By Geronda Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona (from Counsels from the Holy Mountain)   1.  Prayer is one of the foremost and strongest...

Taken from the Synaxarion of Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra for August 15 (from Volume 6). On the 15th of the month, we celebrate...

By Constantine Cavarnos, from Meetings with Kontoglou   Editor’s Note: Meetings with Kontoglou is a book Constantine Cavarnos wrote  ...

Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) of Essex There is One Unique and True Church Which Christ Founded Which Maintains Unspoiled the...

The Holy Mountain of Athos In the first place, it must be said that the Holy Mountain is not independent of the Church. It is not a place...

Reading UMP’s Apostle to Zaire: The Life and Legacy of Blessed Father Cosmas of Grigoriou  along with the Life of St. Patrick of Ireland...

Continued from Part I . From the Editor: This is the second of a two-part introduction to the Pedalion and this article series "Pearls from the Pedalion." In this post, we read the explanation given by St. Nikodemos to the faithful on defining what a canon actually is, and the authority they possess among other authoritative sources of Church life. Lastly, and of great value, are the axioms which St. Nikodemos developed that help us understand what criteria make up whether s

By Prof. Savvas Bournelis [ 1 ] IN THE RELIGIOUSLY PLURALISTIC society we live in, humanity has grown accustomed to a smorgasbord of...

St. Nektarios of Pentapolis From Part I, Chapter 1 of Christology : "I am the way, the truth, and the life" ( Jn. 14:6) What joyful...