Let Christ come in you
“Why chase the darkness? Well, we’ll turn on the Light and the darkness will go away on its own. We will let Christ dwell in our whole soul and […]
Author: Helen Kotsaridou
Posts by Helen Kotsaridou
True Friend of God
Before the temptations come, man prays to God as a stranger. But from the time he is subjected into temptations, for the love of God, and does not […]
What our Theotokos offered
The Theotokos built herself and offered to God everything that attracted Christ to the earth, that motivated God’s creative hand. And what are they? Life without sin, pure and […]
Jealously is the result of your ego
Jealousy is an expression of inner weakness, but also of abnormal love. That is, I love him/her in a selfish and exclusive way, I believe that I have […]
Saint Niphon II, the Patriarch of Constantinople
Saint Niphon II, the Patriarch of Constantinople, was from the Peloponnese, Greece. His parents were named Manuel and Maria, and he was named Nicholas in Holy Baptism. Later, […]
The power of the prayer
We read in the ascetic texts: “Whatever work you do, you have to do it in such a way as if you were never going to die, and at […]
St. Nikanor the Wonderworker (Feast Day – August 7)
Saint Nikanor was born in 1491 in Thessaloniki of wealthy parents, John and Maria, who had great difficulty having children. Their faith however, displayed by their prayers, fasting and […]
Αbout repentance and fasting
Fasting is always connected with ascesis and spir- itual mourning, which is repentance, contrition, de- voutness, and humility. When such is the life of man, a life of […]
The Holy New Martyr Saint Theodore of Çanakkale
Coming from the village of Erenkioi in the Hellespont, located on the site of the ancient city of Ofrynion, Saint Theodore settled in the city of Çanakkale at the […]
When somenone humbles himself
When man humbles himself and becomes fully aware of his weakness, then God intervenes. The same goes for us here, too. When we are totally left on our […]