As the weather turns colder, there is an increased need for humanitarian and social aid, especially in cities, and the...
When we think of Christmas, we think about what we have to offer to others, seen as a kind...
In his Epistle to the Hebrews, Saint Paul says that the word of God is sharper than any double-edged sword (4, 12). Today we don’t use double-edged swords so much. Most often we come across them in museum collections or as ornaments in drawing-rooms. Woe betide us if we’ve made the ‘sword of the Spirit’ into a household ornament. A modern theologian justifiably asks, ‘What’s the point of a theology which isn’t action?. And what’s the point of a theology which is brandished as a weapon against unbelievers and isn’t ptroductive in those who profess it?’ The fruits of humility This danger is what Saint Paul wishes to prevent in the second part of his Epistle to the Ephesians, which is the ...
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Don’t expect spiritual understanding from people who don’t believe in God. Pray that God will forgive them and enlighten them. Don’t even bother to try to persuade people who are full of egotism and ill-will to understand (never mind if they call themselves Christians) because they’ve got no room for the truth inside them.
All vice is caused by self-esteem and sensual pleasure; you cannot overcome passion without hating them. ‘Avarice is the root...
Its beehive of Activity as we prepare to open BISHOP KONG’AI GIRLS ORTHODOX HIGH SCHOOL next year 2020!! This was...
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A Turkish presidency website, which debuted recently, aims to rewrite history by disputing the Armenian genocide. The effort is part...
The Orthodox Church in Montenegro continues to face what it calls threats by the government against its stature, dignity and...
The last session of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod for 2019 began this week in Athens,...
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Receives the Greek ambassador to Lebanon on a Farewell Visit Balamand, December 9, 2019 Patriarch...
A funeral service will be held early Wednesday afternoon in southern Arizona, local time, for the Elder Ephraim of Arizona,...
‘Hypocrite, doesn’t each one of you loose his ox on the Sabbath?’ On a number of occasions, the religious leaders of Israel condemned Jesus for breaking the Sabbath commandment by performing miracles on that day. ‘And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him: because he did these things on the Sabbath’ (John 5, 6). They had fallen into the delusion of apparently observing the commandments rigorously, or, as one commentator puts it ‘they pretended to be devoted to God’. The most likely explanation is the second version, since Christ’s enemies were consumed with envy of Him. In today’s Gospel reading, we see Christ in a synagogue, on a Sabbath, healing an infirm woman, and the leader ...
Without Christ, it’s impossible to correct ourselves, impossible to free ourselves from the bonds of the passions. We can’t become good of our own accord. Love for Christ is the only effective cure for the passions.
Prayers before the miraculous icon of Axion Estin for the fires in Australia to cease. This blessed icon is one...
His Beatitude Neophyte, the Patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrates Sunday his 34th episcopal consecration anniversary. Patriarch Neophyte (Bulgarian: Патриарх...
Elder Archimandrite Ephraim (Ioannis Moraitis – June 24, 1927) was an archimandrite and former abbot of Philotheou Monastery on Mount...
The Elder Ephraim of Arizona reposed in the Lord on Sunday morning, following a lengthy illness, and leaving behind a...
