How can one who enjoys irrational and temporary pleasures be convinced that what he enjoys is not the real pleasure and that the real pleasure must be considered some […]
Category: Saints and Elders – Counsels
St Photios the Great – Patriarch of Constantinople
Commemorated February 6 St Photios (later known as Photios the Great – Patriarch of Constantinople) was born around 820 AD to holy parents, who were confessors of […]
Care for the other
To have contact with Christ, He must rest with your whole life. And Christ rests when you rest your neighbor, in the good sense. That's why I emphasize […]
The love of God
There is the familiar argument of the atheists: Why doesn't God regulate all this if he is omnipotent? Or is he not omnipotent? Obviously, God is omnipotent! But his power is not that of […]
Spiritual messages
It is the starting point Worship is not limited to certain times of prayer (Orthros, Vespers, etc.). The particular times of prayer are the starting point from which the […]
Saint Xenophon, his wife Maria, and their sons Arcadius and John By St. Dimitri Rostov
Saint Xenophon was one of the foremost nobles of Constantinople. He possessed abundant worldly goods, but was richer still in inner treasures: faith, piety, and the zealous observance of […]
How to read the Psalms and the Prayers
When you read the verses of the psalms and the prayers, do not think that they are someone else's words, which you repeat, and thus, you think that the psalms […]
Martyrs Innas, Pinnas, and Rimmas, disciples of the Apostle Andrew, in Scythia
The Holy Martyrs Innas, Pinnas and Rimmas were Slavs from Scythia Minor, who were disciples of the Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called. He baptized them, and later he ordained […]
Spiritual messages
The answer to global warming Love positively changes the nature of things. St. John Chrysostom About Love He who loved God, first loved his neighbor. For the latter […]
Saint Maximos of Kafsokalyvia
Saint Maximos, whose memory the Church honors in January 13, known as Manuel while he was secular, was born in the city of Lampsako to pious parents who raised […]