How can we find Christ Serving mostly his egoism, captured and affected by it as he is, man doesn’t want to go to Christ. If someone comes to Christ, […]
Category: Spiritual Life
Can I be a little bit with the “world” and a little bit with Christ?
Can I be a little bit with the “world” and a little bit with Christ? I am sorry my spiritual child but this cannot be done. You have to be […]
We have to rely upon God’s love
Each and every one of us should do serious work in themselves to find out where they make conces- sions, what they succumb to, to what extent they are […]
Patience! Patience! Patience!
Patience! Patience! Patience! Below is an amateur translation I did. It’s an excerpt from Words from the heart (pp. 246-250), a collection of homilies by Abbess Makrina of the Holy […]
2nd Sunday of the Fast (St. Gregory Palamas)
(Mark. 2, 1-12) That our heart be supported by Christ Man often uses his logic to think negatively –just like the Scribes and the Pharisees do– in a […]
Τhe Sunday of Orthodoxy
(John. 1, 44-52) Orthodoxy is: “Come and see” “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asks. And Philip replies: “Come and see”. Though Nazareth is an […]
The Sunday of the Prodigal Son
A young man called his Spiritual Father on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The Elder responded on the phone: “Many Years my child.” “Elder, is not my name […]
15th Sunday of Luke, Zacchaeus Sunday
(Luke 19, 1-10) Let us throw off the “riches” of our passions Many people follow Christ, but remain in situations which prevent them from passing certain […]
12th Sunday of Luke The Ten Lepers
(Luke. 17, 12-19) The Lord is beneficial to all Can anyone say that he doesn’t suffer? That he doesn’t feel pain in this world? Which human being doesn’t feel […]
Sunday after Christmas
This is where all good things have come from … It never crossed the Holy Mother’s mind that she would become the Mother of God. When she was called […]