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Cross-generational Communication - Bridging the Gap
The “why” and the future
Where there is no love, there is no life!
Our Goal in Life - The Resurrection
World Day of Health and the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross: Two important celebrations with a significant meaning
A culture of “anti-thinking”
Next?
CHRISTMAS 2023
Mentoring caregivers of the elderly
Ministry and care without requiring recognition from others
The abrogation of a sense of society
Our Noble Lady
“Saints”
Shed a tear
CHRISTMAS 2022
May 11, 2022 - 17th Consultation European Network of Health Care Chaplaincy
PASCHA 2022 - The ray of light that passes through the darkness
HOLY WEEK 2022
April 7, 2022 - “Our planet, our health”
War and the Small Nations
January 23, 2022 - Disunity and Friendship
January 10, 2022 - So what is time?
CHRISTMAS 2021 - We all hoped but did not believe
November 26, 2021 - Facing the genuineness of our faith and love and our ability to care for others
October 29, 2021 - PAIN
October 21, 2021 - Feast of the Holy Physicians at the Fanar
October 17, 2021 - Synaxis of the Holy Doctors
September 9, 2021 - A Mindful Practice of Ecosystem Stewardship
August 21, 2021 - After three months A personal thought
May 28, 2021 - The unexpected pandemic and the unexpected event of the Resurrection
February 22, 2014 - “What is hell?”
February 16, 2014 - The meaning of freedom and the existential impasse of our times
January 26, 2014 - The prudent man and the therapeutic acts of God’s judgment
January 19, 2014 - We should not think that Christ will not heal us
January 12, 2014 - The condescension of Christ and our calling
NEW YEARS 2014 - Time, The envious and spiteful old man
CHRISTMAS 2013
December 8, 2013 - Stillness, Freedom and Counter-Reaction in Confession
November 23, 2013 - The good that we do for our fellowman
November 17, 2013 - Time, Death and our Personhood
November 10, 2013 - Why is man so passionately fond of destruction and chaos?
November 3, 2013 - “Between you and us a great chasm has been fixed”
November 1, 2013 - Holy and Wondrous Miracle Workers Kosmas and Damian
October 27, 2013 - Faith, Martyrdom and Infidelities
October 6, 2013 - Facing Death and Christ
September 22, 2013 - Why is there so much loneliness amongst us?
September 15, 2013 - What does it mean to be crucified for your brother and to hold his burden?
September 8, 2013 - The Direction that Genetics is Taking Today
2013, Day of Pray for the Environment - Man and Nature
August 25, 2013 - Involuntary humility
August 18, 2013 - Post-Feast Day Choices
August 11, 2013 - The First Fifteen Days of August, Our Loneliness and the All-Holy Virgin
August 4, 2013 - The Sacrament as a Therapeutic Medicine of the Community
July 28, 2013 - The feeling of failure and psychological-spiritual exhaustion
July 21, 2013 - Fear of God is of two kinds - St. Maximos the Confessor
July 14, 2013 - The exaggeration of our difficulties and the need for humility - St. John Chrysostom
July 7, 2013 - Our mission and our personal difficulties
June 30, 2013 - What is our mission in complex and divided world?
June 23, 2013 - The Holy Spirit and the gifts that are granted to us - St. Nicholas Kavasilas
June 16, 2013 - The Ascension, Peace and human tumultuousness - St. Gregory of Palamas
June 9, 2013 - Health is not always good for the soul - St. Maximos the Confessor
May 19, 2013 - "There is nothing worse than a person who does not know how to love." - St. John Chrysostom
May 12, 2013, Sunday of St. Thomas - “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” - Pray of St. Isaac the Syrian
April 28, 2013 - The Lord was going toward His voluntary Passion - St. Theophanis the Recluse
April 21, 2013 - “Are you able to drink the cup that I drink?”
April 14, 2013 - Pain as it is related to death - Archim. Joel Giannakopoulos
April 7, 2013 - The Power of Love is Hope - St. John the Climax
March 17, 2013 - “A sign of compassion is forgiveness of every debt” - St. Isaac the Syrian
March 10, 2013 - “The things that I say to others and counsel, I do not do” – St. Romanos Melodos
March 3, 2013 - The struggle that is needed in order to crush death - Macarius of Egypt
When the Church speaks and when it remains silent - Ecum. Patriarch Bartholomew
February 17, 2013 - “Oh how much I enjoy talking with others” - Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras
February 10, 2013 - The Definition of Pain and Suffering
February 3, 2013 - The Greatness of Man - Archim. Sophronios
January 27, 2013 - When a child is ill and needed the adjustments of the family - Danai Papadatou
January 20, 2013 - An honest and true friend – St. Maximos the Confessor
January 13, 2013 - What we call “philanthropic work”
January 6, 2013 - With full knowledge we sing to Thee – St. Maximos the Confessor
December 25, 2012 - CHRISTMAS 2012
December 16, 2012 - Rob and Cindy, their pain and misfortune and Christmas
December 9, 2012 - “Let us visit Christ” - St. Gregory the Theologian
December 2, 2012 - The real danger of hospitalization - A. Papathanasiou
November 25, 2012 - What is Psychological Death - Dimitrios Kiriazis
November 18, 2012 - The misfortune of pain and the joy of life
November 11, 2012 - Only if you choose to – St. John Chrysostom
November 4, 2012 - Our Guardian Angel, St. Anthony the Great
October 28, 2012 - The disposition toward offering love
October 21, 2012 - If we want to understand death
October 14, 2012 - Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Mt 6:10).
