In the early nineties of the last century, I worked in the Spiritual Court for about three years. Then I submitted my resignation, never to return. Once, a dignified lady from another Church came to see the Metropolitan of our Archdiocese, who is loved by all the Christians, or rather, by all our people, in ...
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The Reasoning of the Great Ones
One of the brethren was entrusted with talking to a few young people in his parish about the sin of lying. He called me asking me to help him find references for his talk. I directed him to a few great ascetic fathers who have left a written legacy, and told him to search for ...
Read moreThe Healthy Person
There are two sins that most of us commit in diverse ways. The first is that we often neglect that Christ died for our sins, that is, we overlook that our faith in God’s salvation prevents us from committing sins. I am not talking only about those who have distanced themselves from the mystery of ...
Read moreThe Striving of Heroes
I saw her in front of me in our Church at the Sunday service. She was accompanied by three young children. Her face was new to me. She caught my attention with two things, her coming early to Orthros, and her company. In prayer, it is up to Man to fight everything that draws him ...
Read moreTo Live a Paschal Life
The question whose answer has established the order of the Liturgy of the Paschal period is: “how to live a Paschal life?”. We concluded the Great Lent, in which we adamantly sought God, His mercy and His victory. What is left after we have reached the feast? In addition to the gifts of the fast, ...
Read moreIntegrity in Life
If the voices that were born to object to the wrong, to the wrong of the great before that of the little, to individualism and egoism, and to all that is stupid…, if these voices were asleep, then you should fear for everything that has meaning in this life, fear for everything that you care ...
Read morePray this Prayer
The words of Saint John Chrysostom: “the poor exist for the salvation of the rich”, are calling on all the Churches, in the East and the West, to include them in their collective and individual prayers. For the believer, prayer is a good source for doing good; it is our guide for our life to ...
Read moreSalim Baz
Yesterday, I watched, online, a scene from the graduation ceremony of my friend Salim Baz as a Doctor in Finance from a university in London. This event concerns me for several reasons, of which I will mention two. The first is the insistence of this brilliant young man that the scope of his academic work ...
Read moreChrist of the Ozarks
A theologian minister in the West told about his visit to the huge and towering “Christ of the Ozarks” statue, which is installed on a hill in Eureka Springs, Arkinsas, USA. He mentioned two things, his excitement about visiting the beautiful city, and next, his shock that the statue, representing Christ Who triumphed over death, ...
Read moreOur Good
No child, in this world, deserves to be grieved over his parents’ quarrels. Outright quarrels kill the soul. I know children for whom the passage of time was not helpful for recovering from this trauma. You all know this; those who insist on quarrelling know it just as the people of peace know it. How ...
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