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THE FALL OF THE NOUS OF MAN BEFORE AND AFTER CHRIST (Part I)

01/12/2016

The ability of the nous of man to see God is not only its principal and higher ability, but it is also its central aim for which it was created by God. This, say the holy Fathers, was exactly the blessedness of Adam and Eve in Paradise: to see the Omniscient, Delightful, and Most Longed-for Face of their Visible and Invisible, their Approachable and Unapproachable Creator. God Himself is not only the invisible and inaccessible

Conscience, a Spark of Life

01/11/2016

When God made human beings, he put in them a kind of divine faculty, more alive and splendid than a spark, to illuminate the spirit and show it the difference between good and evil. It is the conscience with that law which is part of its nature. The patriarchs and all the saints were able to please God by obeying the law of conscience. But people trampled on it and muddied it with their sinfulness.

ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE OF NIKOLAS S. DELAVERIS, JANUARY 10, 2016

01/09/2016

ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE OF NIKOLAS S. DELAVERIS, JANUARY 10, 2016: This Sunday, January 10th, we will be visited by His Grace Bishop Andonios of Phasiane, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, accompanied by Deacon Panagiotis Papazafiropoulos, Director of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries for the Direct Archdiocesan District. We invite you to come and receive the pastoral blessings of His Grace, Bishop Andonios, as we celebrate the ordination to the Holy Diaconate

The Father Tavlarides Hoagie

01/09/2016

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You Become the God you Worship

01/08/2016

The “Principle of Likeness” means that like knows like, love in me knows love. And hate in me will see hate everywhere else. If there’s no love in you, if you are filled with fear and hatred, you will not know God. You actually can’t. There’s no abiding place for an infinite God in you, because your field is too small and safe. The infinite cannot abide inside of the finite unless the finite is

Synaxis of St. John the Baptist

01/07/2016

Bible Readings: Epistle: Acts 19: 1-8 Gospel: St. John 1:29-34 Liturgical Services: The true Light has appeared and grants enlightenment to all. Christ, who is above all purity is baptized with us; He brings sanctification to the water and it becomes cleansing for our souls. That which is outward and visible is earthly; that which is inwardly understood is higher than heaven. Salvation comes through washing, and through water the Spirit. By descending into the

HOLY THEOPHANY

01/06/2016

Bible Readings: Epistle: Titus 2:11-14.3:4-7 Gospel: St. Matthew 3:13-17 Liturgical Services: Christ is baptized! He comes up out of the water, and with Him He carries up the world. He sees the heavens opened that Adam had closed against himself and his posterity. The Spirit bears witness to His divinity, for He hastens toward His like. And a voice sounds from heaven, for it is from heaven that He has come down to those whom

Twelfth Day of Christmas, Looking Toward Epiphany

01/05/2016

Meditation: Looking Toward Epiphany Epiphany! Theophany! Two good Greek words expressing and proclaiming to the world the showing forth of God in His fullness. Epiphany is the showing forth of God because it was there, at the Baptism of Jesus, that all three Persons of the Holy Trinity appeared together for the first time. The Father’s voice testified from on high that Jesus is the Son of God. The Son accepted his Father’s testimony, and

Eleventh Day of Christmas, Conversations with Abba Isaac: For the Health of Soul and Body

01/04/2016

By Father Micah Hirschy For the past week a disturbing phenomenon has been taking place. The usually quiet and relatively uncrowded gym of which I am a member has been full of people and excited chatter! When I heard one of the regulars whisper to another about how all these “New Year resolution types” were filling the gym, I realized why I could never use my rowing machine. It made perfect sense. Many people make

Eighth Day of Christmas, St. Basil: A Proper Bishop

01/01/2016

By Father Lawrence Farley St. Basil lived and worked in the fourth century, when the Church was just starting to work hand in glove with the Roman state. The new relationship took some getting used to: before this, the Christians tried to avoid the State and its police whenever they could, since the coming of the Roman police (i.e. soldiers) was often a prelude to Christian martyrdom. Now the Roman State was everywhere inclined to

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THE FALL OF THE NOUS OF MAN BEFORE AND AFTER CHRIST (Part I)

Conscience, a Spark of Life

ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE OF NIKOLAS S. DELAVERIS, JANUARY 10, 2016

The Father Tavlarides Hoagie

You Become the God you Worship

Synaxis of St. John the Baptist

HOLY THEOPHANY

Twelfth Day of Christmas, Looking Toward Epiphany

Eleventh Day of Christmas, Conversations with Abba Isaac: For the Health of Soul and Body

Eighth Day of Christmas, St. Basil: A Proper Bishop

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