A brief life of Saint Paisios
George Mantzaridis, Professor Emeritus, Theological School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki On July 25, 1924, the future Elder Paisios (Eznepidis) was born to pious parents in the town of Farasa, Cappadocia of Asia Minor. The family’s spiritual father, the priest-monk Arsenios (the now canonized St. Arsenios of Cappadocia), baptized the...
‘Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt’
Metropolitan Nikolaos (Hatzinikolaou) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki It was February, 1988. Quite cold in Karyes . It’s at quite a high elevation and it’s damp which makes things more difficult. But the weather was dry that day. There was a bit of a breeze...
The globalized and the universal person: on the sacred memory of Saint Païsios
George Mantzarides, Professor Emeritus of the Theological School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki July 12, the Feast of Saint Païsios People weren’t made to stay where they are. They were made to become what they aren’t. Our majesty isn’t to be found in the present or the past,...
The possessed and the mentally ill
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia There are times, in religious circles, when confusion arises over which people have mental health issues and which are possessed by demonic energy. When Saint Païsios the Athonite was asked how the people that have mental health issues can be distinguished from the possessed,...
Saint Paisios the Athonite, Patron Saint of Signalmen
Nikolaos G. Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia Following a request by the Office of Military Chaplains, part of the General Staff of the Greek Armed Forces, the Holy Permanent Synod of the Church of Greece has declared Saint Paisios the Athonite to be the Patron Saint of the Corps...
Elder Paisios performed the operation for you this morning!
Nikolaos Koulouris, Professor of the Law Department of the European University of Cyprus describes the following event. In 2012, Stelios Kreouzos, who’s a journalist with the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation and a student of mine at the Law Department of the European University of Cyprus, was diagnosed as having fluid in...
The Sanctity and Miracles of Blessed Paisios the Athonite
Saint Paisios died on the feast of the Holy Apostles Saints Peter and Paul according to the Old Calendar, which is certainly no coincidence. Since his death in 1994, word of his name and his reputation have grown globally. St. Paisios is all over the world. In this video a...
Conversations with Abba Isaac: Saint Paisios and Positive Thinking
There are few, if any, who have been more devoted to Abba Isaac than the Blessed Elder Paisios who recently was incorporated into the registry of Saints (1/13/15). Not only did the Holy Elder deeply love the teachings of Abba Isaac, but even more importantly, he lived and incarnated all...
This Week in Orthodoxy, January 16, 2015
Hello, I’m Emmy Louvaris with “This Week in Orthodoxy,” the world’s only online video newscast focused on events in the life of the Orthodox Church. These are this week’s top stories: The Orthodox Church gets a new saint. The IOCC is on a mission to keep Syria’s children warm this...
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