Stelios Koukos In 1463 the archimandrite of the Monastery of the Caves was the blessed Nicholas. On Easter day that year, when all Christians were celebrating the ‘death of death’ and the ‘overthrow of hell’, one of the fathers of the monastery, the devout and virtuous hieromonk Dionysios (Schepa), Read more
Saint Paisios the Athonite Worldly anxiety is the product of worldly prosperity, of worldly success. People try to ease their stress either with tranquillizers or with yoga exercises, but they don’t seek real calm, which comes when you’re humbled, when divine consolation comes to you. When you see people Read more
Saint John the Karpathian The moon, which waxes and wanes, resembles people, in that we sometimes do good and then sin. We then repent and return to the life of virtue. So people who sin don’t lose their minds, as some say, just as the body of the moon Read more
Archimandrite Georgios Kapsanis, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Gregoriou † After his rebuke to Peter, the Lord asked of his disciples that they, too, should lead their lives bearing a cross. He says that those who wish to follow him must deny themselves, take up their cross and Read more
Elder Teofil Paraian One of the great Elders of recent years was the Romanian hieromonk Fr. Teofil Paraian (†2009). Blind from birth, he nevertheless completed his studies at the Theological School of Sibiu and then entered the monastic community of Brancoveanu (Sâmbăta de Sus). Despite his blindness, he was Read more
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos Every human character can be considered weak if it lacks the grace of God which perfects and maintains everything, since ‘it cures that which is sick and supplies that which is missing’. This is what the Lord is emphasizing when he says that: ‘without me you Read more
Dr. Nikolaos Koios, Content Coach of Pemptousia The recent decision by the Supreme Court of the United States of America regarding returning abortion rights to the jurisdiction of individual states has re-opened intense discussions on the issue. Dr Nikolaos Koios, Associate Professor at the University Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki and Read more
Saint John Chrysostom If you’ve sinned, don’t despair. I never stop repeating these words, all the time. Even if you sin every day, then repent every day. Let’s do what we do with old houses that are ready to collapse: we take away the old and rotten materials and Read more
Saint Ignatij Brianchaninoff When you study the Gospel, don’t look for pleasure, don’t look for excitement, don’t look for brilliant thoughts. Seek to find the infallible holy truth. Don’t be satisfied with studying the Gospel to no real avail. Study it practically. Strive to carry out its commandments. Since Read more
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos The sanctity of a person isn’t just a cause for those people who meet them to be transformed for the better and become more perfect, but it’s also a cause of the transformation of irrational creation itself, and provides us with an image of the life Read more