The Ladder. (Part 3)
Love Him with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your thoughts. Doing so, you will lead a peaceful life on this earth and a...
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- 4 days ago
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Practicing Piety. (Part 2)
(Continued from Part 1) Platon - Bishop of Kastroma As you partake of dinner, picture to yourself the image of Our Heavenly Father...
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- 7 days ago
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The Feast of Holy Theophany
January 6 / 19 - The Baptism of The Lord Troparion When Thou, O Lord, wast baptized in the Jordan, the worship of the Trinity was made...
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- 7 days ago
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Is Piety Possible? (Part 1)
Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...
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- Jan 18
- 3 min
A Battle of Wills.
My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...
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- Jan 16
- 4 min
Faith Without Doubt.
Become saints. Throw yourselves into becoming friends with Christ, into His love alone, into divine eros. Elder Porphyrios The whole...
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- Jan 13
- 3 min
The Secret in Illness.
The secret? To struggle to acquire the grace of God. We benefit greatly from our illnesses, as long as we endure them without complaint...
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- Jan 11
- 7 min
Wounded by Love.
I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...
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- Jan 9
- 1 min
Shine. Shine. O New Jerusalem.
The most perfect prayer. "...through the Cross Joy has come to all the World..." It is the privilege of the Orthodox Deacon to pray this...
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- Jan 7
- 1 min
Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Through His incarnation, through becoming man, becoming human, has God in the most manifest way entered into the very womb, the very...
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- Jan 6
- 2 min
Wings of Faith.
When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...
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- Jan 4
- 1 min
Ever Present Help.
Immanuel. God is with us. Wonderful Counselor. Lord of Life. Lord of All. Prince of Peace. Mighty God - Immanuel. St. Afanasy...
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- Dec 31, 2022
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The Luminous Eye.
The inner eye of the mind, or of the soul, functions by means of faith, in much the same way that the exterior, physical, eyes function...
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- Dec 28, 2022
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Death My Friend.
Terrible is the approach of death to people who are passionate, sinful and weak, who have not tried to live blamelessly in this vain...
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- Dec 27, 2022
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The Healer who Heals.
It is clear that healing itself, while resulting from natural processes, actually comes from God. Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet St. Theophilus...
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- Dec 23, 2022
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Making Sense of Suffering.
Suffering is an indication of another Kingdom which we look to. If being Christian meant being “happy” in this life, we wouldn’t need...
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- Dec 21, 2022
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The (real) Victors Valiant.
Victors over evil. It is one's personal effort to eradicate evil and to implant good that the essence of Christian struggle or...
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- Dec 20, 2022
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Later Than You Think.
Grant that my sickness may be the means of my true repentance and amendment of my life according to Thy will, that I may spend the rest...
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- Dec 16, 2022
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Whoa. Woe.
1. interjection: used to express grief, regret or distress 1. noun: a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief...
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- Dec 15, 2022
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Memento mori.
Remember, O man, that thou art dust. And unto dust shalt thou return. Riches do not remain. Glory does not accompany one to the other...
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