‘’My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9) To keep St Paul from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given to him in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass him, to keep him from being too elated. Three times he besought the Lord about …
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GRANDPARENTS RESTRICTED
Marriage breakdowns shut out grandparents from seeing their grandchildren 22 May 2014 – Neos Kosmos Newspaper HELEN VELISSARIS Maria* hasn’t seen her granddaughter for more than a year. She sits, nervously crumpling the papers in her hands, trying to get the words out. Her granddaughter is the only living connection she has to her son. He passed away four years …
Read More »Peer support workshops aim to ease the pain of porn addiction
By Julia Medew Health Editor – The Age Newspaper 10 October 2014 Like most men, Hugh Martin’s first encounter with porn was accidental. When he was about eight, he stumbled across a “fairly extreme” magazine at a friend’s house – the possession of a man who clearly needed to find a better hiding place for his stash. “It was incredibly confronting, but I …
Read More »Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer – Documentary (TV version)
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Read More »Taybeh Oktoberfest Cancelled
Dear Friends of Saint George Taybeh, Usually this time of year for the last nine years, I have been organizing our Oktoberfest celebration and always asking for your prayers since it is a miracle to do such crazy things in a conservative society. I am sharing this press release because I have not been able to write much else being …
Read More »St. Kosmas Aitolos on the Holy Apostles
By St. Kosmas the Aetolian Just as a ruler who has fields and vineyards hires workers, so our Lord Jesus Christ has us as a vineyard. He took twelve Apostles and blessed them and sent them to the whole world. And if men wish to live well and in peace here in this vain world, the most gracious God will …
Read More »The Third Pappou (Grandfather): Icon of a true Greek Orthodox Christian Gentleman
When pappou Manoli’s son discovered the cache of five dollar notes in his father’s shaving equipment, he contrived of a fitting way to ensure his father’s legacy
Read More »Metopolitan Anthony of Sourouzh – On Suffering
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The recent theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewellery and other votive items from the monastery of Panayia Kamariani shocked members of the Greek community DEAN KALIMNIOU – 25 Aug 2014 NEOS KOSMOS The recent theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewellery and other votive items dedicated to the Panayia from the monastery of Panayia …
Read More »Turkey’s Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955
Britain’s Role, the U.S. Response and Lessons for Today Gene Rossides September 13, 2005 Greek News Britain opposed freedom and democracy for Cyprus following World War II and bears the original and primary responsibility for the post-World War II tragedies that have befallen Cyprus. While other colonies were gaining their freedom, Cyprus was told by the British Minister of State …
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ModeOfLife Become love as God exhorts us, for this is the true starting point for changing your life and the world. For it is love that will bring respect, justice and equity into the world, not our personal opinion of what justice or equity is.