Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one. Tychicus will tell you all about my affairs; he is a beloved brother and faithful minister and fellow […]
Archimandrite Nikanor Karayannis Christ stands us before a mirror today so that can see our weakness and monitor our condition. ‘As you wish people to do to you, do so to them’. In other words, do as you would be done by. Such an attitude is essentially the first […]
Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, “Sit here, while I go yonder and pray.” And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then He said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, […]
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy and it shall be well with you. Psalm 128:2 Today’s Scripture verse comes from Psalm 128, the Psalm that is part of the Orthodox wedding service. The Psalm describes what the happy home looks like. At […]
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another. Galatians 5:26 The next four reflections will discuss our relationships with our neighbors, as related to the […]
Angelos Alekopoulos People have their being and are regarded always as a whole and as a person. They aren’t a conglomeration of disparate substances and elements (such as soul and body) but each is a unique persona, involving the soul and body. In the human person, the body and […]
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips! Psalm 141:3 We’ve all heard the phrase “like a bull in a china shop.” This describes a person […]
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Before we can understand what it means to be faithful, we should understand what the word “faith” means. In his letter to the Hebrews, St. Paul sums up the meaning of faith very […]
Dr. Georgios Koios It’s very important for people to have common sense. Everybody says so, but how many actually possess ordinary, common sense? As psychosomatic beings, people receive stimuli and bodily and mental messages. They receive feelings through their senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell). These stimuli are […]
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos ‘Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof’. Self-esteem or self-knowledge? These are two states of human existence which these days are attracting the interest of many people. When the level of self-esteem, that is belief in ourself and our abilities, is […]
Vasileios Stoyiannos, Professor A.U.Th. and Civil Governor of Mount Athos (†) The Christian faith is a ‘path of life’. It’s a way that continues as long as people live, with no stops and no delays. It’s continual movement, parallel to our daily life and activities. Along this road we […]
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22-23 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ […]