Great and Small Miracles
Our subject is about miracles. What kind of miracles, beloved? If you make the effort and visit a sacred shrine at which there are holy relics that have […]
Author: Ελευθερία Ντάνη
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What is the will of God?
I don’t know his will… Every now and then, some people ask: “But, what is God’s will? I don’t know the will of God.” What don’t you know? You […]
Jonathan Jackson: The Traditional Value of Family
Watch the video Holywood actor Jonathan Jackson, recipient of five Emmy Awards, at an interview given in “Pemptousia” during his recent visit to the Monastery of Vatopaidi – Mt […]
On Salvation and Paradise
Chapter 1: Now in the springtime, when nature is wearing its most beautiful apparel, one feels inexpressible joy when this natural beauty is accompanied by a sublime spiritual state. […]
St Efimia and St Paisios the Athonite
A TRUE STORY The Elder (Paisios) was in the front yard of his retreat when he was visited by one of his spiritual children. He was repeating, from the heart, “Glory to You, […]
Learning from St. Dositheos’ Example
Perfect obedience is this: ( St. Dorotheos ) never allowed ( his disciple, Dositheos ) to become attached to any material objects. Dositheos took everything with joy and faith and obeyed willingly in everything. When he […]
The great value of our prayers for our departed.
The venerable Saint Paisios the Athonite used to pray and commemorate the departed souls The Elder related: “As soon as I went to live at the skete, old Thanassis, […]
Why God allows temptations
You are having a rough time… The deepest, the purest and most permanent benefit comes to the soul exactly at a time when man has nothing to rely […]
Sts Peter and Paul
With what Crowns of Praise With what crowns of praise Shall we crown Peter and Paul?… The former as the leader of the Apostles the latter as […]
After the fall man makes himself God
With the way that we think and the way we act, we, the Christians of today, ultimately become rather futile and aren’t able to reach the point we […]