Five Reasons to Visit a Monastery
Striving to Live a Christ-centered Life: Five Reasons to Visit a Monastery Introduction: Journeying by boat to visit their beloved spiritual father, Constantine Palamas – the father of […]
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Leaders of the Apostles Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
5th Sunday of June June 29th, 2014 Some main points in the life of the leaders of the Apostles. “For when I am weak, then I am strong” […]
Saint Paisios speaks the language of the Pentecost
It is well known that Saint Paisios the Hagiorite, besides Greek, did not know another language. But as it happened multiple times – when there was a reason […]
Holy Athonite elders. Archimandrite Isaac-Atallah
[1937-1998] “lucky the man who longs for God as a lover longs for his beloved” WHAT good does this ascetic way do for the world? “The monk purifies himself, […]
Sunday of the Blind Man
5th Sunday After Pascha May 25, 2014 (John 9: 1-38) “Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?” It doesn’t work this way. […]
Which is better- The way of Mary or the way of Martha?
Today’s thought is from an anonymous Desert Father who was questioned about whether it is better to live the solitary life of contemplation and poverty or to devote one’s […]
Sunday of The Paralytic
(John. 5, 1‑15) God is not unjust to anyone For thirty eight whole years, the paralytic waited to be healed “beside the pool of Siloam where a multitude of […]
The Myrrhbearing Women approach the Lord with the logic of the heart
The Myrrhbearing women, despite knowing they were unable to roll the stone from the tomb, they decided to. And as a result of this, they were first both […]
Pascha
Bit by bit, grace comes The Lord has risen, my brethren, so that we may also rise. Presently, as long as we still find ourselves in […]
Holy and Great Thursday
On Great Thursday morning the Divine Liturgy of St Basil is celebrated and we chant this wonderful Communion hymn: “Of Your mystical supper, Son of God, receive me today […]