(Luke 17:12-19) Leprosy in the past was considered an incurable illness which was vanished from Europe only during the last decades of the 20th century. Death was slow […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sunday after Christmas
“Christ is born, let us glorify Him” and on earth a great mystery is taking place. God is incarnated and takes up all the human nature. Angels and […]
Sunday before Christmas
Through the Old Testament’s prophesies, the Lord Almighty prepared mankind to receive the Messiah, Who would be God Incarnated. He would had dwelt and lived amongst men. God […]
The Great Banquet. 11th Sunday of St. Luke
11th Sunday of St. Luke «A man made a great banquet and invited many». Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Son of God, many times used parables in […]
Christ Lives and Reigns
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) The Word has existed from the beginning and thus […]
The Entrance of the Theotokos
The Entrance of the Ever Virgin Mary and Theotokos in God’s Temple is considered to be one of the most important events in the History of Salvation. All […]
Against Greed and Anxiety. 9th Sunday of St. Luke
Luke l2:l6-2l In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ emphasied the importance of laying up treasure toward God. He used the example of a very rich […]