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The message of the Angels from heaven to humanity is of particular importance today concerning all the peoples on earth, who are suffering from confusion, anxiety, insecurity, deadly conflicts, exploitation and the sad consequences of the epidemic. And the question is: where do we end up with this situation? Along with all the other everyday problems in human societies, there are psychological ones that have been added, such as depression, despair, the tendency to commit suicide. The prophetic word always warns: “those who are far from You shall perish”(Psalm 72 , 27), either as individuals or as nations. These divinely inspired words have been verified countless times in the history of humankind. Therefore, only by returning to God can the world ...

The 40-day Nativity Fast is concluding. The great miracle of the Incarnation is at hand. Together we chant, “Christ is born, glorify Him!” Part III of our Christmas Spiritual Nourishment series focuses on the assigned Gospel reading, Matthew 2:1-12 (see below), for Christmas. We will examine two points in particular that Matthew the Evangelist describes and are noteworthy, especially in today’s society. The first is the deep desire of the “wise men from the East” who came in search of the Lord in order to worship Him. The second point is the “treasures” and “gifts” offered to the Lord by the wise men that we know are recorded as gold and frankincense and myrrh. On the first point, let us ask ourselves: do we diligently ...

The Nativity as a Historical Event There is absolutely no suggestion in the New Testament that Jesus Christ is an idea or that His Birth is the incarnation of an idea. On the contrary, the claim is made that He is a specific historical person, Who was born and lived in a particular place and time and Who is linked to other historical personages and to the events of His era. In order to emphasize precisely this, the holy Evangelists quote the genealogies of His lineage, that is the successive births which prove His descent, as a human being, from the line of David and Abraham (Matth. 1, 1-16; Luke 3, 24-38). The Gospel writers make the point that the Birth of ...

Malice cuts us off from God. The inevitable consequence of this severance is that we’re ruined beyond all repair. Saint Theophan the Recluse

It is during these Christmas days that we hear another name applied to the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ.  It is the name taken from the day of His birth in Bethlehem, and this name is Emmanuel.   The first to say this name in a prophetic manner was Isaiah, who proclaimed eight centuries earlier: “Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and you shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).   St. Matthew the Evangelist recalls this prophecy from the words of the Angel, who announced to Joseph the birth of Jesus (see Matthew 1:23).   The hymnographers of the Church also (their hymns inspired by scenes and words from the Holy Bible) composed a ...

The Person of Christ at the center of detractions For Christians, the historicity of Christ is self-evident, as, indeed, it is for all people of good will. According to the very clear testimony of Holy Scripture, Jesus was a historical personage who was born in Bethlehem in Judah, during the reign of Caesar Augustus. He taught the people, performed miracles, was crucified under Pontius Pilate and rose on the third day. Besides, scientific enquiry has confirmed a good many- though not, of course, all- of the facts concerning the historical life of Jesus, as these are known to us from the Gospels. Nevertheless, milieux hostile to Christianity, whether ‘scientific’ or ideologically- charged have, from time to time disparaged the historicity of Christ ...

Monasticism is a free health care center. It’s God’s clinic, where people come to get well. God calls people with a holy invitation and, through His love, brings them into this health center. Elder Efraim, Arizona

Pray all the time and have your hope in God. You’ll be helped by the grace of Our Lady, Saint David and Saint John the Russian. We pray for all the world, and these prayers matter. Saint Iakovos Tsalikis

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