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In this video, Fr. Philotheos talks about the root of sin in the modern world—a lack of faith in eternal life—and shares a moving story about Saint Paisios the Athonite. The Saint was once challenged by a layman who jokingly asked how monks could be saved without performing “external works” of charity, such as visiting prisons as Christ commanded in the Gospel. Saint Paisios ...


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In this video, Fr. Barnabas Powell challenges the common misconception that repentance is merely saying “I’m sorry I broke a rule,” explaining instead that true biblical repentance is a profound change of direction that leads to spiritual maturity and prevents us from sliding back into darkness. Fr. Barnabas Powell is the parish priest at Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene Gre...


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In this recording, Archimandrite Athanasios Mytilinaios (1927-2006), answers the question of how to interpret St. Isaac the Syrian’s teaching that the fires of Hell are actually the love of God, explaining that the divine uncreated light is experienced as illuminating joy by the righteous but as burning torment by the unrepentant.

Audio source: “Answers to questions”, ...


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In this episode, Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou talks about the suffering and patience of the saints like Iakovos, Porphyrios, and Paisios.This is the English translation of the sermon of His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou during the Divine Liturgy of Saint Panteleimon the Great Martyr and Healer, held at the celebrant church of Saint Panteleimon in the communi...


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Why did St. Silouan feel pain when tearing a leaf? St. Sophrony the Athonite explains how our lives are connected like leaves on a single tree. Discover the deep spiritual meaning of “one life” and how to pray for the whole world as if it were your own.

Essex Monastery, May 14th, 1990 ” English translation adapted after the Romanian version of Fr. Rafail Noica, Cuvanta...


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