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Religion

Christianity

God Is Within Us

By Augustine of Hippo (Sermon 23, on Psalm 73, preached January 20, 413; PL 38, 155-162, in Ichtus_11: The Paths to God (1967) The Master's Disarray 1. The psalm we…

15 November 2025 · 22 min read

Christianity

Violence as Pseudo-Identity*

Fr. Vasilios Thermos** The issue we will deal with today is a difficult and painful one. I think we have all noticed the increase in violence both in our homes…

15 November 2025 · 17 min read

International

Three priests arrested for drug trafficking in Greece

Three priests suspected of storing drugs in a church are among eight suspects arrested in a major operation against a drug trafficking network in Greece at the beginning of November,…

14 November 2025 · 3 min read

Education

Orthodox Christianity can now be taught in Dutch schools

A three-year pilot program has begun in the Netherlands to teach Orthodoxy in the school system for children aged 6 to 12. This opportunity exists because Orthodox Christianity is officially…

14 November 2025 · 4 min read

Christianity

Donald Trump invited to visit Mount Athos

The invitation to US President Donald Trump to visit Mount Athos was extended by the administrative manager of the Athos monastic "state" Alkivias Stefanis, he announced in an interview with…

10 November 2025 · 2 min read

Charities

There are 4,190 church charity structures in Greece

Nearly 1.5 million Greeks benefited from the charitable activities of the Greek Orthodox Church in 2024, which, through its volunteers and charity structures, spent nearly 128 million euros on charity.…

10 November 2025 · 1 min read

Christianity

Has the original Bible reached us?

[part II) By  Andrey Desnitsky The Biblical Canon. The Boundaries of Scripture The Bible stands on the bookshelf – you can pick it up and look at the contents. But…

4 November 2025 · 14 min read