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25.01.2022 Dear friends, The Philokalia Volume 5 print is out now! To celebrate we offering a 30% discount for 3 days. Currently the book ranks 9th on the best selling Christian Orthodox books in Amazon and kindle.

24.01.2022 Christ is coming; 40 days from now ... may we all have a blessed fast. . . ... , , , , , ! , . , . , ....

23.01.2022 As much as I had no intention of getting back on social media just yet, I HAD to come share this beautiful miracle that took place yesterday by our holy Geronda Ephraim of blessed memory. One of his photographs began to weep and he appeared to one of his spiritual children. Swipe to see photos and read what he said. These are unprecedented times were living in and in order to make it we need to be praying and repenting harder than we ever have in our life. ... Thank you @filoi.geronta.efraim.arizonas for sharing! Most holy Geronda Ephraim, pray unto God for us! The icon of Saint Ephraim Arizona of Filotheitis tears. Since yesterday, November 3, the icon of Saint Ephraim in America is crying calling us all to prayer and repentance. Another message for what is coming in the US and worldwide? : , , , ,.. , , , , : ., 3 , , 3 2020. , ..! , , , : , . . . . . . , , . : https://orthodoxia.gr//sygchrono-adamantino-skeuos-tis-ch/

22.01.2022 "Think of actors: they wear masks, they dress up. One looks like a philosopher while not being one; another seems to be a king but is no king; another appears to be a doctor and has not the faintest idea how to cure the sick; another pretends to be a slave despite being free; still another plays the part of a teacher yet does not know even how to write. They do not appear as they are, they appear to be something else. The philosopher is a philosopher only because of his abund...ant but false wig, the soldier is a soldier just because he sports a military uniform. These disguises help to create an illusion, to hide the reality. The world is a theater too. The human condition, richness, poverty, power, subjection are merely the pretenses of actors. But when the day is done and the night falls (which, however, we ought to call day: it is night for sinners and day for the just), when the play is over, when we all find ourselves confronted with our own actions and not with our riches or dignity or the honors we have had or the power we have wielded, when we are asked to give an account of our lives and our works of virtue, ignoring both the feats of our opulence and the humility of our need, when we are asked: "Show me your deeds!", then the disguises will fall and we shall see who is truly rich and who is truly poor." - St. John Chrysostom, Homily on Lazarus

20.01.2022 O Saint Demetrios, most compassionate, Martyr of the Lord ... We pray to you faithfully. Heal the trauma of our souls, our bodily injuries, and shatter the insolence of our enemies, O all-blessed; and grant that our life may be peaceful and that we may ever glorify you, as you are now wreathed and in the presence of God, and you dance as He illumines you by the Divine lightning that emanates from Him, and fills you with Divine enlightenment and boldness ... ... O, lauded martyr, St Demetrius. See more

19.01.2022 "Your level of success in life doesn’t depend on how rich you are or how many friends you have. Rather it depends on the level of the purity of your heart and the level of your acquisition of the Holy Spirit." +St. Seraphim of Sarov With love to you from us, the Orthodox Australia team.

19.01.2022 You cannot turn me from my holy Faith by threats, nor with promises of riches and pleasures. I will obey your orders willingly, if you will leave me free to follow my religion. I would rather surrender my head to you than to change my faith. I was born a Christian, and I shall die a Christian.... - St. John the Russian

16.01.2022 WHEN WILL I FIND THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT OUR SWEET LOVING GOD?

16.01.2022 "The Church is an enclosure. If you are within, the wolf does not enter; but if you leave, the beasts will seize you. Do not distance yourself from the Church; there is nothing mightier than the Church. The Church is your hope. The Church is your salvation.... The Church is higher than the heavens. The Church is harder than stone. The Church is wider than the world. The Church never grows old but always renews itself." St. John Chrysostom

15.01.2022 Fr. Nikolaos Kakavelakis (Lyons, France) had surgery and is doing well. There was a report that he passed away (not correct) and of who the shooter was but that also appears to be incorrect. Keep Fr. Nikolaos in your prayers.

15.01.2022 Israel is already looking at making the covid vaccine mandatory, keeping in mind that the current vaccines that are not 100% approved YET utilise technology derived from aborted babies. ""Procedural and legal incentive plans must be prepared for the public to be vaccinated and a vaccination obligation must be examined in legislation," read a summary of the meeting, according to the newspaper." ""An obligation in legislation to get vaccinated, contrary to the will of the indiv...idual, constitutes a fatal violation of the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual," added Niv-Yagoda, explaining that such legislative tools are ineffective." https://www.jpost.com//health-ministry-may-recommend-manda

15.01.2022 A brief video in english of the life of St. George Karslidis of Drama (+ 3/11) https://www.youtube.com/watch

14.01.2022 No need for caption. The photo says it all... And yet even during lockdown in Greece the churches are still open for prayer!

