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1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, and The Friends  of Mount Athos – athosfriends.org You are invited to participate in the “1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, and The Friends  of Mount Athos (athosfriends.org) “, which will take place on Tuesday Feb 9, 2021 at 07:30 PM EET (05:30 pm GMT). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer simultaneous English Interpretation for the entire session, including the homily as well as the questions & answers. The e-Synaxis is organized by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA and the Friends of Mount Athos. Please register in advance for this meeting by clicking on the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMsc-urqz4uHNNan4uoJOmlIlrL2FOvvVfV After registering, ...

If you live a virtuous life, expect temptations. People who don’t believe in God are afraid even of their own shadow. If your conscience is easy, you’ll desire death. Saint Isaac the Syrian

We follow God when we observe His commandments, when we study and apply God’s law day and night. ‘Your law is a lamp to my feet and light to my paths’. God’s law, which Christians study, is light for them on the path leading to eternal life. Saint Iakovos Tsalikis

I. The Historical Beginnings of the Modern World. 1. The Church ‘in the world’, though not ‘of the world’. History is conventionally divided into periods. The milestones marking a period are events or developments which lead to some profound change in the way we look at life and the world, a change which is accompanied by drastic alterations in the social, political, economic, religious and cultural life in general of people in a wide geographical area, for a long period of time. This division of history usually occurs a goodly length of time after these changes have taken place, because it requires that their significance be absorbed and evaluated. Such a division of history does not merely serve historians in their system ...

Honor God not with material things and superficial actions, but with gratitude, prayer and faith. Because God is honored only ‘in spirit and truth. Tikhon of Zadonsk

When the Lord enlightens you, then your soul will feel him. It’ll feel that he’s forgiven you and loves you. You’ll learn from experience, and the grace of the Holy Spirit will testify to your salvation. Then you’ll want to declare to the whole world: ‘The Lord loves us so much!’. Saint Silouan the Athonite

Take a break from your work now and then and say the Jesus prayer. Excessive bodily fatigue is aggravating. If you tire even the most placid of horses beyond its limits, it’ll kick out. When we’re concerned about things, we can’t realize God’s love. Saint Païsios the Athonite