The blind man sees Christ the Saviour, with the eyes of his soul The Gospel reading refers to a man blind from birth. What better, more beautiful and […]
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The servant of God, father Cosmas of Gregoriou Monastery
Below is a homily given by Bishop Avgoustinos of Florina a few months after Fr. Cosmas, Apostle to Zaire, reposed. This excerpt is from the book Apostle to Zaire: […]
Sunday of the Samaritan Woman
(John. 4, 5-42) The Lord first comes to save a sinful woman! The Lord “being weary from the journey” came to meet the “prey”: the Samaritan woman, a […]
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 […]