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The lesser good (Saint John Maximovich)

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The lesser good is necessary: As a matter of fact, the lesser good is more necessary for mankind than the greater. People can get along with their lives without the greater good; without the lesser they cannot exist. Mankind perishes not from a lack of the greater good, but from an insufficiency of just this lesser good. The greater good is no more than a roof, erected on the brick walls of the lesser good.

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On the Word of God (Metropolitan of Gortyn and Megalopolis, Ieremias)

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We said previously that Saint John the Damascan tells us that God is one. He demonstrated with powerful arguments that there cannot be many gods. He now tells us that this one and only God has a Word. This is right and reasonable, because we can’t imagine God as being wordless. What do I mean when I apply ‘word’ to God. Let’s clear this up at the beginning. I mean what we would call ‘reason’ although neither one nor the other really applies to God . Can we imagine a human person without word or reason? No. There’s no such thing as a person without speech or reason. So, God isn’t wordless . The difference between God and us in ...

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‘Beauty will save the world: How showcasing orthodox art & films through online digital platforms will strengthen the faithful and evangelise the world’

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Watch Chris Vlahonasios’ speech at the 2nd International Conference on Digital Media and Orthodox Pastoral Care DMOPC18 which took place from 18th-21st June 2018 at the Orthodox Academy of Crete, organized under the High Auspices of His All Holliness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.

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