(edited by Stelios Koukos) I’d also like to mention a miraculous appearance of the Elder, after his demise, during the divine liturgy. We’d removed the roof of one wing of the monastery and I had the responsibility for the repair and placement of large iron structures for the new roof Read more
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos One of the most common charges leveled against the faith is that it isn’t interested in people’s material needs. This is why those who speak publicly about the Church urge it to give to the poor, to perform social work and to hand over its remaining Read more
Protopresbyter Vasileios Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki From the time of the Renaissance until today, a common effort has repeatedly been made on the part of all the anti-Trinitarian heresies which have made their appearance since then to declare that the teaching concerning the Read more
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis ‘Keep saying in your heart “Christ is love”. In this way, you’ll love everyone else, all other people, sacrificing what you hold precious, even your very life, for the sake of this love’. (Saint John Kronstadtskij, My life in Christ). There are three premises which form the Read more
Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos ‘Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof’. Self-esteem or self-knowledge? These are two states of human existence which these days are attracting the interest of many people. When the level of self-esteem, that is belief in ourself and our abilities, is Read more
Protopresbyter Georgios Dorbarakis Saint Sophrony in Essex said that we still have not a few ascetics (whom the Lord has hidden) who don’t perform obvious miracles, though great miracles occur every day in their souls, unobserved by most people. One such miracle is when the soul leans towards pride, Read more
Vasileios Stoyiannos, Professor A.U.Th. and Civil Governor of Mount Athos (†) The Christian faith is a ‘path of life’. It’s a way that continues as long as people live, with no stops and no delays. It’s continual movement, parallel to our daily life and activities. Along this road we Read more
Archimandrite Varnavas Lambropoulos A superficial reading of today’s epistle gives the impression of dry moralism. Saint Paul twice urges the faithful to devote themselves to good works, considering these to be evidence of the fruits of the spirit. And he recommends them to avoid heretics [‘divisive people’] ‘after a Read more
Saint Nicholas Velimirovich ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land. Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety’ (Lev.25, 18; cf. ibid. 26, 5). What’s the reason why all peoples live Read more
Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos I think that, if young people today are to ‘come to their senses’, they’ll have to come to know the message of the Gospel. Then the attraction exercised by the passions will wane before the attraction, the sweetness of the inner spiritual life. And when we Read more