As Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia says: “It’s great to walk, to work, to move and to have your health. But first you should have your spiritual health. Your spiritual health is fundamental, then comes bodily health. Almost all sicknesses come from the lack of trust in God and this creates stress” Continue reading “Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia; The sanctity of the parents is the best way of bringing up children in the Lord”
Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia; On the upbringing of children
As Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia says: “It’s great to walk, to work, to move and to have your health. But first you should have your spiritual health. Your spiritual health is fundamental, then comes bodily health. Almost all sicknesses come from the lack of trust in God and this creates stress” Continue reading “Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia; On the upbringing of children”
The Real Meaning of Christmas – The Spirit of Christmas – Orthodox Christmas Hymns
The Real Meaning of Christmas
by Fr. Andreas Agathokleous
In a festal atmosphere, with twinkling lights, the giving and receiving of gifts, with parties and food, with everything our consumer society and secularized Christian life dictates, we celebrate Christmas. Continue reading “The Real Meaning of Christmas – The Spirit of Christmas – Orthodox Christmas Hymns”
Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia – The way of Love
What is Paradise? Saint Porphyrios tells us:
“It is Christ. Paradise begins here and now. It is exactly the same: those who experience Christ here on earth, experience Paradise… Our task is to attempt to find a way to enter into the light of Christ“. Continue reading “Saint Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia – The way of Love”
Pietism as an ecclesiological heresy
by Christos Yannaras
1. The historical coordinates
We give the name “pietism” to a phenomenon in church life which certainly has a particular historical and “confessional” starting point, but also has much wider ramifications in the spiritual life of all the Christian Churches. Continue reading “Pietism as an ecclesiological heresy”
On humility and humor
by Elder Sophrony of Essex
When one approached the Elder, one felt that he had a very deep humility, a humility which was not a result of ascetic effort per se, effort to seem humble, but was an alteration and transfiguration of his being. Continue reading “On humility and humor”