of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in […]
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who […]
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos Are the recent crimes [in Greece] simply a matter of violence and oppression against women, or do they have to do with the fact that love* has lost its bearings? We live in a time when love is treated as enjoyment, as enthusiasm, and, if it […]
Jesus Christ, God incarnate, had a fully human mother and her name was Mary. For most of his Christian life, Hank Hanegraaff lacked a proper appreciation for the grandeur and glory of the Mother of our Savior. As Christians, does the Mother of God…
We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves; let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to edify him. For Christ did […]
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for He is gracious, and a song of praise is seemly. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars, He gives to […]
Have you ever been very busy at something—maybe building something with Legos, maybe writing a letter. Then, all of a sudden, your mother or father says, “It’s time for dinner!” or “We have to leave right now!” It’s hard to stop what we’re doing and start something else. But in […]
So everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge before My Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies Me before men, I also will deny before My Father who is in heaven. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and […]
Jesus said “I have said this to you, that in Me you may have pace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 Ok, ok, we got it, we need to be encouraging. But what about the things that perpetually discourage us? What […]
When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Isaiah 43:2 Several years ago, we had the opportunity to vacation in Wyoming […]