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The habit of wickedness

Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos   ‘Never do something bad as a joke. It often happens that people do something bad as a joke in the beginning, but later, they unwittingly become slaves to it’. These days, wickedness makes us laugh and we enjoy it. Thriller movies and series featuring blood, violence, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 6 hoursJune 26, 2022 ago
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‘Spurn evil and do good’ (Ps. 33, 15)

Saint Nicholas Velimirovich   These words encapsulate all the efforts we must make here in the world, on earth, with our earthly, natural body. What meaning should our labor have and what should be its aim? The acquisition of two habits: first, to avoid evil; and second, to do good. Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 daysJune 23, 2022 ago
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The Fast of the Holy Apostles

Nikolaos Georgantonis, Theologian   In our spiritual life, fasting isn’t an end in itself, but a tool that helps to cleanse us and transform our passions so that we can reach the kingdom of God. Among the fasts instituted by the Church is that of the Holy Apostles, which, unfortunately, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 5 daysJune 21, 2022 ago
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They’ll see the light

Saint Isaac the Syrian   Those who fear sin will tread the dangerous path of life without stumbling. And if they begin to see darkness within them or ahead of them they’ll see gladsome light. When people fear sin, the Lord guards their steps and when they slip into sin, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 3 weeksJune 8, 2022 ago
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Sincerity: abhorrence of pretense

Archimandrite Theofilos Lemontzis, D. Th.   Moralism is a typical example of hypocrisy. Hypocrisy taints even virtuous actions and Saint John of the Ladder uses a playful incident in order to analyze this specious side of the spiritual life, one which we the faithful often cultivate. Sometimes, he says, when Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 weeksMay 31, 2022 ago
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The aim and purpose of life

Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos   ‘The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth’ (Jn. 1, 14). ‘In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 4 weeksMay 28, 2022 ago
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An Eastern Fable

Vasileios Trallianos   When I was in Germany once, I heard a sermon by a famous German missionary and preacher. It included a profound and symbolic narrative taken from a collection of legends and myths of the East. I later read the same story in one of the edifying books Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 monthMay 27, 2022 ago
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Remembrance of God’s Blessings

Fr. Andreas Agathokleous   The problems, sins and mistakes we have in our lives are many and various. At times a sense of disappointment weighs upon our hearts. We wonder whether this is how life’s going to continue. Is there any prospect of improvement? Will we ever see better days? Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 monthMay 25, 2022 ago
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Monastic Conversations

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou   Hesychasm is a spiritual phenomenon, the quintessence of the ascetical tradition in the Orthodox Church. Through the practice of hesychasm, the soul of man is ‘fattened’ by the grace of God, it receives a hypostasis. The martyrs offer their life to God and enter Paradise in Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 1 monthMay 24, 2022 ago
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The most important thing

Saint John of Kronstadt   The most important thing in life is zealously to ensure that you have mutual love with other people and that you don’t judge them. Each person will give an account before God, regarding themselves. You will have to answer for yourself, for your own actions. Read more…

By Pemptousia Partnership, 2 monthsMay 10, 2022 ago

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