(Mat. 1: 1-25) The biggest evil and the biggest of all goods It so happens that even a lot of christians have not realised that all […]
Tag: Life Messages
Man is able to become holy without dark basements and repressed experiences
Before man sinned, he didn’t have dark basements and repressed experiences hidden deep within him. Roman Catholics, and even more so Protestants, hold that man was created by […]
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 three levels of the soul
Conscious, subconscious, unconscious According to what the expert scientists, the psychologists, say, our soul is divided into three levels. It is somewhat like an edifice which […]
The Lord takes pity on us
God doesn’t let us go through whatever gives us a hard time for the sake of us having a hard time. Could that ever be possible since he […]
“To make a beginning” I start the true life at any moment
“To make a beginning”: I start the true life at any moment In the texts of the holy fathers we frequently encounter the exhortation: “to make a beginning”. […]
At church … twice as healed
At church man is freed from the demonic influence and the traps the devil sets. At church man is healed. These are not just words. It’s the […]
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 pain.Why do we sin ?
The Pain Why do we sin? If you see death and the dying man within the frame of earthly reality in the way most people come to terms […]