August 13, 2015
Leavetaking of the Transfiguration: the days following a feast feature the same Troparion and Kontakion and remind us of the feastday that just past. Eight days after there is...
August 13, 2015
“Whoever wishes to be saved must turn to the Lord with a pure heart, and must cleanse oneself with repentance and tears, and in such a manner unite with...
Friday, August 14
MATTHEW 24 15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those...
Thursday, August 13
MATTHEW 24 show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone...
August 12, 2015
“Jesus tells His disciples that they could not cast out the demon from the child because their faith was little or weak. Therefore, today’s Gospel teaches us that faith...
August 12, 2015
Martyrs Anicetus and Photius of Nicomedia: after several miraculous events during their tortures, they bodies were not consumed by the fire the were thrown into which led to the...
Wednesday, August 12
MATTHEW 23 27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and...
August 11, 2015
“The dogmatic and spiritual aspects of the Liturgy are one whole, but on Athos there is a different spiritual atmosphere. On Athos the silent, hesychastic atmosphere is more helpful...
August 11, 2015
St. Niphon of Mt. Athos: Niphon held several high offices in the Church, including Patriarch of Constantinople. Removed by the Turks he went to Mt. Athos as an ordinary...
Tuesday, August 11
Matthew 23: And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’ 19 Fools and...