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The unity of the soul and mind is what makes our human existence special. Never before has there ever been anyone else exactly like you. Nor will there ever be again. Each of us is unique and inimitable in the whole history of the human race. There is, of course, the point that no-one is irreplaceable, but this is wrong. If we’re talking about work, we aren’t concerned with replacement but succession. At work, people can be replaced, but as far as our very existence is concerned, we’re irreplaceable. This is precisely why, in the Gospel, Christ says this about the value of our soul: ‘What good will it do someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what ...

The large-scale restoration of one of the most iconic of the famed wooden churches of the Russian north has completed...

  His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Kyr Irinej on March 17, 2020, received an expert team of Serbian physicians at the...

  The services are not held for the saints and the churches are not raised for them. They are made...

‘Wretch that I am, I have spent the whole of my life, Lord, with harlots, as did the Prodigal. In contrition I cry: Heavenly Father, I have sinned. Take pity on me, save me. Do not reject me, keeping me far from You, now that I am bereft of Godly deeds’. (Vespers, stichero)

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Archbishop Elpidophoros conducted a prayer service in the Chapel of Saint Paul at the Archdiocese Headquarters in New York for...

Despite the current coronavirus pandemic and a sort of panic that overwhelms the people, a church of the Resurrection of...

On March 17, Orthodox clergymen blessed the central streets of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi by splashing holy water. Before the ceremony,...

A rebuilding program aimed to reconvert the iconic Hagia Sophia Orthodox Cathedral, in the Black Sea city of Trabzon, from...

The Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, referred to the mass participation of young people in...

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Monday announced extra measures to protect the health of the Greek Orthodox...

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, called on the faithful to treat life as...

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, again expressed his dire concern over...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday evening abruptly announced that his government has ordered the closure of all places...

The Church today venerates the memory of Alexis, the Man of God. St. Alexis’ Holy Relic is preserved today at...

On the Second Sunday of Great Lent, the Church opens before us the well-known page of the Holy Gospel about...

On the second weekend of Great Lent, in which we commemorate St. Gregory Palamas each year, His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios...

Cold is good for viral infections. With heat, they disappear. Cold preserves foodstuffs, but freezes human activities. Cold deadens nature which awaits the life-giving rays of the sun for its revival. The cold puts people who work outside, farmers and such, into hibernation, in the expectation of the coming of spring when they can, once again start their laborious tasks. The cold makes people gather around their hearths, learning from the reminiscences of the past and planning for the future. Finally, in today’s conditions and experiences, the cold encourages the spread of the corona pandemic which will not pass until the warmth of the spring and summer arrives. God, Who ‘made everything in wisdom’ (Ps. 103, 24) has brought us heat ...