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St. Basil the Great: Account of the Present State of the Churches
Christ calming the storm (source) Note: Metropolitan Ierothos (Vlahos) of Nafpaktos, a notable theologian and author of many books, recently wrote a post entitled: "Proposal for dealing with the...
View Article"Can a heretical bishop defile the Church?"
This is a good comment overall by Mr. Constantine Zalalas on a common question that is being discussed today: "Can a heretical bishop defile the Church?" Whether or not one agrees with every one of his...
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"The Monastic equal to the Angels, and the wondrous one among Priests..."
St. Amphilochios of Patmos (source) The Monastic equal to the Angels, and the wondrous one among Priests, the flowering of the Gospel, he who promoted piety, and the teacher of repentance, let us...
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"O adamantine in soul, how can we rightly praise you?"
St. Eustathios the Great Martyr (source) O adamantine in soul, how can we rightly praise you? For you surpassed nature when you were deprived of your wealth and your children and your spouse, as you...
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Akathist to St. Silouan the Athonite
St. Silouan the Athonite (source) AKATHIST TO OUR VENERABLE AND GODBEARING FATHER SAINT SILOUAN THE ATHONITEWhose memory the Church celebrates on September 24th, the day of his reposeKONTAKION IO...
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Fr. Seraphim Rose: "The devil will use every opportunity to pit the true...
St. Anthony the Great being tempted by the demons (source) In the coming years, the devil will use every opportunity to pit the true Orthodox Christians against each other, sometimes with issues...
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St. John Maximovitch: "To partake of the Body and Blood of Christ is to...
The Communion of the Apostles (source) To partake of the Body and Blood of Christ is to receive in oneself the Risen Christ, the Victor over death, granting to those with Him victory over sin and...
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"Reclining upon the bosom of Christ the Teacher..."
St. John the Theologian reclining upon the bosom of Christ at the Mystical Supper (source) Reclining upon the bosom of Christ the Teacher at the supper, O beloved Disciple, from the Lord there you...
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"O glorious Virgin Martyr, Akylina the godly-minded one..."
The Holy Relics and Icon of St. Akylina the New Martyr of Zagliveri (source) O glorious Virgin Martyr, Akylina the godly-minded one, who can rightly hymn your struggle? For you did not count the...
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Selected hymns to St. Methodia of Kimolos
St. Methodia of Kimolos (source) Apolytikion in the First ToneLet us faithful honor with hymns the venerable Saint Methodia, the offspring of Kimolos, the jewel of virtue, and truly the peer of the...
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Paraklesis to St. Jacob of Hamatoura
This is a beautiful recording of the Paraklesis (in Arabic) to the Newly-revealed Hieromartyr St. Jacob of Hamatoura. May the Saint and his fellow Martyrs intercede with the Lord for all who are sick,...
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St. Ambrose of Optina: "A continuously happy life produces extremely unhappy...
St. Ambrose of Optina (source) “A continuously happy life produces extremely unhappy consequences. In nature we see that there are not always pleasant springs and fruitful summers, and sometimes...
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St. Symeon the New Theologian on Faith in Christ
St. Symeon the New Theologian (source) “To have faith in Christ means more than simply despising the delights of this life. It means we should bear all our daily trials that may bring us sorrow,...
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St. John Maximovitch on Struggle and Victory in Christ
Jesus Christ crucified (source) God’s grace always assists those who struggle, but this does not mean that a struggler is always in the position of a victor. Sometimes in the arena the wild animals...
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Elder Sophrony of Essex on the Holy Fathers
St. Gregory Palamas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Thessaloniki (source) In our age, we need, more than any time before, the teaching of three Fathers: St. Gregory Palamas, St. Maximos the...
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St. Porphyrios on the Expectation of God
Icon of the Parable of the Ten Virgins (source) When you desire and wait to be united with God, when you force God, He does not come. But He comes "at a day that is not expected, and at the hour that...
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Service of the Synaxis of the Holy Unmercenaries
The Synaxis of the Holy and Wonderworking Unmercenaries (source) Note: This is an in-progress translation of a liturgical service in praise of the Holy Wonderworking and Unmercenary Physicians. This...
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St. Porphyrios on Prayer for Children
An Orthodox Family (source) St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia once gave advice to a mother regarding her child:"Your child has an internal problem, that's why he is acting this way. The child is good,...
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Four New Athonite Saints soon to be Canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Four New Athonite Saints Canonized (source) The numbering very soon among the Saints of the Church of the Athonite Fathers Daniel of Katounakia, Ieronymos of Simonopetra, Joseph the Hesychast and...
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The Athonite Metochi (Dependency) of the Ascension of Christ, Vyrona, Attica
The Metochi of Simonopetra of the Ascension of Christ, Vyrona, as it appeared in 1924 (source) An Athonite Metochi (Dependency) in Athens: The Metochi of Simonopetra of the Ascension of Christ,...
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