ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH·DEMRE The Church of St. Nicholas is located in Kale (Demre) county on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast 140...
I think it is only right to stress that the holy New Martyrs were the outstanding resistance fighters during the...
When those who have sinned and seen all the great evil that they themselves have caused and the consequences thereof,...
When you’re wounded because you’ve fallen into some sin or other through your weakness or, sometimes, to your harm, through...
Just as we wish for God to love us, to forgive us, to overlook our errors, to watch over us...
Just like Him Christ is within you through frequent Holy Communion, then you must become like Him. You must be...
God’s providence Nothing happens without God’s providence, and wherever there’s God’s providence it’s certain that whatever happens, however bitter it...
Don’t foster sorrows iosif isihastul authDon’t foster sorrows in your heart because the joy of the evil one is sorrow...
As the image of God, people should be self-aware, free and in control of themselves, because if awareness is taken...
He doesn’t take into consideration what people were – good or bad, virtuous or sinful – before they desired Grace....
Being a Christian, in the narrow sense, means making extreme efforts to cleanse your heart and your mind from nasty...
If you are purified from the passions, then you can leave your heart freely to its will. But the more...
The struggle is relentless and continuous, external and internal. Sometimes, the enemy acts visibly, through people and things, and at...
st-nikolai-vGod didn’t send us to earth so that we could live comfortably but for us to prepare for the eternal...
Porfirie xThe supposedly ‘pious’ parents, whose concern was to make their children into ‘good Christians’, oppressed them through their human...
The path of life is all pain and tears, all thorns and nails. Crosses spring up everywhere, there’s stress and...
When people see everything with good thoughts, they’re cleansed and given Grace by God. With bad thoughts, you condemn and...
Unless you sacrifice your self for the sake of the slightest virtue or shed blood in order to receive the...
Every prayer of the Church assists with the purification of the heart. But especially the Jesus Prayer: ‘Lord Jesus Christ...
Sin wears away at people every day, so they need a savior on a daily basis. This Savior is Jesus...
