It is good to teach, but if you apply what you say so that your actions are consistent with what he says and by his silent example be recognized for […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
Otherwise how is it possible
The Creator and our Maker is God by nature, by His nature, while we become gods by grace, because while by nature we remain human, by His grace we […]
The Akathist Hymn
"Rejoice, unfading rose. Rejoice, the only one who budded forth the unfading apple. Rejoice, birth-giver of the aromatic balm of the King of all. Rejoice, O Bride unwedded, […]
Saint Anicetus of Rome
The Holy Hieromartyr Anicetus was from the city of Emesa in Syria and he was Bishop of Rome in the middle of the 2nd century AD. (155 – […]
The Prophetic Saint
Once three young ladies went to see Saint Seraphim of Sarov and one of them said to the Saint: "I, elder, want to be a nun, and glorify God." and […]
The state of your heart
Happiness lies within your own self, and blessed is the man who understood this. Examine your heart and see its spiritual state. Has your heart lost confidence in […]
Holy New Martyr George of Ephesus
Holy New Martyr George was born in New Ephesus in 1756 to a father from Samos. He married and had several children. One day in June of […]
Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt
Introduction On the Fifth Sunday of Lent the Orthodox Church commemorates our Righteous Mother Mary of Egypt. The feast day of Saint Mary of Egypt is April 1, however, […]
The Greek Freedom Fighters of 1821 are in Paradise
Saint Porphyrios Kausokalyvitis had seen the Freedom Fighters of 1821 with Kolokotronis first, all in Paradise…! And when they asked him what we should do, to go with […]
Venerable John Climacus of Sinai, Author of “the Ladder”
Saint John of the Ladder is honored by Holy Church as a great ascetic and author of the renowned spiritual book called THE LADDER, from which he is […]