Γέροντας Εφραίμ Φιλοθεΐτης: Τον εγωιστή άνθρωπο ο εγωισμός τον ρεζιλεύει και τον θεατρίζει - ΒΗΜΑ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΙΑΣ
Σήμερα θα μιλήσουμε για την μεγάλη πνευματική ασθένεια που λέγεται εγωισμός. Ο εγωισμός είναι ένα παράλογο πάθος που μαστίζει κυριολεκτικά όλο το ανθρώπινο γένος· όλοι οι άνθρωποι πάσχουμε από αυτή τη μεγάλη ασθένεια. Τον εγωιστή άνθρωπο ο εγωισμός τον ρεζιλεύει και τον θεατρίζει. Αυτόν τον εγωισμό καλούμεθα από το Θεό να αγωνιστούμε, να τον καταπολεμήσουμε,…
A Healthy Fetish
Just about all of what I post will continue to be attractive men who appeal to my specific tastes, preferences and fetishes (big beards, for example), and while I'm not shying away from nudity, it's not a central focus of this blog. This is a non-heterocentric space, which is to say that the...
Theosis – The Morning Offering
The meaning of salvation in the Ancient Church According to Protopresbyter George Metallinos, Dean of the Athens University School of Theology, “For we Orthodox the unique and absolute goal of life in Christ is theosis, our union with God, so that man – through his participation in God’s uncreated energy – may become “by the Grace of God” that which…
Christianity: A Way of Life – The Morning Offering
We are joined with the cloud of witnesses When we say that Christianity is a way of life, we are referring to the fact that the Church is the purveyor of divine revelation from our Creator. This divine revelation infuses us with a transformational power that lifts us up, changes us, and makes us whole. We have a cure in…