13.01.2022 "I sometimes think we give too much importance to our outward attitude of prayer. We expect too much emotionally of ourselves, much more than God is asking for. God is only asking us to remember Him at all times, in good and bad periods to offer Him this moment of our time--this moment, not the following one. The present is what He asks; not in great gestures of surrender, but in a continual natural stream even as we breathe. The great moments will then be vouchsafed us by ...Divine grace when we are reaching for them, when prayer quickens into a life of its own and carries us with it to unexpected heights, and above all peace and joys. Prayer carries us--not we, our prayer." -- Mother Alexandra, of blessed memory, who began life as Princess Ileana of Romania. Holy mother Alexandra, pray to Christ for us sinners.

13.01.2022 I don't know whether to laugh or make myself one...

13.01.2022 "When the flame of love exists, it consumes whatever evil approaches." - Elder Amphilochios Makris

12.01.2022 To refresh your soul --Fr Patrick O'Rourke is using the Remini app (Android) to enhance photos of 20th century saints and elders. It's amazing how much the photos change and become lifelike. Such kind eyes!

11.01.2022 Orthodox Prophecy vs. Orthodox Common Sense (Orthodox Worldview) [...] The purpose of a Christian life is to acquire that "Orthodox Common Sense" (the presence of the Holy Spirit) in our lives. Thus this needs to be our main focus. If we start to over-rely on fulfillment of certain prophecies as our main guidance (which prophecies will happen, make no mistake), we are defeating the purpose of having a Christian life in the first place. In most instances prophecies are not un...derstood until after they are fulfilled and trying to discern "how far we are from this prophecy to fulfill or that prophecy to fulfill" is the incorrect Christian attitude that presents no spiritual benefits for the soul. Centering one's spiritual life on a worldview based solely on examining prophecies is in fact anti-Orthodox. The Orthodox Common Sense on the other hand, can in fact offer practical guidance to conducting our day-to-day struggles and spiritual warfare and prepares us in all respects to confront what's coming ahead. Trying to chase anyone who can "shed light on prophecies" rather than focusing on the above is in fact searching for "gurus" and not really seeking true Orthodox understanding. Source: Radu Blebea

09.01.2022 A member of the church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor's visit, the man welcomed him, led him to a comfortable chair near the fireplace and waited. The pastor made himself at home but said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of the flames... around the burning logs. After some minutes, the pastor took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone then he sat back in his chair, still silent. The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As the one lone ember's flame flickered and diminished, there was a momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and dead. Not a word had been spoken since the initial greeting.The pastor glanced at his watch and realized it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it began to glow, once more with the light and warmth of the burning coals around it. As the pastor reached the door to leave, his host said with a tear running down his cheek, 'Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the firey sermon. I will be back in church next Sunday.'

09.01.2022 What he said in the video is what counts :) However, there is a circulating rumour that he did not die of Covid-19 and that he was suffering from a complicated condition, some sort of cancer !!! So, please call the monastery where he was Hegumen and ask to confirm this, and do not just read the news headline and believe that the Church is a petri dish and that each time a Bishop dies that it is some sort of proof. With love in Christ!

07.01.2022 As Christians we love to listen to chanting and other Christians songs. Did you know that if you want to be a practicer of the Jesus Prayer, these "songs" will distract you? "These songs (referring specifically to chanting) will not help you obtain the Jesus Prayer" Saint Ephraim Katounakiotis

07.01.2022 How many people would be interested in a walk through the BASIC Old Testament stories?

04.01.2022 Letter from Elder Ephraim of Arizona: Blessed children of the All-Holy God, My greetings and wishes for your good health,... I am sorry I am bothering you again with my illiteracy, myself the unworthy. I only wanted to plead with you, out of paternal love, to beg or entreat God by calling Him to help you. Because our Heavenly Father really looks forward to this begging or entreating, as He is always ready to visit us and to give us His golden heart or to unite it with our own sinful heart. Because of this, I beg you, ask Him, ask Him to gift you His sweet Name, which fills our dead heart with Heavenly Life and Peace."

03.01.2022 Here is a unique icon- Judas leaving the Last Supper. This is why leaving the Liturgy right after Holy Communion is sometimes called, "The Judas Move". He's left his place and halo. And a tempting demon is on his shoulder.

03.01.2022 Turn to Me, and I will turn to you, saith the Lord Almighty (Zch. 1:2).