500 years after it was consecrated, a stone church near Suceava was turned into a monastery. Meeting on Wednesday, the...
The celebration of the Discovery of the Miraculous Icon (30/1) On the eve of the celebration, the Holy Icon is...
The seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate visited on Saturday, January 29, 2022, the new in their position as Ambassadors of...
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew On Saturday, January 29, received the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Australia,...
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received in a meeting, on January 29, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, together...
It’s an open secret that even the smallest amount of praise concerning any real or, more commonly, imagined gifts we may have is almost always the occasion for conceit and vanity. Imagine if we heard someone say to us: ‘You are the light of the world’. There would be no greater temptation for vanity, or the risk of brain damage. Encouragement to vanity or to the struggle? Quoting today’s Gospel reading, Saint John Chrysostom reads the words of Christ to his disciples and asks him: ‘What is this? You’re telling us to live a life at the forefront of attention, so that we’ll be honored?’. He then has Christ reply: ‘Not at all. I don’t mean anything of the sort. I didn’t ...
‘Wretched and pitiful are those who have no patience, because it is against them that the ‘Woe’ in Holy Scripture is directed. It says woe to those who have lost patience. So really, woe betide those who have no patience, because such people are tossed hither and thither like a leaf in the wind. They can’t abide being challenged, and they’re faint-hearted in sorrows. They’re quick to quarrel, they rail against patience, and react badly to discipline. They’re dilatory in their prayers and are exhausted at vigils. They scowl during the fasts and are careless about self-restraint. They go about their duties unwillingly and are bad workmen at their jobs. They’re unsurpassed in cunning and are dictatorial in their actions. ...
We’re becoming great criminals if for no other reason than we selfishly try to conceal our indifference, so as to appear to be in the right. And we do so at a time when we see our neighbors in danger and could easily provide them with support. Such silence will certainly be a calamity for all concerned. Abba Cassian
We should always bear whatever befalls us gladly. Our life is but a moment compared to eternity, which is why, as Saint Paul says: ‘Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us’ (Rom. 8, 18). Saint Serafeim of Sarov
The grace of God helps. I’ve always believed in the power of God which transforms everything and organizes it for the benefit of our soul. People who are without Christ see everything as difficult and dark. Saint Amfilohios Makris
Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of...
On the occasion of the feast of the translation of the Holy Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople,...
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Today marks the anniversary of the repose in the Lord of beloved Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos. The...
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will arrive on his ancestral island of Imvros on Sunday,...
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, conveyed his blessing and best wishes to Russian athletes that...
Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the “eMeeting from Holy Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and...
Pay no attention to the slanders of the enemy against other people, to his hatred, his wickednesses and his selfish actions. Look upon everyone as images of God and behave towards them with simplicity and respect. Don’t think badly of anyone without reason. Saint John Kronstadstskij
Through habit, unceasing vigilance, and continuous prayer, you become a difficult target for the evil one. If, together with those, you also cultivate love, mercy, faith, empathy, contrition, self-awareness, hope in God, regular confession and regular holy communion, you’ll acquire a strong armory. You’ll give yourself the armor of God’s grace and make yourself almost impervious to the deadly arrows of the devil. Elder Haralambos Dionysiatis
Those who remember that their body and soul belong to God have a respect and a secret fear for them, which contributes to wanting to keep them pure and free of every stain, in uninterrupted communion with him, by whom they are sanctified and fortified. Saint Nektarios of Pentapolis