October 7, 2012 - “Remember us all Lord our God”
September 30, 2012 - The ecclesiastical community does not just “stand - by"
September 23, 2012 - The Cross as the Gift of God
September 16, 2012 - Without the Cross
December 14, 2014 - Before we pastor others we must first pastor ourselves in a proper way
CHRISTMAS 2014 - Our difficulties will pass
NEW YEAR 2015 - God gives us time
January 11, 2015 - The uncovering of our self
January 18 2015 - In the final analysis, who is mad?
January 24, 2015 - Do not compare yourself with the weakest of people
February 1, 2015 - Humility and self-esteem
February 8, 2015 - The freedom that is found in the love of the Father
February 15, 2015 - Love and the Flames of Hell
April 1, 2015 - Lazarus is sick
Pascha 2015
May 10, 2015 - The hell of frenetic passivity
June 7, 2015 - The Pastoral Relationship and Man’s Sacredness
June 13, 2015 - The meter of asceticism is philanthropy
June 28, 2015 - A life without detour
July 5, 2015 - Before the void
July 12, 2015 - Τhe cry of those that are weary and burdened
July 26, 2015 - When we feed on love
August 2, 2015 - You and the Sick
August 30, 2015 - Difficulties and Will
September 8, 2015 - What is clean and what isn’t
October 4, 2015 - When love is not an act
November 1, 2015 - Medical Science
September 1, 2018 - Day of the protection of the environment
March 22, 2015 - Anger
March 17, 2017 - The Tears of Consolation
March 31, 2013 - The Shadow of Death - St. Maximos the Confessor
November 30, 2013 - The crucifying endurance of the first called, the denial of the cross and the sufferings of man and the church
October 20, 2013 - Let everyone be important in your eyes
The anxiety about death and the meaning of immortality
March 15, 2015 - Our only health is the disease
May 18, 2014 - One of the greatest ailments of our times – the difficulty to commit one’s self to a relationship
March 2, 2014 - Sunday of Forgiveness
March 9, 2014 - The collapse of cultures, the hopelessness of the people and the lack of faith
March 16, 2014 - The repenter has need of help
March 23, 2014 - The hope that is found in difficulties
March 31, 2014 - The meter for spiritual guidance and the spiritual age of each person
April 6, 2014 - The eros that unites
Pascha 2014 - Christ is Risen!
Holy Week 2014 - The Wounds that healed us
April 27, 2014 - “Blessed are those that do not see and yet believe”
May 11, 2014 - “Lord, I have no one” – the most profound experience of illness
May 25, 2014 - Those that see and those that do not see
June 1, 2014 - The medical care of the body and the internal man
Pentecost - All Saints Sunday - The Holy Spirit and the relics of the Saints
June 22, 2014 - Το the sick brother who said “I am a burden to him”
June 29, 2014 - Feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
July 6, 2014 - Maximus the Confessor
July 13, 2014 - The beginning and end of Christian leadership
July 27, 2014 - St. Ioustinos Popovits
August 3, 2014 - Love is forbearing
September 14, 2014 - No one can escape the cross
November 9, 2015 - The Bishop as Pastor and his Flock
November 29, 2015 - Man - the center of tragedy
December 6, 2015 - The realist and miracles
December 15, 2015 - The sheep, the cattle and the spiritual manger of the Church
Christmas 2015
January 6, 2016 - “To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter”
January 24, 2016 - How should a Christian approach his fellow man?
January 31, 2016 - The opposite of peace
February 7, 2016 - Let us not beg for love
February 28, 2016 - Do we live in a faraway land?
March 6, 2016 - Can a Man judge his Fellow Creatures? Faith to the End.
April 3, 2016 - Αre we willing to suffer with Christ?
April 10, 2016 - The Joy and Grief of Forgiveness
After Rhodes 2017
May 8, 2016 - When you believe in the Resurrected Christ
May 22, 2016 - Enduring emptiness and loneliness
June 2, 2016 - Spirituality and Health
June 13, 2016 - "THE HOLY AND GREAT SYNOD" The malfuction caused by foolish zeal under the pretext of divine inspiration
June 26, 2016 - Catholicity and Health
July 12, 2016 - What is the traditional way to pastor?
July 20, 2016 - When you prefer temporary things over love
August 23, 2016 - Hope, support and salvation of the sick
October 18, 2016 - Do not allow your self to slumber!
October 31, 2016 - The difficulty to find the necessary faith
November 14, 2016 - When the sense of God’s presence and the sense of Man is absent
November 27, 2016 - How should we care for people?
