Prologue Do we contemporary Christians perhaps know what true prayer is, what its characteristics are and what its fruits are? The Saints of our Church, who were people of prayer par excellence, have passed on to us their sacred experience in an expressive and categorical manner. Prayer, they tell us, is the elevation of the mind towards God … Read More
New-Martyr Eugene Rodionov & Warrior for Christ
New-Martyr Eugene Rodionov & Warrior for Christ Eugene Rodionov,19 years old, did not lose his faith despite horrible tortures “The Chechen captivity is the most horrid, the most inhuman and barbaric thing that can ever happen,” says Eugene’s mother. She had to survive hell to find her son, the body of her son, to be more precise. Eugene’s … Read More
Inspired Orthodox Positions
Inspired Orthodox Positions By Saint Nicolas of Ochrid The Lord said: Repent and believe in the Gospel. True repentance is not only to grieve over the sins one has committed but a complete return of the soul from darkness to light, from the worldly to the heavenly, from me to God. What does faith in the … Read More
Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition
By: Fr. Anthony Alevizopoulos When we speak about Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, we do not mean two separate or opposing things, but a harmonious whole: God’s complete revelation about the grace of man’s salvation. St. Basil the Great summarizes this teaching of Orthodoxy in the following words: “From the dogmas and the truth which the Church safeguards, … Read More
Hold on to our Faith…
Saint Luke Archbishop of Crimea HOLD ON TO OUR FAITH WHICH IS ETERNAL AND DEFINITE * …the spiritual world cannot be investigated using the same methods as the material world. Those methods are completely unsuitable for investigating the spiritual world… There are phenomena that science will never be able to explain because it does not use the appropriate … Read More
Genuine and false experiences
Genuine and false experiences of the Grace of God. Recorded speech of Abbot, Archimandrite George of our Holy Monastery of Saint Gregory of the Holy Mountain at Stratoni of Halkidiki, on 14/27 January 1989, at the invitation of the Most Reverend Nicodemus, Metropolitan of Hierissou, of the Holy Mountain and Ardameri. Source: Magazine, “Saint Gregory” of the … Read More
Confession – Confessor – Confessing
Confession – Confessor – Confessing By Monk Moses of the Holy Mountain The excerpt below has been taken from the book titled “REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION”, by Monk Moses of the Holy Mountain, “Orthodoxi Kypseli” Publications, Thessaloniki. Confession is a God-given commandment, and it is one of the Sacraments of our Church. Confession is not a formal, habitual … Read More
A Word From Saint Nektarios to Future Priests
The following is taken from an address given by St. Nektarios when he was first assigned dean of Rizarios Ecclesiastical School. “My children, in each of you there exists a future priest, an important element of the history and future life of our suffering country. You should be proud to wear your cassocks (anteri). Pray to the Almighty that … Read More
Are the Heterodox Members of the Church?
Dr. Demetrios Tselengidis,Professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Firstly, it is necessary to clarify that as Orthodox Christians we believe, in agreement with the Symbol of Faith (the Creed) of Nicene-Constantinople (381 AD), “in One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church”. According to the unbroken dogmatic consciousness of the Orthodox Church throughout the ages, i.e., according to her self-consciousness, … Read More
A Daughter ‘Gives Birth’ to her Mother
A contemporary miracle of the Theotokos in the field of foreign missions providing numerous teachings. Nina, a girl of about ten years old, was the third child of a family which lived in Western Kasai (Congo). Her two older siblings, two boys, had left this world very early on, making Nina the only daughter and only child. Nina … Read More