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?

English Sermon - 031 - Spiritual Danger

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. 

Freemasonry.. SAINT PORPHYRIUS.

Testimony of Mr. Evangelos P., Athens.

Freemasonry.

 Mr. Homer and Mr. Antipas were friends of my father and they encouraged him to join Freemasonry, but my father avoided it because he knew well the role of this secret organization. He even tried to bring them into contact with the Saint in order to help them escape the nets of Freemasonry.

One night, Mr. Antipas passed by our house and my father happily introduced him to the Saint, who, although he had not been informed, at one point said to him:

HOLY ANGELS IN THE SKY. SAINT PORPHYRIOS KAFSOKALYVITE.

 

HOLY ANGELS IN THE SKY

Testimony of Mr. GE, D. Civil Engineer, Athens!

I was in the team of civil engineers who undertook the study and supervision of the construction of the Monastery of the Saint in Milesi,

One evening in 1985, we worked late and, at 01:00 after midnight, before going to sleep, we decided to take a walk in the courtyard. It was summer and the sky was clear. We could see the starry sky clearly and we headed towards the south side of the Cells, that is, approximately under the balcony of the Cell of the Saint.

The future. Saint Porphyrios of Kafsokalyvitis.

Testimony of Mr. Doukas Bygiatiotis. Real estate agent. Athens.

The future

During my first visits to the Saint, in 1984-5, he told me the following important thing:

-Elder, how do you see the future in general?

-Very difficult days will come, especially when people start to move. The world will not be able to bear it. Greece will be one of the countries that will bear the greatest burden. We must stay united, pray and not be afraid.

-What is the European Community? Is it good that we joined?

One Thing is Needed

 

These times press us from all sides:

These times press us from all sides: wars, fear, diseases, price increases, division, lies, people catching colds... and we run after news until we lose our peace. But let us be careful: the turmoil of the world must not enter our soul. Now is when our faith is shown, not when everything is going well. Let us put in more prayer and less panic, more fasting and less judgment, more charity and less stinginess. Fasting is not only changing food, but also stopping evil from our mouths, thoughts and actions. And when we no longer know where to turn, let us run to the Mother of God with a humble heart. She does not promise us life without a cross, but she helps us not to fall under it. Let us not lose hope... because the world may be shaken, but God does not change.  

Fight the devil! Struggle against the evil and sin that dwells in our sinful hearts! (Homily of Bishop Augoustinos)

Feast day of the Holy Unmercenaries – Wednesday 1 July (Εορτη των Ἁγίων Ἀναργύρων Κοσμᾶ & Δαμνιανου)
(†) Bishop Augοustinos Kantiotes

Fight the Devil!

Cast out demons (Mt. 10:

Today, my beloved, is a great feast day and celebration. Two saints are honored: Damian and Cosmas, wonderworking physicians. And just as they were saints, so all of us —men and women—must become saints.

English Sermon - Fight the Devil!

English Sermon - Today's Youth and their Physician

“Following Our Holy Fathers, Eyewitnesses of the Word in Our Day”

Archpriest Peter Heers

FROM

The Homilies of Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou

Volume One

Now Available!

Preface to the English Edition

By Fr. Peter Heers

From the day of Pentecost the Gospel has spread not by “the sharing of the word” of Scripture but through “the eyewitnesses of the Word.” The Word has “become flesh,” and thus what is to be shared with the world is not a book but His Incarnation. The Incarnation continuing, Christ Himself is encountered in and through the Church, in those who declare with the Apostle, “it is not I, but Christ Who lives in me.” Through them the world sees Christ and becomes His disciples.

Holy Fathers - Where is the Truth?

John Coffman

From Fr. Seraphim Rose

Never has there been such an age of false teachers as this pitiful 20th century, so rich in material gadgets and so poor in mind and soul, Every conceivable opinion, even the most absurd, even those hitherto rejected by the universal consent of all civilized people–now has its platform and its own “teacher”…. As a result, philosophy has a thousand schools, and “Christianity” a thousand sects. Where is the truth to be found in all this, if indeed it is to be found at all in our most misguided times?

