Saints Athanasius and Cyril weren’t just anybody. They didn’t hold a position in Church in order to solve, let’s say, their personal or family problems. They believed in […]
Obedience
You obeyed, you go to heaven, you didn’t obey, even if you pray, you go to communion, you go to liturgy, you are destined for hell. Here’s Adam, here’s […]
Sunday after Epiphany
(His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon, as the first Bishop of Ghana (West Africa, 1999-2004) celebrating the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Apostles at the village Larteh of Central […]
The marks of God
God puts the mark of excellence on those who do good only because they desire to do God’s will. To those who do good, in order to […]
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St. John the Baptist (B)
St. John the Baptist (c. 6 BC – c. 36 AD) was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. […]
Epiphany
Today the Sun of Righteousness Sheds His Rays Upon the Whole Inhabited World Upon Galilee of the Gentiles, upon the land of Zebulon and the land of Nepthali, as the […]
Sunday before Theophany
(Mark. 1, 1-8) Preparation opens the road In order to begin his work, Christ prepares the ground with the preaching of St. John the Baptist. Without preparation, […]
The custom of the New Year’s cake known as Saint Basel’s pie or Vassilopita in Greece
In the years of emperor Julian the Paravatis, when Byzantium declared war on Persia, Julian passed through Caesarea with his army. He then ordered the whole province […]
Circumcision of the Lord
People who were not just anybody but of great excellence in every respect, such as Holy Augustine of Hippo or Saint Basil and all the members of his family, […]
The movements of a pious person
Piety is the fear of God, shyness, spiritual sensitivity. The movements of the devout are subtle, careful. He always senses the presence of God, the angels, the […]