Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros

Spiritual advise from the elderly fr Gabriil

Thursday, 10 April, 2014

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Through death we became deathless

Friday, 5 July, 2013

A glance at the book of Nikolaos Vasiliadis The mystery of Death Many hymns of our Orthodox Church depict the freedom from death and the new life which were offered to us through the death of the Lord on the Cross. We refer to two from the Funeral Service for monks which express most vividly this truth. One hymn says: "In a manner appropriate for a king You signed my freedom (from death) with the red ink of Your fingers, having...

He Gave in Return the Grace of the Holy Spirit

Friday, 5 July, 2013

A glance at the book of Nikolaos Vasiliadis The mystery of Death Let us also say a few things about Pentecost, also called "the end of the blessings" which the Resurrected Christ bestowed upon us, "the metropolis of feasts" and "the fruit of the promise". For, with Pentecost human nature receives the abundant blessings of the Paraclete Spirit. Our Lord leaves this earth, but the Holy Spirit comes. The Son and Logos ascends to the...

Christ's Resurrection - Direct and Obvious Results

Friday, 5 July, 2013

A glance at the book of Nikolaos Vasiliadis The mystery of Death The results of the cosmic victory of the Resurrected Christ were direct and obvious. The battle against the devil, death and Hades was essentially mystical in nature and invisible to men. The holy angels, however, were able to follow whatever had taken place. They saw that "an unarmed tree, a cross without iron and a dead body defeated the devil and put him and his...

Athonite fathers and Athonite matters - The Jesus Prayer

Tuesday, 2 July, 2013

A glance at the book of Elder Paisios of mount Athos Athonite fathers and Athonite matters The Power of the Monk's Prayer Down below Saint's Basil's, where the Zygos turns towards Saint Ann's, there lived a monk of the Great Lavra, who was assigned to look after the goats they had there to graze. Once during Meatfare, just before Great Lent, while there was a full moon and the assigned monk Father Ephraim, a...

Mount Athos - Karoulia, view of the invisible

Sunday, 30 June, 2013

A glance at the book of Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia Mount Athos, The highest place on earth Monday dawned. A young dentist whom we had met on the boat arrived and persuaded us to go to Karoulia to visit the cell of a holy ascetic, Fr Gabriel, who had fallen asleep in the Lord two years earlier. We set off for Karoulia at about 9 o'clock in the morning; we were six in all. Ripples stirred once more across my...

The Jesus Prayer - Prayer of the heart

Saturday, 9 July, 2011

The more rain falls on the earth, the softer it makes it; similarly, Christ's holy name gladdens the earth of our heart the more we call upon it.' -St. Hesychois the Priest, from the Philokalia To cry out to God with adept longing is known to most Christians as the act of prayer: to bring before Him all one's sorrows, all one's joys, all one's thankfulness and all one's needs. We come to God through Christ, with the aid of His saints, with...