Christmas Message The Christmas message of Archbishop Makarios of Australia Geplaatst door Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia op Zondag 22...
Everybody is made in the image of God. But the ‘likeness’ belongs only to those who, with great love, have subjected their freedom to God. Because when we cease to belong to ourselves, then we’re like Him, Who reconciled us with Himself through love. Nobody can achieve this unless they convince their soul not to be lured by the easy glory of this world. » Saint Diadochus of Photice
Yesterday, the Bishop received the Director of Holy Cross Orthodox Hospital Dr.Arthur Kavuma Mwanje accompanied by Dr. Jaffer and Mr.Athanasios...
“Heaven and earth are made one today, for Christ is born. Today God is come upon the earth, and man...
Some say that Christmas was put on purpose on December 25th because Roman Emperor Aurelian established in 274 the pagan...
When the soul’s in turmoil, it clouds the reason and doesn’t see clearly. When the soul’s calm it illumines the reason which then sees clearly the cause of each thing. The soul’s very profound and only God knows it. Why should we seek darkness? Light a candle and the darkness disperses by itself. If we let Christ reside in our soul, the demons will depart of their own accord. When Christ enters us, then we just experience what’s good; love for the whole world. Evil, sin and hatred disappear by themselves, because they can’t do otherwise, there’s nowhere for them to remain. Don’t be concerned about whether other people love you, but about whether you love Christ and other people. That’s the only way ...
His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago has released this year’s Christmas Encyclical. Read the full text below: NATHANAEL By the...
The people who ‘trouble’ God are those who doubt, hesitate, or, even worse, put up resistance to His power and His wisdom. Our soul shouldn’t rebel and say: ‘Why did God do that; why this not that; Couldn’t He have done things differently?’ All of this indicates a mean spirit and contrariness. » Venerable Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia
The cell of Burazeri, also Belozyorka, is a dependency of the Monastery of Chilandari on Mount Athos. It is located...
✠ Bartholomew By God’s Mercy Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch To the plenitude of the Church Grace, mercy and peace from the newborn Savior Christ in Bethlehem Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, Having once again arrived at the great feast of the Lord’s Nativity, we glorify with hymn and spiritual song the One who emptied Himself for our sake and assumed our flesh so that He might redeem us from captivity to evil and open the gates of paradise to the human race. The Church of Christ rejoices as it liturgically experiences the whole mystery of Divine Economy and receives a foretaste of the glory of the eschatological kingdom, offering a good and godly witness to faith, hope and love in the ...
His Eminence Metropolitan Myron of New Zealand has released this year’s Christmas Encyclical. Read the full text below: † MYRON...
On Wednesday, December 18th at 4:30 pm, at the Metropolitan Center of the Archdiocese, the Christmas holiday celebration of the...
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 the monastic community of Meteora and particularly the monasteries Meghalo...
The term ‘Tradition’ is used in the Church to denote the sum of the truths of the faith which have been preserved orally and passed on to the Church, as a living repository of the experience of its body. In essence, Tradition is the ark in which are preserved and transferred, on the one hand, the accumulated experience of the past and, on the other, the articles of faith which are of saving significance for the body of the faithful and which have been passed on orally over the centuries, incorporated and adjusted to the environment of the truths of the Church. We often find that the notion of Tradition in the Church is defined with some sort of adjective, ...
The Gospel reading for the Sunday before Christmas is taken from the beginning of Saint Matthew’s Gospel. It describes first the genealogy of Christ according to the flesh and then God’s dispensation regarding His birth from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. Let’s turn our attention to the significance of this event for each one of us. Every year, in an atmosphere of joy and exultation, the Church celebrates the Birth of Christ and sings beautiful hymns to the incarnate God Who remakes our corrupted human nature. Orthodox hymnography and theology acclaim the enormous importance of the divine incarnation for humankind: from hopeless decay and the chaos of destructive hatred, we are saved by the love of God, Who took ...
On Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15, 2019, Eastern American Diocesan Vicar Bishop Luke of Syracuse performed an archpastoral visit to...
A large church dedicated to the Holy Archangel Michael was under construction for over a century. This church is incredibly...
Christians from Sungai Tambang, Sijunjung Regency and Jorong Kampung Baru, Dharmasraya Regency in West Sumatra, are banned from holding worship...
Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, announced on 17 December the deployment of 192,000 security personnel to safeguard...
‘The over 1,000 heroes who died 30 years ago are spiritual founders of the National Cathedral. For them and for...
