ARTOKLASIA

One day a week you should ‘keep holy’ (Ex. 20:8): that which is called the Lord’s day, because it is consecrated to the Lord, who on th...

The soul cannot have peace unless it prays for the enemies.  The soul taught by the grace of God to pray, to love and to be sorry for ...

Saint Theodota was the mother of Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Mesopotamia. They were all natives of Asia...

In this world there are two kinds of love: one that takes and one that gives. This is common to all types of love -- not only love fo...

To a layman who asked about Noetic Prayer (Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me),  St. Ephraim of Katounakia had this to say: S...

Q. What teachings and spiritual counsels do you give to the faithful, to confirm them in the three theological virtues – in faith, i...

  Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (Mk 8:34). The Great Fast is a seaso...

Christians, always rejoice, for evil, death, sin, the devil and hell have been conquered by Christ. But when all of this is conquered, i...

There are two kinds of laughter, light and dark. They can be easily distinguished from one another by the laughing person's eyes ...

Understand two thoughts, and fear them.  One says,   "You are a saint," the other,  "You won't be saved....