Vespers of Forgiveness Sunday
God longs to receive us as His children into His eternal Kingdom, and for this reason the Church is filled during this period with great…
Ἑσπερινὸς Κυριακῆς τῆς Συγχωρήσεως
Ὁ Θεὸς ποθεῖ νὰ μᾶς δεχθεῖ ὡς τέκνα Του στὴν αἰώνια Βασιλεία Του καὶ γι’ αὐτὸ ἡ Ἐκκλησία αὐτὴν τὴν περίοδο διαπνέεται ἀπὸ μεγάλη χάρη…
The Fulness of Time
The New Testament is not merely different from the Old but brings to the world the incomparable uniqueness of new life in Christ. The Lord…
The Rich Young Man Meets with Christ
In our quiet expectation of the great feast of Christmas, ‘the metropolitan of feasts’, the Gospel readings of this period revolve around the burning question:…
Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
Just before His Passion, the Lord promised the inalienable joy of the Resurrection to His disciples and all those who loved Him, ‘I will see…
The Authenticity of the Vision of Christ in the Life of Saint Silouan
Christ is the miracle that astounds us. He is the sign that God gave to all generations of all times. In His Person, every problem,…
«Πιστοί στη διαθήκη της αγάπης»
Στην πάντοτε προσεγμένη σειρά των εκδόσεων της Ιεράς Μονής Τιμίου Προδρόμου, Έσσεξ Αγγλίας, προστέθηκε ένα ακόμα εξαίρετο βιβλίο, εμπνευσμένο από τον μακαριστό Γέροντα Σωφρόνιο και…
The Icon of a New Saint: Sophrony the Athonite
On the 27th of November 2019, Father Sophrony, founder of the Community of St. John the Baptist in Essex, England; monk, spiritual father, theologian, and iconographer,…
Sunday of the Paralytic
Today’s miracle of the healing of the paralytic is the third of seven signs referred to by the Evangelist John. During the miracle and its…
Monastic Conversations
Question: Why have they included marriage in the Sacraments of the Church, and not monasticism? Answer: Fr Sophrony said to me once: ‘Imagine that they…