A storm is coming, more terrible than communism.

A storm is coming, more terrible than communism. Communism, for example, produced many saints; Russian communists killed their own people, like the Germans. This, for example, happened to Bishop Luka Voino-Yasinetsky. We read a book about his martyrdom, which the communists inflicted on him, and how they humiliated him. What is approaching now is worse. May the Lord protect us all!

— Heronda Parthenius Agiopaulitus, abbot of the monastery of Agiu Paulus

"You will know them by their fruits." (Matt. 7:16)

"You will know them by their fruits." (Matt. 7:16)

One of the great tragedies of our time is that both Christians and non-Christians live practically the same type of lives. Christians no longer stand “separated” from the rest of society and it is often difficult to tell them apart from each other simply by their actions (fruits of the Spirit) because non-believers can be very moral and kind as well. The reason for this disparency is that most Christians fail to adhere to the true teachings, tenets, and Commandments set down by God. We would prefer to “pick and choose” what to believe and practice rather than what has been handed down through the centuries. We want the “prestige” of being a Christian, without the complications or efforts of adherence to the Truth.

Fr. John

Γέρων Αἰμιλιανὸς Σιμωνοπετρίτης: Διάβαζε Ψαλμοὺς καὶ θὰ δεῖς ὅτι θὰ ἀναστηθεῖς κι ἐσύ!

+ Γέρων Αἰμιλιανὸς Σιμωνοπετρίτης

Ὅταν κάποιος ἁμαρτήσει, λόγω τοῦ ἐγωισμοῦ του, εἶναι βαρύς. Δὲν μπορεῖ νὰ διαβάσει, οὔτε νὰ προσευχηθεῖ, διότι τοῦ φαίνεται βουνὸ ἡ προσευχή, οὔτε νὰ γονατίσει, διότι τοῦ φαίνεται ὅτι θὰ σπάσουν τὰ πλευρά του! Ἀφοῦ, λοιπόν, δὲν μπορεῖς νὰ προσευχηθεῖς, οὔτε νὰ ἀγρυπνήσεις, τοὐλάχιστον ἀνάγκασε τὸν ἑαυτό σου νὰ μελετᾷ τοὺς Ψαλμούς. Οἱ Ψαλμοὶ ἐκφράζουν ἱκεσία, μετάνοια, δοξολογία, εὐχαριστία, περιέχουν αἰσθήματα καὶ βιώματα ποὺ ἀνασταίνουν καὶ τὸν πιὸ ἀδύνατο ἄνθρωπο. Ὅπως, ὅταν ὁ ἄλλος χάσει τὶς αἰσθήσεις του, τοῦ δίνεις λίγο ρακὶ καὶ ἀνασταίνεται, ἔτσι ἀκριβῶς ἀνασταίνεται κανείς καὶ μὲ τοὺς ψαλμούς. Διάβαζε, λοιπόν, Ψαλμοὺς καὶ θὰ δεῖς ὅτι θὰ ἀναστηθεῖς κι ἐσύ.

We celebrate the Resurrection outwardly… but inwardly we remain in our dark tomb! - Χριστος Ανεστη – Αληθως Ανεστη ο Κυριος!

Χριστός Ανέστη – Αληθώς Ανέστη ο Κύριος!

We rush through Holy Week, we weep at the Cross, we rejoice at midnight, we say «Christ is Risen,» and then – almost quietly – we return to our routines as if something beautiful has simply passed. As if Pascha were the conclusion of a sacred story … rather than the beginning of a new life.
But the Holy Gospel does not begin with an ending … but it begins from the very first page with the Holy Resurrection.

In the life of the Church, everything flows from the empty Tomb. Every Sunday is Pascha. Every Divine Liturgy is a living encounter with the Risen Christ. The Church does not say, «It is finished,» and walk away … she proclaims, «Christ is Risen,» and invites us to begin again. (ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ)

Governing our Members and our Senses