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Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Monday, July 24, 2023

Saint Christina and the Reptiles of the Magicians

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Julian, the governor of the city of Tyre, wanting to defeat the young maiden Christina, the invincible Martyr of Christ, at any cost, called...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Saint Dionysios of Olympus and the Monk Who Summoned a Demon

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  There was a monk at Beroea who was only slightly educated. One day a book on divination came into his hands, and out of curiosity he read ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

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

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  Saint Paisios once said:   We must question our thoughts of suspicion. I will tell you of an incident so you can see what these thoughts d...
Thursday, April 23, 2020

Holy Martyr Athanasios Who Was a Sorcerer, Converted by Saint George

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St. Athanasios the Martyr (Feast Day - April 23) Verses Athanasios the sorcerer was beheaded, The ailing soul found a strange medicine...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

The Power of the Cross Against Demons and Magic (St. Athanasius the Great)

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By St. Athanasius the Great (Excerpts from On the Incarnation ) - "Since the Savior has come among us, idolatry not only has no long...
Friday, March 20, 2020

A Warning to Those Who Abstain from Holy Communion for Five Weeks in a Row

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St. Makarios the Great of Egypt (Feast Day - January 19) By Palladius, Bishop of Helenopolis ( Lausiac History , Ch. 17 - Makarios of E...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Holy Martyr Theokletos the Sorcerer

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St. Theokletos the Martyr (Feast Day - February 26) Verses Theokletos was called towards divine knowledge, He glorifies that he is cal...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

The Holy Water and the Magical Potion

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By Manolis Melinos A priest in Russia, after the Sanctification of the Waters on Theophany, was filling bottles of Holy Water for his pari...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

A Miracle of Saint Cyprian of Antioch in 1966

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By Archimandrite Haralambos Vasilopoulos In 1966 there was a 29 year old young man, a soccer player from Athens, who was at the brink of d...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Saints Lucian and Marcian: Two Former Magicians Who Died for their Faith in Christ

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Sts. Lucian and Marcian the Martyrs (Feast Day - October 26) The Holy Martyrs Lucian and Marcian, living in the darkness of idolatry, ap...
Friday, June 29, 2018

Simon Magus and the Apostle Peter

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At the outbreak of the persecution (c. 37 A.D.) of the early Christian community at Jerusalem that began with the martyrdom of St. Stephen,...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Demonology in the Life of Saint Dionysios of Olympus

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By Monk Agapios Landos The Young Girl From Katerini In the spring, Saint Dionysios went to the city of Katerini. On the road, he met a gr...
Monday, October 2, 2017

The Confession of Saint Cyprian of Antioch

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All you who take offence at the mysteries of Christ, take a look at my tears, and take notice of the power of all that is contained in them...
Monday, September 18, 2017

Marilyn Manson Warns Against Black Magic

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Marilyn Manson was featured on "Celebrity Ghost Stories" a few days prior to Halloween in 2010. He tells an interesting story of ...
Monday, February 20, 2017

Saint Leo of Catania and the Sorcerer Heliodoros

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By Agapios the Cretan On the island of Sicily, a diviner and sorcerer, named Heliodoros, wrought signs and marvels by demonic cooperation....
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Orthodox Fresco Condeming Witchcraft and Traditional Folk Magic

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A fresco of the Rila Monastery in Bulgaria, condemning witchcraft and traditional folk magic.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

When St. John the Theologian Faced the Magician Kynops on the Island of Patmos

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There was on the island of Patmos, where the Holy Apostle John was exiled to, a certain magician by the name of Kynops, who lived in the wi...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Saint Paisios the Athonite on Deluders and the Deluded

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"While evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deluding and being deluded."(1) Regarding the Delusion of the Pentecos...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Saint Paisios the Athonite on Sorcery

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Having spoken to you many times about Paradise, the Angels and the Saints so that you may be helped, I shall now also say a few words about...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

How Do Non-Orthodox Christians Work Miracles and Prophesy?

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Questions and Answers By St. Anastasios of Sinai, Bishop of Theoupoleos Question 20: With what power do those who believe and do the op...