“Many Shall Be Scandalized and Perish”

Then shall the creation of men come into the fire of trial, and many shall be scandalized and perish, but they that endure in the Faith shall be saved from under that curse. (Didache of the Holy Apostles, 16:5) Τότε ἥξει…

Referitor la chiliasm

+ Episcop Philaretos  Și am văzut un înger coborându-se din cer, având cheia abisului și un lanț mare în mână. Și a prins pe balaur, șarpele, pe cel vechi, care este Diavolul și Satana, cel care rătăcește lumea locuită, și…

Concerning Chiliasm

+ Bishop Philaretos And I saw an angel coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain upon his hand. And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent, the ancient one, who…

RIGHTEOUS NICODEMUS

by Vladimir Moss Today is the Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-bearers, Joseph of Arimathaea and Nicodemus. The least famous among these holy men and women is Nicodemus. But his story is no less instructive than the others’. Nicodemus was “a…

On the Deadening of the Human Spirit
A Sermon on the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women
By St. Ignatius Brianchaninov (+1867) in Dutch. Over het uitsterven van de menselijke ziel
Een preek op de zondag van de mirredragende vrouwen
Door St. Ignatius Brianchaninov (+1867)

De evangeliepassage van vandaag verkondigt de daden van de heilige vrouwen die de God-mens volgden tijdens Zijn aards verblijf, die getuigen waren van Zijn Lijden en aanwezig waren bij Zijn begrafenis.  De begrafenis heeft vrijdagavond plaats gevonden.  Toen de boosaardigheid…

Mijn eigen ontmoeting met de oudere Paisios

door bisschop Philaretos Het was het feest van de Heilige Huurlingen Cosmas en Damian (1/14 november) van 1992 en een zaterdag. Het weer was grijs en het leek alsof er regen op komst was. Ik was al 6 jaar priester. Ik was heel…