The only companions of the soul in the next life are the person’s works, be they good or bad. Everything else which might be dear to them or valuable, are long gone. Only their works, down to the last one, accompany then on their departure from this life.
Archbishop Anastasios of Albania proposes indirectly, if not clearly, that a Pan-Orthodox Synod should be convened at the initiative of...
Archbishop Sawa (Hrycuniak) of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates Sunday his 40th episcopal consecration anniversary Archbishop Sawa...
The Greek Orthodox Community of Toulon in the French Riviera celebrates its 60th anniversary today. Bishop Maximos of Melitene presided...
The Deputy Minister of External Affairs of Greece, Mr Antonis Diamataris, visited Canada and more specifically the cities of...
The Ecumenical Patriarch addressed the Archons of the Throne of the Order of St. Andrew of the Archdiocese of America,...
The rich young man in today’s Gospel reading seems to have metaphysical concerns and considerable spiritual interests. His young heart burned for the sublime, the eternal, the things to come. He approached the Lord with zeal and with a genuine willingness to learn. A desire and flame had awakened within him which forced him to approach Christ and ask Him the following question: ‘Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ The Lord replies: ‘Why do you call me good, since you consider me to be a normal person? No-one’s completely good except God alone’. Thereafter Jesus reminds the young man of the commandments of the Law of Moses: don’t commit adultery, don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t bear false ...
Struggle with all your power to gain Paradise. And do not listen to those who say that everyone will be...
To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the reverend priests and deacons, the monks and nuns, the Presidents and Members of the...
Christians have no right to harbor feelings of ill-will towards other people. Such sentiments are the work of the devil. Christians should have nothing but love in their heart, which means they can’t think about wickedness and can’t have bad thoughts about others.
In his First Epistle, Saint John the Evangelist tells us that the aim of Christ’s redemptive work was the abolition of the devil’s dominion over human nature: ‘The Son of God appeared so that He might destroy the works of the devil’ (1 Jn. 3, 8). The Lord didn’t just destroy the works of the devil, but the devil himself. We can see this happening in the temptations in the wilderness, in the healing of those possessed and, in particular, in His death on the Cross. 1. The temptations in the wilderness. After His baptism in the River Jordan, Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness, in order to face the temptations of the devil and defeat him. Through ...
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Saturday attended the enthronement of new Metropolitan of Kalavryta and...
Excessive concern for the cares of this life is a sign of someone who’s mean-spirited and a non-believer. And it’s a disaster if we are so bent on looking after ourselves that we don’t depend on God, Who makes provision for everything for us.
In the city of Ankara, in Galatia, there once lived a monk. We don’t know when he lived. We don’t even know his name. The little we do know about him is that he came from the army, lived near the bishop of the city and was so philanthropic and charitable that he’d even go round at night to help those in need. The clothing he wore wasn’t worth a mite and his food was commensurate. When he was given books, he’d sell them straight away and give the proceeds to the poor. Even if he’d kept the books, he wouldn’t have read them, because his constant involvement with charity precluded any ‘poring over codices’. He hurried around everywhere, to prisons, to hospital ...
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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, in a sermon, this week referred to the manner in which...
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, on Thursday officiated at the Feast Day of the Archangels, which the Serbian...
The Patriarch of Jerusalem on Thursday was bestowed the Prize of Patriarch Alexy II, for 2018, by the Unity...
Friday marks the 28th anniversary of the repose of the Elder Iakovos Tsalikis of Evia, who was canonized by...
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week again reiterated the determination of Hellenism and...
