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Abbot Ephraim of Vatopaidi on the Holy Mountain speaks to students on the mystery and purpose of why we were created. What is the purpose of life? Where do we find rest and healing?  This talk was given during the Nativity season, just before St Porphyrios was canonized. Source: Pemptousia

They could have rejected their priesthood and saved their lives. But they didn’t under Bolshevik persecution… 300,000 priests were killed during the Communist era. They[…]

A testimony offered by Hieromonk Synesios. “A few years ago, I was the parish priest of St. Vasileios church (Piraeus) and was called to hear[…]

Archimandrite Benedict Petrakis (+ September 8, 1961) developed a magnificent pastoral activity in the Metropolis of Aitoloakarnania and especially in Agrinio. Many spiritual branches of[…]

By Josef Candelario “I saw a large tower rising in the midst of the plain, as white as Parisian marble… [R]aising my eyes to the[…]

From Death to the World #XXVI By Deacon Joseph Magnus Frangipani By the time I arrive in New Delhi, leaping pockets of green slime lining[…]

«Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ»: Attentiveness and Digital Culture Fr. Maximos Constas Senior Research Scholar Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology International Conference on Digital Media and[…]

The Russian Orthodox Church Abroad was making preparations to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, when it[…]

From “The Authentic Seal: Spiritual Instruction and Discourses,” by Archimandrite Aimilianos, Former Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petras, Mount Athos. Introduction A great[…]

Youth of the Apocalypse. Part I. Chapter I. CHILDREN OF WAR IN the beginning when there was peace, mankind was given the fearful and noble[…]

By Fr George Calciu Continued from Part II. Below is the third recorded homily given in opposition to the law, in a series of “seven[…]