In 340 BC the Byzantines and their allies the Athenians were under siege by the troops of Philip II of...
There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, “Father, give me my share...
Moments from Queensland State Youth Conference day, Saturday 15th February 2020, in the Presence of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of...
Those who pursue the Jesus Prayer as if it were gold and who use every cent overcome everything. They accept things and tolerate them. Then God and Our Lady shelter them.
On 16 February 2020, after the Divine Liturgy at the Orthodox Theological Seminary of St. Nicholas of Ugresh, Metropolitan Hilarion...
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada mourns the falling asleep in the Lord of His Grace Bishop Christoforos of Andida. His Grace left this temporal world today, February 14, 2020. He was 89 years old. His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios, as a member of the Holy and Sacred Synod, was at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and when he learned of the falling asleep in the Lord of Bishop Christoforos, spoke with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during the meetings of the Holy and Sacred Synod, about the life of His Grace, calling him a “Man of God,” and remarking on his many contributions as both a priest and bishop in Canada. The Archbishop then went down to the Patriarchal Church of St. George ...
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the Archdiocesan Chapel, His Eminence Archbishop Job of Telmessos gave a talk on the...
n it’s 94th year, The Greek Herald is Australia’s Largest National newspaper in the Greek Australian community. It started as...
There was a man from Halkidiki whose son was killed on an air training mission. The co-pilot survived. The father was inconsolable and, in his pain, decided that the co-pilot was responsible. He planned revenge. He learned the man’s address, his movements and made plans to kill him. Some acquaintances of his persuaded him to go and see the Elder and to tell him about his pain. As soon as they arrived at the ‘Panagouda’ , in about 1991 it was, the Elder had the man sit down next to him and said: ‘Don’t worry. Your son’s fine where he is’. These words and the Elder’s gift of perception which reinforced them acted like balm for the father’s heart. His pain melted and ...
Watch Dr Ivana Noble’s, Professor of Evumenical Theology (Charles University, Prague) speech at the International Conference “The Theological Legacy of Archpriest Georges Florovsky”. The conference was organised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies.
A high level delegation formally representing the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was commissioned by H.B. Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, to...
Stubborn people who enjoy arguing and wrangling are hollow and empty. They struggle against others to the point of exhaustion and, though they’re dog tired, refuse to give way. They have no regard for themselves and misbehave as if they were maniacs. What matters to them is not the truth, but if the view of others should prevail their reason ceases to function and they try to gain the victory by shouting.
19 February 1984 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Time and again I have occasion to preach on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, on the story of the Publican and the Pharisee, and every time I notice how easy it is for me – not in fact, not in reality, but in imagination – to identify with the sinner who has found his way to God, with the publican who stood broken-hearted at the gate of the church, unable to walk even into the holy space of God, or with the prodigal son, who in spite of grievous sin, of incredible insensitiveness, of cruelty, still found his way home. And how rarely I was touched to ...
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, was honored on Friday in Aachen, Germany with the...
The Feast Day of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple (based on the Julian calendar) was...
The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was in southern California on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 for the beginning of...
Etymology The orthodox priest is the presbyter from the Bible. Presbyter is, in the Bible, a synonym for bishop (episkopos),...
‘But he became angry and did not wish to enter’. The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read today in church, has been called a pearl among the parables, and the Gospel within the Gospel. Some commentators have called it the Parable of the Elder Son. Indeed, the behavior of the elder son is striking. On his return home, he was told of the return of his younger brother. He refused to enter the house and accused his father of being unfair to him. The charge was based on the fact that he worked day and night and wasn’t properly rewarded, unlike the prodigal son who’d spent his substance on harlots but who, when he came back, was given a ...
Orthodox spirituality isn’t knowledge you learn, but knowledge you earn.
With the blessing of His Eminence George (Abu Zakhm) Metropolitan of Homs and Dependencies, the Archdiocese of Homs celebrated the...
