By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and Agiou Vlasiou "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting." (Mk. 9:29) ...

By Archbishop Averky of Syracuse On the second Sunday of the Great Fast it is as though this triumph of Orthodoxy is repeated and deepened i...

By the Very Rev. John Breck March 23, 2010 Today a great many people are entering the Orthodox Church from other, generally Western confes...

Mount Athos... A fragrant-smelled saint-walkled land. Strewn from end to end with the relics of the saints. A meeting place of the descend...

 By St. Silouan the Athonite Christ prayed for those that crucified Him: "Father, count not this sin against them; they know not what...

By Protopresbyter Dionysios Tatsis In our times only babies do not have mobile phones. Everyone else has their mobile phone and they const...

My most holy Lady Theotokos, by thy holy and all-effective prayers drive from me thine unworthy servant all despondency, indecision, foll...

By Elder John (Alexeev) of Valaam It is very sad to hear that the priests teach their spiritual children to imagine the Savior, or the Mot...

By Elder Sophrony of Essex There are some people who wish to incorporate married life with the sweetness of prayer, praying like the ascet...

By St. Nikolai Velimirovich How can we overcome the enmity of our enemies? By renunciation, meekness and prayer. Renunciation in everythin...

By Elder Aimilianos of Simonopetra The prayer of Mount Athos, who does not recognize it? It is comprised of one small phrase, of measured ...

By St. Nikolai Velimirovich "Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it" (Pr...

One day we left to visit Elder Paisios - a monk, one with many children and myself. The Elder welcomed us with his known simple and cordial...

The photo above depicts Papa Yiannis Stavropoulos, who for many years in the city of Patras has quietly done significant charity work for t...

April 5, 2012 Science Daily Many Christians give up certain foods for Lent, however ecologists have discovered these changes in human diet h...

By St. Nikolai Velimirovich You will hear this kind of justification from many who pursue riches: "When I become rich, I will be able...

Effects of Greek Orthodox Christian Church Fasting on Serum Lipids and Obesity By Katerina O Sarri, Nikolaos E Tzanakis, Manolis K Linardaki...

February 23, 2012 Pravda Fasting a day or two a week may protect the brain against degenerative diseases like Parkinson's or Alzheimer...

"The only thing that I decidedly oppose is the abrogation of fasts, which I learned about long ago. Perhaps this does correspond to the...

Caroline Sadowska March 13, 2012 Stamford Patch For the past eight years, City Limits Diner has observed Greek Orthodox Lent and offered the...