Some people tell me that they are scandalized because they see many things wrong in the Church. I tell them...
Tales from Old French (12th/13th century) A tale of folk theology which perhaps bears out Saint Paisios’ saying that there will be many surprises in Paradise We find in writing a wondrous adventure that occurred to a poor peasant. He died one Friday morning and it so happened that neither angel nor devil was at hand at the hour of his death, when the soul departed from his body. Nobody asked anything of him or laid any command on him. He was very glad of this, since he’d been sorely afraid. But then, as he looked to the right, towards heaven, he saw Saint Michael the Archangel bearing a soul in great joy. So he set out after the Archangel and followed ...
‘And Christ then said to him: ‘Go and do likewise’. During the time of the Lord’s three-year public ministry ‘certain people who were accustomed to gossiping’ (Saint Cyril of Alexandria), spread the following about Him: they said that He disdained the Law of Moses and ‘brought new teachings into people lives’. This is why the lawyer in today’s Gospel reading comes and tries to involve Christ in a discussion in which he would achieve two things: he would force Christ to admit that the Law of Moses was out of date and that His own law was correct. This lawyer was ignorant of the fact that the Law-giver in both the Old and the New Testaments was Christ Himself. The Treatment of ...
Chinese authorities continue to threaten and intimidate the Christian minority through any means possible. In their latest tactic of oppression,...
The members of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America will gather at the Chancery for...
Kiss you parents on their hands every day and ask them for their blessing. Their blessing means that you will...
On Friday, October 26/ November 8, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrios the Myrrh...
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Sunday morning commemorated, for the first time, the Metropolitan...
The Skete of Saint Panteleimon, not to be confused with the monastery of the same name, some kilometres away, is...
What sort of thing is a pure heart? What are the features that distinguish it? A pure heart is humble, restrained, innocent, true, noble and good. It isn’t mistrustful, grasping, envious, cunning or sinful.
PORT WASHINGTON, NY – The Archangel Michael Church of Port Washington celebrated its feast day, Archangel Michael and Gabriel and...
Reading the Song in the light of the Tradition of the Church and the experience of the holy Fathers, we can tell ourselves: It’s abundantly clear that our Lord Jesus Christ loves us, who are His parts, who are His Body, the members of His Holy Spouse and that each of us has been called to love Him in the same way, with a unique love. The ‘Christian couples’ who have stamped their love with the seal of Christ can reveal and experience this love through the mystery of conjugal love: ‘men love your wives as Christ has loved the church… this is a great mystery’ (Eph. 5, 25; 32). This Apostolic saying shows us the majesty of Christian marriage and ...
We should explain the problem of God’s will because even if God has one will, this will is expressed towards...
Fear of God isn’t the animal fear of this world. Our fear is of this world and we have to struggle to transform it into fear of God. Human fear is fear that comes from Hades. Our life is filled with fear. We fear what tomorrow will bring, what the future holds in store. This is brutish fear.
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The first reaction by the Moscow Patriarchate to Friday’s liturgical commemoration of the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His...
The fourth national conference on religious tourism and pilgrimage commenced on Friday in the northwest Greek city of Arta, in...
The funeral service for the reposed Elder Metropolitan of Peristeri, Chrysostomos, will be officiated on Saturday by the Archbishop...
A symposium was held on Thursday in Bucharest at the Romanian Academy on the subject of the October 1989...
Collections gathered in Russian Orthodox parishes around the vast country, with the blessing and urging of the Patriarch of...