December 11, 2016 - The Star of the East and our darkness
December 30, 2016 - Coming to know God in the joys and difficulties of life
January 29, 2017 - Prayer for health: a demand or a supplication?
February 12, 2017 - Isolation of the sick
February 19, 2017 - The Two Tears
March 6, 2017 - Healing through repentance and forgiving
April 21, 2017 - The power of the Cross and the Resurrection and the therapist’s efforts to heal
March 30, 2017 - God’s grace and the anxiety of bearing a child
May 21, 2017 - As much as you can
May 27, 2017 - The Problem of Pain
August 15, 2017 - O Lady, Mighty storms of misfortunes pass over me
June 20, 2017 - Life’s situations and our self
July 10, 2017 - Those that Suffer
July 17, 2017 - About Hope
July 23, 2017 - If we want to go up on the cross
August 5, 2017 - Taking Away Hope
Press Release
November 5, 2017 - The Miracle of the Holy Unmercenaries Sts. Kosmas and Damian
November 25, 2017 - Coordinator of the Patriarchal Network Meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Facing Disasters
December 22, 2017 - The Child, the Pediatrician Life and Death
CHRISTMAS 2017
The launching of The Society of Medical Professionals and Health Care Providers “St. Luke the Evangelist and Physician” of the Holy Metropolis of San Francisco
March 10, 2018 - The Cross and Pain
March 18, 2018 - Before the unjust death of a child
March 27, 2018 - Terrorism and the fear of absolute chaos
HOLY WEEK 2018 - The Wounded Bridegroom seeks the Wounded Bride
PASCHA 2018 - CHRIST IS RISEN
April 22, 2018 - The first resurrection - faith
May 9, 2018 - Our change after the Resurrection
June 8, 2018 - The healing apostolic mission of the Church
Reconciliation
October 28, 2018 - The mystery of life
December 9, 2018 - I want one thing - to be with You
CHRISTMAS 2018 - Prophecies, pseudo-realities and the new creation
Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Patriarchal Network
March 13, 2019 - The medicine of immortality
March 31, 2019 - Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross - The way of hope
April 7, 2019 - The sick person’s faith that heals
April 19, 2019 - Wait for the LORD!
Holy Week 2019
May 5, 2019 - “Enter all, therefore, into the joy of our Lord”
May 30, 2019 - The demons of loneliness
June 23, 2019 - The Tollbooth Phenomenon
July 23, 2019 - The “Royal priesthood” of the Church and the “dignified stature” of our People
August 11, 2019 - The New Archbishops and the Patriarchal Network New Challenges - New Prospects
August 17, 2019 - Kyriakodromion
August 29, 2019 - Fasting and Prayer that either heals or brings on death
September 14, 2019 - The Cross and our sufferings
September 29, 2019 - The gate of compassion
October 20, 2019 - The joys and agonies of a new mother
October 27, 2019 - “In your patience, acquire your soul”
Vasilios Kambourakis, a treasured servant of the “Patriarchal Network” has reposed
December 15, 2019 - “A certain man gave a great supper and invited many”
New Year's Day 2020 - Time - The King of Eternity
EPIPHANY 2020
January 19, 2020 - Seeking the Lord
February 2, 2020 - Feast of the Presentation of our Lord - Patient Trust
February 16, 2020 - Sunday of the Prodigal Son, The humble cry to our Heavenly Father
O all-holy Theotokos
March 19, 2020 - O Lord
March 20, 2020 - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
March 22, 2020 - Rejoice, the faithful guide
March 25, 2020 - Wisdom and understanding – the foundations of prudence
Prayer during pandemic illness
March 28, 2020 - Knowing God in a time of sorrows
April 3, 2020 - The Akathist Hymn
April 5, 2020 - Wrestling with our faith
April 8, 2020 - Proclaiming the Resurrection by way of the Cross
Saturday of Lazarus - Palm Sunday 2020 - What is your answer?
HOLY WEΕΚ 2020 - The Cross and the world
April 24, 2020 - The joy of Pascha amidst the sorrow of a pandemic: Alexandria 262 A.D.
Day of Prayer for Overcoming the Pandemic
May 24, 2020 - The path of peace in a pandemic
PENTECOST 2020 - THE FORTRESS OF FEAR AND THE ABODE OF LOVE
June 14, 2020 - The Ascetic and the Doctor
July 5, 2020 - Are we ready? Thoughts and concerns regarding the future
July 18, 2020 - “Why?”
August 1, 2020 - When sickness has overcome you
August 12, 2020 - “Totally bewildered, I cry out to you in anguish!”
September 20, 2020 - About friendship in times of hardship
Consultation regarding the Pandemic
2η Συνεδρία – 2nd Session
3rd Session
4th Session
5th Session
6th Session
7th Session - FINAL SESSION
FINAL SESSION
Consultation's Summary
April 2, 2021 - The miracle of forgiveness and relationships
Appeal of Christian Health Networks Regarding Covid-19 Vaccines with the Participation of the Patriarchal Network
Farewell Nikos!
Holy Week 2021 - Pseudo-charismatics and the Cross
October 17 - The New Feast Day of the “Synaxis of the Holy Doctors”
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