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Saint Tabitha: the Charitable Daughter of the Early Church (Lambros Skontzos, Theologian)

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Love and charity are synonymous with Christianity. The basis of the Christian message is love towards all other people, regardless of who they are. Nothing should be an impediment to the exercise of Christian love: not sex, race or socio-economic status. Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself not only taught love towards others, but also made it a condition for those who want to belong to Him: ‘I give you a new commandment, that you should love one another. As I have loved you, so shall you love one another. In this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another’ (Jn. 13, 34-35). He Himself also gave an example of serving others when He washed His ...

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A Departed Monk Appeared at a Monastery Feast and Discussed Church Singing

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Saint Païsios writes that the famous psaltis Diako-Yannis once went to the feast as the Holy Monastery of Grigoriou in order to sing. He sang at Great Vespers and, when that had finished and the Lity was about to start, he felt the need to go to the reception room for a coffee to keep his strength up for the rest of the services. In the reception room there were some monks of the monastery who were also psaltes and a discussion took place about church singing; Diako-Yannis said at one point: ‘I see Father David’s still going strong’. One of the older monks, Father Makarios, was astonished and said: ‘Father David passed away six months ago. You’re mistaken’. Diako-Yannis was nonplussed, ...

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