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Rock Music, Video Games, and Life in Christ

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Why Apostolic Succession Only Exists in Orthodoxy

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Is There Any Grace Left In Roman Catholicism?

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Orthodoxy or Roman Catholicism?

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I Can't Decide... Orthodoxy or Catholicism?

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Why Orthodox Say This Protestant Doctrine Is Heresy

 

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Does Orthodoxy Need the Pope? — A Response to Bishop Barron

 (Excerpted from "After 1,000 Years - An Orthodox Examination of Catholicism" by Fr. Peter Heers) Orthodox Ethos

I Almost Became Catholic — Orthodox Priest on Catholicism

 

Fr. Peter Heers was on the path to becoming Roman Catholic—attending Latin Mass, studying Church history, and preparing to join the church—when something unexpected happened. After attending a Vespers service in a small Orthodox Church, everything changed. In this interview, he shares why he turned away from Catholicism and embraced the Orthodox Church instead—exploring the theological, historical, and spiritual reasons behind his decision. Orthodox Ethos

Πρόσεξε, μὴν παραδίδεσαι στὴν ἧττα τῆς λύπης!

Γέροντας Αἰμιλιανὸς Σιμωνοπετρίτης 

Τὸ σατανικὸ πνεῦμα τῆς λύπης, προκαλεῖ στὸν ἄνθρωπο ἄγχος, ἀγωνία, στενοχώρια, κατάθλιψη καὶ πέσιμο στὰ ἴδια ἁμαρτήματα. 

Ἡ δαιμονιώδης λύπη, εἶναι ἀποτέλεσμα καὶ ἔνδειξη ἀμετανοησίας, φρικτοῦ ἐγωισμοῦ, δαιμονίου ποὺ κρύβεται μέσα μας. 

Ἀντίθετα, ἡ κατὰ Θεὸν λύπη, ἔρχεται σὰν δροσιά, σὰν συντροφιά, σὰν ἕνα χαμόγελο, σὰν μιὰ ξεκούραση μέσα στὴ ζωή μας καὶ μᾶς δίνει δύναμη, χαρά, κουράγιο. 

Νοιώθουμε, σὰν νὰ μὴν κάναμε τίποτε, σὰν νὰ ἀρχίζουμε τώρα τὴν ζωή μας. 

Γι' αὐτὸ πρόσεξε, μὴν παραδίδεσαι στὴν ἧττα τῆς λύπης. Ἀφήσου μόνο στὴν κατὰ Θεὸν πνευματικὴ λύπη, ποὺ σημαίνει, στὴν πανήγυρη τῆς καρδιᾶς, ἡ ὁποία εὐφραίνεται γιὰ τὴν μετάνοια καὶ τὴν Θεία ζωή.

The demonic spirit of sorrow brings upon a person anxiety, anguish, distress, depression, and a falling again into the same sins. 

Towards Perfection

Eternity!!!!

If we fill ourselves with good thoughts and noble aspirations, we shall find them in eternity. Those thoughts that embody goodness here grant us peace in eternity. But if we occupy ourselves with other thoughts—hellish ones, filled with envy and malice—then, upon passing into eternity, we shall see that we squandered the time during which we could have mended our lives, yet failed to do so. Then, the pangs of conscience over lost time will begin. Who, then, shall deliver us from this in eternity?

What Are The Roles of Men and Women in Marriage?

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Βούλγαροι ἀπέστειλαν Ἀνοικτὴν Ἐπιστολὴν Ὀδύνης πρὸς τὸν Πατριάρχην Βαρθολομαῖον

ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΠΑΝΑΓΙΟΤΗΤΑ ΒΑΡΘΟΛΟΜΑΙΟΝ Αʹ, ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΝ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΥΠΟΛΕΩΣ — ΝΕΑΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΥΜΕΝΙΚΟΝ ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΝ

ΑΝΟΙΚΤΗ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΟΔΥΝΗΣ

τοῦ κλήρου, τῶν μοναχῶν καὶ τῶν λαϊκῶν τῆς Βουλγαρικῆς Ὀρθοδόξου Ἐκκλησίας — Πατριαρχείου Βουλγαρίας, σχετικῶς μὲ τὴν ἐπικειμένην ἐπίσκεψιν Ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν Ἱερὰν Μονὴν τῆς Ῥίλας 

Παναγιώτατε, 
Ἀπευθυνόμεθα πρὸς Ὑμᾶς, οὐχὶ ὁρμώμενοι ἀπὸ κοσμικὴν ἔχθραν ἢ ἀνθρωπίνην μεροληψίαν, ἀλλὰ παρακινούμενοι ἀπὸ βαθεῖαν πνευματικὴν ὀδύνην. Ἡ ὀδύνη αὕτη καταλαμβάνει τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν, ὅταν βλέπωμεν πῶς ὁ Οἰκουμενικὸς Θρόνος, ὁ ὁποῖος ἄλλοτε ὑπῆρξε στῦλος τῆς Ὀρθοδοξίας καὶ ὑπερασπιστὴς τῶν δογμάτων, ἔχει σήμερον μεταβληθῆ εἰς πηγὴν σκανδαλισμοῦ δι᾿ ὁλόκληρον τὴν Μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν. 

What Is the MOST Common Misconception Converts Have?

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English Sermon - 031 - Spiritual Danger

What Happens At A Baby’s First Liturgy? | Orthodox Church | Japanese Listening.

What Happens At A Baby’s First Liturgy? | Orthodox Church | Japanese Listening.

HE IS GUARDED BY SAINT NEKTARIUS. SAINT PORPHYRIUS.

SAINT NEKTARIUS GUARDS HIM

Testimony of Mr. Georgios Tsitsopoulos, Athens

My brother first told me about Saint Porphyrios around 1973 and I went and met him in Kallisia.

A little while later, without us having informed him where I was working, he came late at night to the sheet metal shop in Agios Fanourios where I worked as an employee with my cousin.

The Saint asked us to take a barrel and showed us how to cut it to make a wood stove.  Because it was winter and very cold, I made him and his companion sit at the back of the shop, inside the closed office. As I was cutting the barrel, the electric wheel slipped from my hands, fell on me, got tangled and cut my clothes. I called to my cousin to unplug the cable from the socket, but he did not hear me. At the same moment the wheel stopped.