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 Read more…
Georgios Patronos, Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Athens The Gospel reading for 2nd Luke comes from the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. In Saint Matthew’s Gospel, in which almost all Jesus’ teaching during his public ministry is gathered together, emphasis is placed on the overall context of the Read more…
Fr. Andreas Agathokleous I don’t know if, in other eras, people experienced confusion regarding words, that is, that they said one thing and meant another. Despite the great achievements of scientific progress, technological development, the shrinking of distances, and tremendous communications, I think that, in our own age there’s Read more…
Georgios Papademetropoulos The holy martyr Sophia and her three daughters, Elpis (Faith), Pistis (Hope) and Agapi (Love) [Sophia, here is taken to be a woman’s name rather than “Wisdom”, as in the church of Holy Wisdom (Agia Sophia) in Constantinople; similarly, the third daughter is Love, in accordance with Read more…
Protopresbyter Vasileios Kalliakmanis The truth of the Church regarding the equivalent position of women and men has been maintained even in times which were difficult for women in society, such as when the Turks occupied Greece. Indicative of this are the words of the great teacher of the Greeks, Read more…
Sophia Bekri, Theologian The faith of both the paralytic and those who carried him (Matth. 9, 1-8) is really remarkable. Unable to help himself because of the nature of his illness, the man placed himself in the hands of his brethren and accepted their assistance with humility and aquiescence; Read more…
Saint Luke the Doctor The golden rule ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you’. ‘If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what Read more…
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos Christians patiently take up their cross and don’t complain about God. Humbly, with downcast eyes the bear their own cross to the end of their days, following the Lord, Jesus Christ. They do it for Christ and his Gospel, they do it out of fervent love Read more…
Varnavas, Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis In the text of the Old Testament, we read that, when Cain killed Abel, God asked him where his brother was. Still angry, he retorted: “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”. This question, so full of hate and indifference, is answered Read more…
Feast Day Epistles & Gospels Feast of Sts. Cosmas & Damian, the Unmercenary Healers Whatever You Do, Do It With Love Icon of Sts. Cosmas & Damian from Monastery of St. Panteleimon in Jerusalem, painted by the hand of Lazaros Pechlivanidis November 1 is the Feast of Sts. Cosmas and