May 10, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 53 Part 52 Farewell to the Gregoriou Monastery We went to the arkhondarik to get ready for the journey. None of us was happy to…
May 4, 2022 Why Did Herod Have Jesus Clothed in the Attire of a Roman Civil Servant? Some fragments of the Gospel cannot be fully understood without an explanation. The end of the narration about Tetrarch Herod’s trial of Christ is one…
April 27, 2022 Who Destroyed the Jerusalem Temple? One of the charges levelled against Christ at the Court of the Sanhedrin concerned the Jerusalem Temple. Several witnesses there alleged that Christ was…
April 27, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 52 Part 51 Our Father I woke up. It was dark in our room. The closeness of the sea with its measured noise created an…
April 14, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 51 Part 50 A Bedtime Story about Xeropotamou Monastery Returning to our room, the first thing I did was take out a map of Athos….
April 13, 2022 Where Was the Dwelling of the Virgin Mary? From a young age, the Virgin Mary lived in Nazareth. Her annunciation took place in this city. Here, she gave birth to Jesus. But…
April 10, 2022 Genuine Repentance — What Feelings Does It Awaken in Us, and What Else Does the Great Canon Teach Us on the Feast Day of St Mary of Egypt Two unusual features in the biography of Mary of Egypt have always puzzled me. First, how did a twelve-year-old girl who had given herself…
April 8, 2022 Exploring the Variety of the Icons of the Annunciation The narrative of Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos has been present in Christian iconography since the times of early Christianity, starting from the…
April 7, 2022 Come with Me to Mount Athos. Part 50 Part 49 Socratic Rest When we left the refectory, Andrei approached me and asked: – Do you know who was sitting across the table…
April 5, 2022 The Best Physician Hieromonk Christodoulus Hagiorite recalls: “While performing duties of the monastery paramedic, I once said to Elder Paisios: – Geronda, I brought you vitamins and…
April 2, 2022 Is It True that the Anointing of the Sick is Performed Shortly before a Person Dies? No, it is not. The idea of the unction (the sevenfold anointing with consecrated oil) being performed over a seriously ill person on the…
March 31, 2022 Background and Facts on Liturgy of Presanctified Gifts Our Lenten journey continues, but the liturgical life of many Orthodox Christians is back to the usual routine. The reading of the Great Penitent…
