Hierodeacon Rafael Misiaoulis, Theologian ‘I forgave you all the debt, because you pleaded with me’. Today’s Gospel reading is known as the parable of the 10,000 talents and in it we see both the kindness and mercy of God and also the harshness of people. The occasion for this 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…
Saint Nicodemus the Hagiorite So come to your senses in this way, because there’s no other way to do so. Get up and take this bold decision, saying to yourself: ‘I’ll arise and go to my father’ (Luke 15, 18). Get up out of this mud you’re wallowing in Read more…
Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias 1. I mentioned to you on another occasion, my Christian friends, that our Church, like the caring mother it is, uses this period of winter- when living conditions have always been difficult- to present us with Sunday Gospel readings that sharpen our awareness Read more…
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios Eighth. In the parable, it says that between the place where Abraham was and hades, where the rich man found himself, there was a ‘great chasm’. And that it wasn’t possible to cross from one side to the other. Naturally, this is Read more…
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios Sixth. While Lazarus was in the bosom of Abraham, the rich man was burning in hades. Indeed, he would beg Abraham to send Lazarus to cool his tongue, because ‘I am in agony in this flame’. The place the rich man is Read more…
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios Fourth. Although the soul of Lazarus went to the bosom of Abraham and that of the rich man went to hell, Christ says in the parable that Lazarus went to the bosom of Abraham and that this particular rich man went to Read more…
Metropolitan Ierotheos of Nafpaktos and Ayios Vlasios There’s much to be learned from Christ’s wonderful parable. We can look at its social dimension and also draw a great many ethical and moral conclusions. But I’d like to dwell more on issues which have to do with life after death, Read more…
Ioannis Karavidopoulos, Professor of the School of Theology of the University of Thessaloniki The parable of the sower is a wake-up call for self-criticism and self-knowledge. People often wonder and are surprised at the apparent failure of Christianity in the world, which can be seen to a greater or Read more…
Metropolitan Ioïl (Frangkakos) of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia ‘But he became angry and did not wish to enter’. The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read today in church, has been called a pearl among the parables, and the Gospel within the Gospel. Some commentators have called it Read more…