Greek News & Radio in the USA
Greek News & Radio in the USA
To those who think that Greece does not matter today, let me say that they could not make a bigger mistake. Today, like old Greece, is of the utmost importance for anyone looking to find himself.
Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American author
«Ο Πατήρ μου έως άρτι εργάζεται... καγώ εργάζομαι...» (Ιωάν. 5, 17)! ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ: Ο Πατέρας Μου εργάζεται εντατικά και ασταμάτητα, για την σωτηρία του κόσμου, έως αυτή την στιγμή... όπως κι' Εγώ μαζί Του! Κάθε χρόνο τέτοιον καιρό, με τους πρώτους θερινούς καύσωνες...
"Like rain upon the grass... and like drops that run down upon the earth..." (Psalm 71:6) INTERPRETATION: Like a refreshing rain in a time of drought... and like refreshing dew in a dry and arid world... Every day on Athos... in monasteries and hermitages, but also...
"Wonderful is God in His Saints..." (Psalm 67, 36) INTERPRETATION: God is glorified... "seen" upon the charismatic "theosis" of His Saints...! -What is a Saint of God...? -He is a, by Grace, "deified man"...! The most wonderful and...
"There is no death, Lord, for Your servants... when we depart from the body, and dwell with You, our God..." (From the Prayers of the Pentecostal Generosity) INTERPRETATION: There is no death, Lord, for Your faithful servants... when we depart from the body...
"Rest, Lord, all the souls who have already rested... in the hope of the resurrection of eternal life..." (From the Prayer of the Kneeling Woman) INTERPRETATION: Rest, Lord, in the safe and warm embrace of Your Love, all the souls who crossed over to the "other shore" of existence,...
"You send out Your Spirit and renew the face of the earth..." (Psalm 103:30) INTERPRETATION: You will send out Your Holy Spirit, Lord, and It will renew the entire earthly face... The entire festive meaning of Pentecost lies in the realization...
"O God of our Fathers (and Mothers!), who abides with us according to Your mercy, do not withdraw Your mercy from us, but through their supplications, govern our lives in peace." (Apolitykion of the Holy Fathers and Mothers of the Orthodox East). INTERPRETATION: God...
"Ascending into Heaven, from where You descended, do not leave us orphans, Lord! Send Your All-Holy Spirit, enlighten our souls..." (From the Hymnology of the Ascension of the Savior) INTERPRETATION: Lord, do not leave us orphans... now that You have ascended into Heaven, from...
"With the eyes of my soul darkened, I come to You, O Christ, as one blind from birth, crying out in repentance to You: You, the exceedingly bright Light in darkness" (From the Hymnology of the Sunday of the Blind) INTERPRETATION: With the eyes of my soul darkened... I come to You,...
"They took the living thing while it was quenching its thirst...!" (Verse of a folk song...) [ Note: It is an unwritten law of "predatory morality" that the predator first let his prey quench its thirst... and then take it! And the violation of this "morality", although not punished...
«Ο Πατήρ μου έως άρτι εργάζεται... καγώ εργάζομαι...» (Ιωάν. 5, 17)! ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ: Ο Πατέρας Μου εργάζεται εντατικά και ασταμάτητα, για την σωτηρία του κόσμου, έως αυτή την στιγμή... όπως κι' Εγώ μαζί Του! Κάθε χρόνο τέτοιον καιρό, με τους πρώτους θερινούς καύσωνες...
"Like rain upon the grass... and like drops that run down upon the earth..." (Psalm 71:6) INTERPRETATION: Like a refreshing rain in a time of drought... and like refreshing dew in a dry and arid world... Every day on Athos... in monasteries and hermitages, but also...
"Wonderful is God in His Saints..." (Psalm 67, 36) INTERPRETATION: God is glorified... "seen" upon the charismatic "theosis" of His Saints...! -What is a Saint of God...? -He is a, by Grace, "deified man"...! The most wonderful and...
"There is no death, Lord, for Your servants... when we depart from the body, and dwell with You, our God..." (From the Prayers of the Pentecostal Generosity) INTERPRETATION: There is no death, Lord, for Your faithful servants... when we depart from the body...
"Rest, Lord, all the souls who have already rested... in the hope of the resurrection of eternal life..." (From the Prayer of the Kneeling Woman) INTERPRETATION: Rest, Lord, in the safe and warm embrace of Your Love, all the souls who crossed over to the "other shore" of existence,...
"You send out Your Spirit and renew the face of the earth..." (Psalm 103:30) INTERPRETATION: You will send out Your Holy Spirit, Lord, and It will renew the entire earthly face... The entire festive meaning of Pentecost lies in the realization...
"O God of our Fathers (and Mothers!), who abides with us according to Your mercy, do not withdraw Your mercy from us, but through their supplications, govern our lives in peace." (Apolitykion of the Holy Fathers and Mothers of the Orthodox East). INTERPRETATION: God...
"Ascending into Heaven, from where You descended, do not leave us orphans, Lord! Send Your All-Holy Spirit, enlighten our souls..." (From the Hymnology of the Ascension of the Savior) INTERPRETATION: Lord, do not leave us orphans... now that You have ascended into Heaven, from...
"With the eyes of my soul darkened, I come to You, O Christ, as one blind from birth, crying out in repentance to You: You, the exceedingly bright Light in darkness" (From the Hymnology of the Sunday of the Blind) INTERPRETATION: With the eyes of my soul darkened... I come to You,...
"They took the living thing while it was quenching its thirst...!" (Verse of a folk song...) [ Note: It is an unwritten law of "predatory morality" that the predator first let his prey quench its thirst... and then take it! And the violation of this "morality", although not punished...