“This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us rejoice and be glad in it”. The Church calls us to rejoice and to delight in this day, […]
Category: Catechisms and articles
5th Sunday of the Fast
(Mark 10, 32-45) “…behold, we are going up to Jerusalem…” The Lord is going up to Jerusalem to be crucified, to die. His only concern is that he remains […]
4th Sunday of the Fast. Good repentance
(Mark 9, 17-31) There are still three weeks remaining before the Resurrection of the Lord. Let us plead deeply for God to help us to accomplish that which we […]
3rd Sunday of the Fast- Sunday of the Precious Cross
On this day, the Church offers the precious cross for the faithful to venerate, as it is from the cross of Christ that our salvation begins. Sin died there, […]
On Afflictions, Pain, and Labors
Along the difficult way—that is, in the trial of sickness and so forth—the thorn of doubt, of impatience, of cowardice comes to rend the garment of the soul. What […]
A miracle of St. Nicholas in Kozani
A miracle of St. Nicholas in Kozani (amateur translation from a talk by Metropolitan Augoustinos Kantiotis of Florina, of blessed memory) «Some say: “‘At that time!’ You make us […]
Fathers of church about fasting
Beware of limiting the good of fasting to mere abstinence from meats. Real fasting is alienation from evil. ‘Loose the bands of wickedness.’ For give your neighbour the mischief […]
Who made God?
The human mind cannot capture the without beginning and without end of God. God, as God, is infinite in space and time, is without beginning and without end, is […]
The Good Samaritan. 8th Sunday of St. Luke
(Luke 10:25-37) A certain man was traveling fromJerusalemto the city ofJericho. He was a peaceful and hard working man, who was struggling for his daily bread […]
Demoniacs then and now
My beloved, you heard the sacred and holy gospel. A small book the Gospel, but it is the most beautiful, most powerful, most superb, incomparable book of the world. […]