Year 2020

“Know Thyself”

The Ancient Greek adage “Know Thyself” («Γνῶθι σαὐτόν») often attributed to Chilon of Sparta (600 BC) but also to multiple other Greek philosophers, was one of the Delphic maxims and the first of three aphorisms inscribed on the pronaos of the Temple…

Ἡ Συνάντησίς μου μὲ τὸν Γέρο-Παΐσιο

Ἐπισκόπου Φιλαρέτου Ἧταν τῶν Ἁγίων Ἀναγύρων 1 (14 μὲ τὸ νέο) Νοεμβρίου τοῦ 1992 ἠμέρα Σάββατο. Εἶχα 6 χρόνια ποὺ ἦμουν ἱερέας.  Στὴν Δάφνη τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους εἶχα φτάσει πολὺ ἐνωρὶς καὶ περίμενα τὸ καράβι νὰ βγώ ἔξω μετὰ ἀπὸ…

My Own Encounter with the Elder Paisios

by Bishop Philaretos It was the feast of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian (1/14 November) of 1992 and a Saturday.  The weather was gray and looked like rain was on its way.  I was already a priest for 6…