Saint Luke the Doctor The Holy Spirit descended in a visible manner and came to rest on each of the apostles in the form of a tongue of fire. Why was this necessary? Precisely so that the world would learn that the Holy Spirit comes down to people. In Read more…
Saint Gregory of Nyssa David always gives the most joyful meaning to feasts, tuning his dulcet harp to the requirements of the festival. So let this same prophet delight us on the great feast of Pentecost, too, picking out the melody of wisdom on the strings, through the power Read more…
Protopresbyter Vasileios Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki From the time of the Renaissance until today, a common effort has repeatedly been made on the part of all the anti-Trinitarian heresies which have made their appearance since then to declare that the teaching concerning the Read more…
Protopresbyter Antonios Christou The Church has placed the feast of All Saints after the great feast of Pentecost and, naturally, this is not by chance. In other words, apart from the daily commemoration of saints on the anniversary of their departure from this earthly life, the god-bearing Fathers also Read more…
Fr. Dimitrios Bokos The Sunday of All Saints follows the Sunday of Pentecost and is the last day of the Pentikostario. It closes the cycle of movable feasts which starts with the opening of the Triodio, includes the Great Fast, Great Week, Easter, and extends throughout the Pentikostario. All Read more…
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came and instituted a feast that remains for ever. The coming of the Spirit reconfigured the time of our life making it all into a feast, imparting grace to us that we may draw nigh unto God. The Read more…
Can you count how many things in your house use electricity? The lights, the air conditioner, the oven, and so many other things. And don’t forget all the things that use batteries too. We can’t see electricity, but it’s hard to live without it! Today is the great feast of Pentecost. Today Read more…
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou Weeping Question: Could we say that in the monastery everything happens purely because God is guiding the hearts of the other people? Answer: Everything will work out for salvation for those who love God (Rom. 8:28), for those who have the desire to repent and weep before Read more…
Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou Question: Saint Silouan and Saint Sophrony speak repeatedly about the Holy Spirit. How do we experience the Holy Spirit according to their teaching? Answer: Everything begins from our faith in Christ and accepting His word. When we make His commandments the unique law of our life, Read more…
Have you ever wondered how much water is in the Mississippi River? More than 5 million gallons! Or in the Amazon River? Almost 60 million gallons! That much water is more than we can ever imagine… we just know it’s a lot! In today’s Gospel reading, we hear how our Read more…