ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
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Orthodoxy and the World: Pilgrimages, Missions, Vignettes, Everyday Saints and other Stories by a little city hermit.
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
2w ago
The Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ (celebrated August 6th), though technically a dependency, was founded by St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia in Milesi, Attica, geographically between Oropos and Malakassa in the northern suburbs of Athens. From one’s first step as a pilgrim in the area, one encounters the sanctity of the place and the ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
1M ago
Taking things for granted is a trap most of us fall into. It is easy to get used to things and to stop noticing. We stop noticing God’s little gifts, little gestures of love of those around us, our comforts and advantages. The last four weeks, since Father J. has been taken gravely ill, have ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
1M ago
A sister in Christ forwarded this article to me when the situation with our seriously ill spiritual father began exploding and imploding our lives, to help me free my heart from every attachment, even to my spiritual father! Indeed, “The Lord tears us away from what the heart becomes attached, even the spiritual. The heart ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
3M ago
New Year 2024 My spiritual father’s wish for the New Year: “Hope for the New Year is a gift from God along with faith and love. We should embrace these graces; we will be blessed as peacemakers and become wise if we love His Commandments.” * Jan 2 +Seraphim the Wonderworker of Sarov May the holy ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
3M ago
Dec 24 — Eve of the Nativity of Christ, Eugenia the Righteous Nun-martyr of Rome and those with her Suddenly our friend D. is in hospital, and soon in intensive care. Agony, heartache and a complete mess at work. Dec 25 — THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST Thank God, we made ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
3M ago
THE GATE OF THE YEAR ‘God Knows’ And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: “Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown”. And he replied: “Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
4M ago
Dearest Friends in Christ, Today when God comes to us, May the joy of the archangels be yours, May the wisdom of the wise men be yours, May the watchfulness of the shepherds be yours, May the contemplation of Joseph be yours, May the humility of the oxen and donkey be yours, May the brightness ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
5M ago
+ 19/11/2019 Gerondas Gregorios Papasotiriou, Spiritual Father and Founder of the Saint John the Forerunner Monastery at Metamorfosi, Chalkidiki–This list was compiled by some of his spiritual children in his memory on the day of the memorial. End of an Era Elder Gregorios 40 Day Memorial Service ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
5M ago
Among the many theologians of the Orthodox Church, three saints are given the appellation Theologian: St. John the Theologian, St. Gregory the Theologian, and St. Symeon the New Theologian. There is a monastery in Panorama, at Thessaloniki suburbs, the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, which is the only one all over the world with a ..read more
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH AND LIFE
6M ago
Today, my good friend A. sent me this: “We are travelling to an unknown city of Cappadocia, walking in the midst of volcanic valleys … … which Greek people have turned into fertile land … … climbing high, up to the crenellations where Digenes Akrites (1) raised their swords … … where the powers of ..read more