Panoramic view of the top of the Great Ridge, upon which our Holy Monastery is situated.

The exceptional natural environment measures up to the clear gaze and the high aims of those exercising themselves here and of their Spiritual Father, bringing about comfort and a "rinsing" of our souls on this unforgettable last day of 1995.

With honor.
Litsa Ioannou Hadziphotis
31 December 1995

 

January, 2000

1 S + OUR LORD’S CIRCUMCISION. Basil the Great. 17 M + Anthony the Great. Martyr George of Ioannina.
2 S + SUNDAY BEFORE THEOPHANY. Serapheim of Sarov. Juliana. 18 T + Athanasios & Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria.
3 M Prophet Malachi. 19 W Macarios the Great. Mark of Ephesus.
4 T Synaxis of the 70 Apostles. Theoktistos. 20 T + Euthymios the Great. Eusebios & Eutychios, Martyrs.
5 W + Eve of Theophany (fast). Theopemptos. Theonas. Blessed Synkletiki. 21 F Maximos the Confessor. Neophytos. Eugene of Trapezounta.
6 T + HOLY THEOPHANY. 22 S Apostle Timothy. Anastasios the Persian.
7 F + Synaxis of John the Baptist. 23 S + 14th SUNDAY OF LUKE. Clement, Agathangelos, Dionysios of Olympus.
8 S George the Choszebite. Domnica. 24 M Blessed Xenia. Babylas.
9 S + SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY. Martyr Polyeuctos, Eustratios. 25 T + Gregory The Theologian. Margarita.
10 M Gregory of Nyssa. 26 W Xenophon, Maria & their children.
11 T Theodosius the Great. Agapios. 27 T + Translation of the relics of St. John Chrysostom.
12 W Tatiana & Mertios, Martyrs. 28 F Ephraim the Syrian. Isaac of Ninevah. Blessed Palladius.
13 T Hermylos & Stratonikos the Martyrs. 29 S Translation of the relics of St. Ignatius. Martyr Philotheos.
14 F The Holy Fathers martyred in Sinai & Raitho. Agnes. 30 S + The Three Hierarchs. Discovery of the Icon of the Theotokos.
15 S Paul of Thebes. John the Cave-dweller. 31 M Cyrus & John, the Unmercenary Physicians.
16 S + 12th SUNDAY OF LUKE. Veneration of the Apostle Peter’s chains.
 
 

In the now we can find Christ, "while it is called today" (Heb. 3:13), or, we can prepare His meeting with us. "Procrastination", as we learned from our childhood, "is the way to never-never land." Postponing something for tomorrow, it will never happen, no matter what it is; whether it's getting a degree or learning a language or, and this is a burning issue, confessing or reconciling with your enemy. When you say, "Oh…!, tomorrow", or, "let him be the first to speak", or, "how can I say it to him?" or, "we'll see", within the heart a deviousness, a sloth, a despondency, a procrastination, a decay starts taking over…


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