VIGIL FOR THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE
UPCOMING VIGIL 20/11 (Sunday) to 21/11/2022: VIGIL FOR THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE Start time 19:30 and finish around 02:30 in the morning. At 18.00 (before the Vigil) we will have a spiritual meeting with the faithful in the Synodicon of
696 (HUMAN WEAKNESS/ GOD/ PRAYER)
696 (HUMAN WEAKNESS/ GOD/ PRAYER) Never be sure of anything! I mean, that it will happen as you expect it or that you will succeed in doing with certainty! Because in this life nothing is certain! The vicissitudes follow one another and the unexpected and unanticipated are so
695 (DAILY ACCOUNT/ PROGRAMME)
695 (DAILY ACCOUNT/ PROGRAMME) There are two ways to understand how important it is to keep one’s holy “programme”, that is, what one advises oneself during the evening account of the day: One way is when he keeps it exactly and the other is when he violates it. Indeed,
694 (JOY)
694 (JOY) Pure joy is a very important thing in spiritual life; it strengthens the nerve of the soul! At the same time, it weakens our enemy, the devil! The devil knows this very well and tries in every way to spoil the joy he perceives we have or
693 (HUMILITY – COMPLEX/ SELF CONFIDENCE – PRIDE)
693 (HUMILITY - COMPLEX/ SELF CONFIDENCE - PRIDE) In today’s PA, I would like to clarify the following: 1. Humility or Complex? Most people present -some intensely and others more lightly- manifestations of complexes, which, however, both themselves and those around them consider as manifestations of humility (!!!) But
692 (SIMPLICITY)
692 (SIMPLICITY) Today’s P.A. is about simplicity… Unfortunately, people -especially today- are not honest or direct or simple or natural… They have no genuine and selfless love towards their neighbour; nor do they have good intentions towards him! However, what is mostly absent from people of today is simplicity!!!
691 (TASKS/ PENDING MATTERS/ STRESS/ COORDINATION)
691 (TASKS/ PENDING NATTERS/ STRESS/ COORDINATION) Today I will refer to an aspect of our everyday life; that of the various tasks and pending matters, which are awaited to be carried out on our part... Because, in the same manner that the state of the body affects the state
FREQUENCE OF PATERNAL ADVICES
ANNOUNCEMENT My dear readers of PNs (Paternal Advices), Please note that from now on PNs will only be issued once a week (usually on Wednesdays) instead of twice. The reason is twofold: 1. To make the life of our translators (to English and Russian) easier and 2. To give
690 (DISCERNMENT/ STRESS/ PRESSURE/ TRUTH/ LIE/ SIN/ SOBRIETY)
690 (DISCERNMENT/ STRESS/ PRESSURE/TRUTH/LIE/ SIN/ SOBRIETY) Truth, having God as its source and origin, comforts and soothes the soul; whereas falsehood and error, having the devil as their father, disturbs and angers it. Anxiety, which is a kind of mental compulsion, cannot by itself originate from God; it is
689 (MOTHER OF GOD/ ORTHODOXY/ ORTHOPRAXY)
689 (MOTHER OF GOD/ ORTHODOXY/ ORTHOPRAXY) (Please allow me to expand a little more than usual on today’s Paternal Advice) Α) PANAGIA (MOTHER OF GOD) (Question): Who is the most beautiful woman of the world? (I hope that what I am asking will not be strange to you!) (Answer):