Metropolitan Meletios of Nikopolis We hear in today’s Gospel narrative that Christ was in an out-of-the-way place where thousands of people had been listening to His words all day, ignoring their needs and the work in their homes. In the end the holy apostles intervened and told Him: ‘Let Read more…
Sotiris Stylianou The Gospel Reading for the 4th Sunday of Matthew (Matthew 8, 5-13) is concerned with the miraculous healing of the centurion’s servant. While the Lord was in the town of Capernaum, he was approached by a Roman, a pagan, who held the rank of centurion in the army, that Read more…
4th Sunday of Matthew In the Gospel reading for the 4th Sunday of Matthew (5, 14-19), Christ calls his disciples ‘the light of the world’. That Christians have always accepted that they should set an example to non-believers can be seen from, among other texts, the Epistle to Diognetus, which was written Read more…
Archimandrite Dorotheos Tzevelakos ‘So if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light’. People are erratic. They can ascend to union with God, ‘a little lower than the angels’; and they can also descend into total depravity, becoming like the demons and worse than animals. Read more…
Sotirios Theologou Today Christ gives all of us an invitation which concerns our life and the course we wish to pursue. In the Gospel reading, we hear about the call of Christ’s first apostles and their acceptance of his invitation. Andrew and Peter and the sons of Zebedee, became Read more…
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘He called them’ In the Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Matthew, Jesus invites the first four disciples to follow him. These were Peter, Andrew and the brothers, James and John. In the Gospels, it appears that Christ called these disciples Read more…
Saint Luke the Doctor To the young man who wished to follow him, Christ said that, if he wanted to be perfect, he should go and sell all his belongings and give the proceeds to the poor. He would then have treasure in heaven and would be able to Read more…
Saint Luke the Doctor In today’s Gospel reading, we hear about a rich young man who was unwilling to share his wealth and thus become an heir to the kingdom of heaven. The Lord then told his disciples that it’s easier for a camel to pass through the eye Read more…
The Primary Emphasis Needs to Be a Relationship with Jesus Christ “Hearers & Doers” Every one then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds Read more…
This article was originally published on August 20, 2017 Listen Now. We will now be including the daily reading of Epistle and Gospel with The Prayer Team. At that time, Jesus said this parable, “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his Read more…