The Benefit of Sorrow.
But people who believe in God should not despond, because through sorrows they receive the rights of sons, without which one cannot enter...
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Serviam
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Light in Darkness.
The existence of Russia is of a great spiritual and cultural value – not only for you and me, but for all humanity. The special value of...
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Serviam
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Life Passes Quickly.
The days pass and fly away. The hours run without stopping. In the headlong rush of time the world nears its end. Not one day will...
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Serviam
Oct 30, 20231 min read
The Last True Rebellion.
“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But...
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Serviam
Oct 27, 202313 min read
Hollow American Finds Holy Orthodoxy.
hollow /hŏl′ō/ adjective 1. Having a cavity, gap, void or space within. This re-published post is longer than normal. But it's...
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Serviam
Oct 17, 20234 min read
Wrecked by the World Wide Web.
Living in this age of information consumption places new burdens on us as humans, subjecting us to a different form of enslavement....
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Serviam
Oct 9, 20232 min read
You Are What You Eat.
"Man is what he eats." With this statement the German materialistic philosopher Feuerbach thought he had put an end to all "idealistic"...
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Serviam
Sep 18, 20234 min read
Trials Teach.
May the Lord give us all the spiritual and physical strength to survive these times. Send, O Lord, Thy mercy to every one of us....
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Serviam
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Become Holy.
We're all sinners. But everyone can become a Saint. However, people are terrified and think, “How can I read all the prayers and...
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Serviam
Aug 21, 20234 min read
The Arena.
I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...
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Serviam
Aug 16, 20233 min read
The Great Price of the Pearl.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner... Most Holy...
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Serviam
Jun 13, 20235 min read
Sickness Exists Because of Sin.
Sickness exists in the world only because of sin. There would be no sickness at all, neither mental nor physical, if man had not sinned....
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Serviam
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Father Forgive Them.
Great and Holy Friday 2023 "Then they delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross,...
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Serviam
Apr 11, 20237 min read
The Angelic Life.
A glorious finish awaits your small ascetic struggle, and an endless reward will be granted for your temporary labors. Our Creator has...
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Serviam
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Loving Union with God.
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians - especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the...
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Serviam
Mar 31, 20233 min read
Rise. Walk.
"If you will have patience in difficulties, you know the Holy Spirit is within you. If you will also have the strength to be thankful in...
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Serviam
Mar 29, 20233 min read
Deeper the Sorrow the Closer is God.
We must have our gaze fixed on heaven. Then nothing here can shake us. When tribulations come of their own accord, do not fear them. ...
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Serviam
Mar 27, 20233 min read
On Affliction, Pain and Labors.
Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....
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Serviam
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Christ is in Our Midst!
We do not choose the time we are to be born in this world, but we do choose how we will spend our time in this world. We choose how to...
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Serviam
Mar 17, 20233 min read
Don't Think You are Anything Special.
A sampling of the Patristic Orthodox wisdom of the reposed Blessed Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim (Rose). An American protestant, who was among...
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