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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. OUR HOLY FATHER NEKTARIOS, METROPOLITAN OF PENTAPOLIS (+ 9th November) Saint Nektarios, Metropolitan of Pentapolis is the boast of godly Orthodox Christians, the sweetest nectar of the life of virtue, which gives joy and gladness,Continue reading “OUR HOLY FATHER NEKTARIOS, METROPOLITAN OF PENTAPOLIS”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. MIRACLES OF THE CHIEF-COMMANDER OF THE BODILESS HOST, THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, IN BYZANTINE TIMES In the period after the New Testament, there are also accounts of the Archangel Michael’s cures and wonders (miracles). Therefore, onContinue reading “MIRACLES OF THE CHIEF-COMMANDER OF THE BODILESS HOST, THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. APPEARANCES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Michael, the most glorious and radiant chief-commander of the bodiless powers, and the other Archangels, and Angels, have performed numerous benevolent deeds and rendered great assistance to the race ofContinue reading “ANGEL APPEARANCES IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHIES When Adam and Eve were cast out from Paradise and the Lord God "caused him to dell over against the garden of Delight, He STATIONED THE CHERUBS AND THE FIERY SWORD thatContinue reading “THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHIES”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. "His Angels are spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire" (Psalm 103:6). Concerning Angels, Saint John of Damascus writes: "God is Himself the Maker and Creator of the Angels; for He brought them outContinue reading ““HIS ANGELS ARE SPIRITS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE” (Psalm 103:6)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE BRANCH THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT IS PRUNED BY THE FATHER… "I am the vine, the true one, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me which beareth not fruit He takethContinue reading “THE BRANCH THAT DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT IS PRUNED BY THE FATHER”

Gratitude is not just a simple human emotion. The ancient Greeks had come to feel both the duty of gratitude and the sin of ingratitude. We find even in our time an extreme, and horrible attitude of ingratitude by both young and old. Seneca, who certainly gives the ingrate a very low place in theContinue reading “THE DUTY OF GRATITUDE AND THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. PRAYER OF ANOINTING (MYSTERY [SACRAMENT] OF HOLY OIL) "O Holy Father, Physician of souls and bodies, Who did send Thine only – Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal every infirmity and deliver fromContinue reading “HOLY FATHER, PHYSICIAN OF SOULS AND BODIES”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. CONSUMERISM CONSUMES THE PERSON Saint John Climcaus writes, "Avarice is said to be the root of all evil, and it is so because it causes hatred, theft, envy, separations, hostility, stormy blasts, remembrance of pastContinue reading “CONSUMERISM CONSUMES THE PERSON”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ God, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE VIRTUES OF CHASTITY AND VIRGINITY According to Saint John Climacus, "To be chaste is to put on the nature of an incorporeal being." Furthermore, "Purity is the longed-fore house of Christ and the earthlyContinue reading “THE VIRTUES OF CHASTITY AND VIRGINITY”