Saint Sygklitiki said, “As the deadly beasts are driven away by the most powerful poison, so prayer accompanied by fasting drives away sinful thoughts.” From the Gerontikon Translated […]
2nd Sunday of the Fast (St. Gregory Palamas)
(Mark. 2, 1-12) That our heart be supported by Christ Man often uses his logic to think negatively –just like the Scribes and the Pharisees do– in a […]
Neglecting our immortal soul
Many things that we shouldn’t expect or hope for, we constantly dream about and hope that they will happen. On the contrary, death, which will inevitably occur […]
A short prayer
I kiss you, Father and Creator! I am caressed by Your love. In every fruit of the earth, in every grain of wheat, in every crumb of bread, I […]
Αrticles from selected categories
Τhe Sunday of Orthodoxy
(John. 1, 44-52) Orthodoxy is: “Come and see” “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asks. And Philip replies: “Come and see”. Though Nazareth is an […]
Fasting acceptable to God
But if you want to abstain and fast, so that your fasting may be acceptable to God, above all else, guard yourself by fasting from every evil word, […]
Divine Grace is not on the top of mountains
God, my child, does not hide behind the bushes. Nor do you need to climb the mountains to meet Him. He comes and finds you every time you forgive someone who has wronged […]
Fasting is the food of the soul
Indeed, just as physical food makes the body fat, so fasting strengthens the soul, makes it lighter, elevates it spiritually and stimulates it towards the desire of the […]
As many times you fall, so many times you get up!
The Lord says to you, as he said to Matthew: “Follow me.: You, then, as you pursue the Lord eagerly, if on the way you stumble on the […]
The perfect priest
“No matter how hard you look for the kind, the perfect priest, the perfect community, the perfect parish…you won’t find it! Just like you won’t find the perfect marriage, or […]