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...
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Friday received at the Archdiocese the US ambassador to...
Ask the angels and the saints to intercede for you, just as you’d ask people who are alive. Stand face to face with them, in the belief that they’re also standing face to face with you.
On Wednesday, 20 November 2019, His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, conducted at the Patriarchal Church a memorial service for the...
If one were to attempt to describe the role and purpose of the Church in a single phrase, one might say that: ‘The aim of the Church is to manifest God to people’. In order to achieve this goal, the Church uses theology, which expresses the faith of the Church in two ways: either through words or through images. However, the power of words and images, when attempting to reveal God, are necessarily limited and so, if we’re to understand their content properly, we have to approach them with great care and always to be aware of the requirements this approach implies. A typical example of the use of images, of icons, to express the faith of the Church is ...
A new convent has opened in the Diocese of Nyeri and Mt. Kenya in the Patriarchate of Alexandria. “Welcome to...
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago and Young Adult League Chicago announced today that Chicago is the host of the...
Many today are wondering how to behave in the case of aggressive behavior, starting with those at school or playing...
Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem announced earlier today in Moscow, his decision to invited his fellow leaders of the Church to...
NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces the appointment of Rev. Fr. Gary Kyriacou as Director of...
In general terms, Saint Païsios set the greatest store in the spiritual struggle on repentance and unceasing prayer. It was through repentance that he received revelations from heaven. He used to say that the life of a monk was one of repentance and prayer. The monks are the Church’s wireless operators and the aim of their life is to get through to God in order to help people, once they’ve first cleansed themselves of the passions, which are like atmospherics interfering with good communications with the Lord. This is why he used to say that we should ask God only for repentance, so that we’d be washed, because repentance is divine soap in prayer. A sigh of repentance in prayer ...
Watch the second part of Fr Jonah’s from Taiwan sermon on the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
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