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Sobriety and Sorrow: Distinct Yet Interconnected

Father Charalambos Papadopoulos

• 8 March 2024

When I first entered the Church as a child, filled with zeal and longing, I imagined that the people there would be smiling, that the Resurrection of Christ would shine in their eyes, and that their faces, most of all their hearts, would radiate joy. Yes, the cross and pain would be present—I had no…

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While we believe in our “virtues,” God will fill heaven with harlots and publicans

Father Charalambos Papadopoulos

• 29 February 2024

The harlot loved Christ and sought to meet Him where no sin can touch, nor destroy the light and beauty. There, in the deepest and most virgin part of existence, in the human heart. The harlot showed us that in the heart of a disciple can hide a betrayer, and in the heart of a…