St. Arsenios of Paros: Qualities of a True Spiritual Father

Dr. Constantine Cavarnos

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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St. Arsenios of Paros: Qualities of a True Spiritual Father

Dr. Constantine Cavarnos

The Holy Elder Philotheos (Zervakos) points out the qualities of the good Confessor or Spiritual Father using St. Arsenios of Paros (1800-1877) as his exemplar. These qualities are particularly the following: humility, gentleness, patience, discernment, compassion and love. These virtues, he says, Father Arsenios eminently possessed.

Respect for the Clergy

Protopresbyter George Konstantopoulos

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Respect for the Clergy

Protopresbyter George Konstantopoulos

The Orthodox Christian respects and loves the clergy. Knowing that the clergy are servants of God and man, devoting their life for the salvation of Christ’s flock. The Orthodox Christian expresses his gratitude and respect to them on every occasion.

Selected Passages from the Teachings of Saint Kosmas of Aetolia

St. Kosmas of Aetolia

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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

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Selected Passages from the Teachings of Saint Kosmas of Aetolia

St. Kosmas of Aetolia

God, the all-good and most merciful, my brethren, is one, and whoever says that there are many Gods is a devil. He is triune: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; yet one nature, one glory, one kingdom, one God. He is all light, all joy, all compassion, all love.

A Parable of A Kingdom

Fr. Stephen Freeman

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

A Parable of A Kingdom

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Secularism is not the rejection of God, but the assertion that the world exists apart from God and that our task is to do the best we can in this world.

The Preaching of the Cross

A homily on the commemoration of the Procession of the Cross and the Seven Maccabean Martyrs with their mother Solomonia and the priest Eleazar.

Fr. Seraphim Holland

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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Preaching of the Cross

A homily on the commemoration of the Procession of the Cross and the Seven Maccabean Martyrs with their mother Solomonia and the priest Eleazar.

Fr. Seraphim Holland

Brothers and sisters, today is the Procession of the Cross which we celebrate on the first of August, and also the holy Maccabean martyrs with their teacher Eleazar and their mother Solomonia. St. Paul has two famous phrases that are in one of the epistles we read today—a very misunderstood phrase. Let’s talk about what it really means.