Abbot – Georgios Kapsanis of Gregoriou When marriage is no more than a physical and social fact, without becoming a...
I don’t want Paradise without you, my children. » Elder Amphilochios Makris of Patmos Source: pemptousia.com
Following a rigorous search process that began in October 2014, the Board of Trustees of Hellenic College and Holy Cross...
People are never satisfied with what they’ve got, since the soul wasn’t made for this world. So earthly things can’t...
Holywood’s actor Jonathan Jackson, recipient of five Emmy Awards, at an interview given in “Pemptousia” during his recent visit to...
Let’s not give the devil any justification. I don’t allow myself any resentful thoughts nor any egotistical ones, so that...
Be patient with your own passions and be patient with mine. Then you’ll become a saint. » Elder Ephraim of Katounakia...
We are Easter people living, in a Good Friday world. Barbara Johnson Source: pemptousia.com
Hospitality’s the greatest of the virtues. It attracts the Grace of the Holy Spirit. My child, in the face of...
In the old days, people worked with animals. If the animal was tired, they didn’t overload it, they rested it,...
The reason why people sin is because they’ve been hoodwinked in their search for what’s good by ignoring the moral...
The state of people’s souls is affected by their parents and this is something they carry with them throughout their...
We should always have complete affection in our souls, even though we may often be disappointed with the behaviour of...
Our struggle to enter into the eternal life of God Himself is neither a simple nor an easy thing. Our...
Examine yourself. See who you are. Get to know your nature, that is that the body’s mortal, but your...
Beautiful things are linked to pain, but pain also brings joy. A rose produces a thorn and the thorn a...
The passions cover Divine Grace, just as ash covers the spark. With asceticism and prayer, however, the heart is cleansed...
Say the prayer, say the Jesus prayer and that’ll bring you into such a good state that however much you...
We find ourselves on the sea of life – sometimes it’s a storm, other times it’s a mill-pond. God’s Grace...
– Father, how can I be saved? – Hang on to Our Lady’s skirt, in complete confidence, such as a...
