Υou have to stop being busy with yourself
It is God who acts to give us a new life, but God expects man to give his consent on his behalf. In or- der to say “yes”, […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
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Otherwise how is it possible
The Creator and our Maker is God by nature, by His nature, while we become gods by grace, because while by nature we remain human, by His grace we […]
The Akathist Hymn
"Rejoice, unfading rose. Rejoice, the only one who budded forth the unfading apple. Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, […]
Saint Anicetus of Rome
The Holy Hieromartyr Anicetus was from the city of Emesa in Syria and he was Bishop of Rome in the middle of the 2nd century AD. (155 – […]
God speaks to us
God comes near us, God speaks to us. It is a very big thing to be able to hear God’s voice, no matter how it may reach us –through […]
The Prophetic Saint
Once three young ladies went to see Saint Seraphim of Sarov and one of them said to the Saint: "I, elder, want to be a nun, and glorify God." and […]
The living God
The Lord is a living God, who governs all, who sorts everything out according to his merciful plan, who loves us, who has taken us under His wing, […]
The state of your heart
Happiness lies within your own self, and blessed is the man who understood this. Examine your heart and see its spiritual state. Has your heart lost confidence in […]
Holy New Martyr George of Ephesus
Holy New Martyr George was born in New Ephesus in 1756 to a father from Samos. He married and had several children. One day in June of […]
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Introduction On the Fifth Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt. The feast day of Saint Mary of Egypt is April 1, however, […]