The Saint Euphrosynos Cafe

I used to be vegan, so I don't eat as much meat as most people. Still, I eat it, thereby absolving me of any false sense of ethical superiority that I might come off as having by saying this: Angels are a light to monks, and monks are a light to men. Monks don't eat meat. As for the environmental is...

In Arabic, the word is Qudus, spelled like this...

I've noticed a widespread fascination with eschatology in Orthodox circles all over this country. It's important in other places, too, but really, what it does come down to is living as we are supposed to regardless of what's going on or who's in power doing what horrible thing. I think that there i...

I understand what you're saying Romionisi =) I actually didn't know that Greeks and Greeks :wink: from Cyprus considered Cypriots Greeks, but that's because I live across (way across) the pond! I was speaking more in Church terms, I guess, since they have their own sort of autonomy, to an extent (li...

I always thought the traditional thing was that women displayed their cross, whereas men did not. Speaking of crosses (and unfortunately, of material things) I really like the silver/blue enamel Soldier's Cross that they sell online. It's really nice (especially 'cos I'm a soldier, heheh). But I wou...