The Best of January 2021 by the Mystagogy Resource Center (MRC)

 

 

Below is the monthly review for the month of January 2021 of the ten most popular articles on johnsanidopoulos.com, then all the posts made on the other websites of the Mystagogy Resource Center in order of popularity.

JohnSanidopoulos.com

1. After More Than Four Months, An Icon of the Virgin Mary Continues to "Weep" in a Suburb of Athens

2. Three Prayers For Every Orthodox Christian Household

3. The German Soldier Who Shot a Bullet at an Icon of Saint Barbara

4. What My Grandmother Taught Me

5. Testimony of a Student of Athoniada on Mount Athos Regarding an Appearance of Saint Nikephoros the Leper

6. The Russian Church Fulfills the Theory of "First Without Equals"

7. The Death-Bed Confession of a Persecutor of Christians

8. "Electrifying" Your Home With the Energy of the Holy Spirit (Metr. Athanasios of Limassol)

9. Holy Water and the Averting of Natural Disasters and Epidemics

10.  Two Most Recent Miracles of Venerable David of Evia and Saint Iakovos Tsalikes

 

HoneyAndHemlock.com

1. A Shocking Movie Scene With a Tangible Reality

 

2. Short Film: "Maria of 11" (2018)

 

3. Dostoevsky's Pandemic

 

4. Short Film: "Naaman and Elisha" (2013)

 

 

Bio-Orthodoxy.com

1. "A Blessing and Gift of God": Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus Is Vaccinated

 

2. The New Vaccine Against the Coronavirus from a Scientific Perspective

 

Eschatologia.com

1. Notes on the Apocalypse of John (Third Teaching of Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol)

 

2. Saint Timothy of Kakhushta and the Delusional Apocalyptic Preacher

 

3. On the Second Coming of Our Lord Jesus Christ (St. Ephraim the Syrian)

Daimonologia.org

1. The Devil's Lament (St. Ephraim the Syrian)

 

2. Saint Dionysios of Olympus and the Monk Who Summoned a Demon

 

3. Saint Kuksha of Odessa and the Power of Holy Water  

4. The Exorcism That Led to the Building of a Chapel in Honor of Saint Seraphim of Sarov

 

5. Demonizing Others Often Begins With Our Own Unquestioned Thoughts of Suspicion (St. Paisios the Athonite)

OrthodoxyAndWorldReligions.com

1. Study Finds Many Spiritual Practices Boost Narcissism and Feelings of Superiority

 

2. Saint Paul, Martyred by the Turks in Tripoli in 1818, Being Rebuked By His Dead Mother When He Converted to Islam

 

3. Saint Paul, Having Converted to Islam, Repented and Became a Monk on Mount Athos, and Returning to Tripoli to Confess His Christian Faith, Was Beheaded at the Age of 28 in 1818

Erotapokriseis.com

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NewMyriobiblon.com

1. Book Review: "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church" by Vladimir Lossky

 

2. Book Review: "The Orthodox Church. Its Past and Its Role in the World Today" by John Meyendorff

OrthodoxYouthResources.com

1. Teaching Children Not To Be Egotistical (St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyva)

PraxisAndTheoria.org

1. Interview With a Popular Orthodox Christian Metropolitan About the Challenges of his Childhood

 

2. Orthodox Christian Youth and Suicide (St. Ephraim of Katounakia)

 

3. Short Film: "Strange Mystery" (2020) 

GnothiSeauton.org

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SalvationOfSinners.com

1. subscription only