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MONASTERIES OF GREECE

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A unique journey through Orthodox Monasteries in Greece, from Writer, Photographer and Publisher Dimitris Sotiropoulos! Over 600 of high resolution photos of 160 Monasteries are included in this 348 page book! It is a great pleasure to dedicate a book in the sacred places of Greek Orthodox Christianity. It was also a great request from many people from different countries: From Europe to Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania, a lot of Christians asked us to publish a book in English, in order to discover Greek Orthodox Monasteries. Hundreds of high resolution pictures, from the exterior to interior of the Monasteries, are included to travel us through the history and spiritual importance of these religious monuments. Also, detailed descriptions and historical references of ...

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Cut out their tongue (Saint Paisios the Athonite)

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Because they know how hard the long flight is, when birds migrate to warmer climates, the bigger birds show great love by carrying smaller ones on their wings as they make the journey. But they’re often decried by some chickens, whose eyes are inflamed from the muck they scrabble around in every day and so they can’t see clearly the others that are struggling. Since they find it difficult to zip their lips they’d be better off taking a pair of scissors to their tongue, so that they don’t suffer in the hereafter.

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Open Call for Posters – 3rd International Conference on Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care DMOPC20

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OPEN CALL FOR POSTERS 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIGITAL MEDIA AND ORTHODOX PASTORAL CARE ‘DMOPC20’ 7-9 MAY 2020, ORTHODOX ACADEMY OF CRETE, KOLYMBARI The third international ‘Living Water’ conference on Orthodox Pastoral Care and the Digital Media which will take place in May 2020 at Kolymbari, Crete, will focus on the relationship between the Medium and the Message. The Gospel message of the Incarnation, the Cross and the Resurrection is at the center of the life and interest of the Church. In order to transmit it, the Church has employed all the means available at any given time. In this way, it has created an organic relationship between the medium and the message. Arts, sciences and human discourse have provided the means for the ...

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Christ is our friend. He Himself says as much (Saint Porfyrios of Kavsokalyvia)

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You should feel that Christ’s our friend, because He is. He says so Himself: ‘You are my friends…’. We should look on Him as a friend and approach Him accordingly. Have we fallen? Have we sinned? We should run to Him with familiarity, love and trust. Not with fear that He’ll punish us, but with the courage that will give us the sense of friendship. We should say: ‘Lord, I did this, I fell, forgive me’. And at the same time we should feel that He loves us, that He welcomes us affectionately, with love, and that He forgives us. Let not sin separate us from Christ. When we believe that He loves us and we love Him, we don’t ...

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