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Greatmartyr Mercurius of Caesarea, in Cappadocia…
The Holy Great Martyr Mercurius, a Scythian by descent, served as a soldier in the Roman army. The impious emperors Decius (249-251) and Valerian (253-259) issued a decree ordering all Roman citizens...
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Thanksgiving Vespers…
Everyone capable of thanksgiving is capable of salvation and eternal joy. Wherefore we Thine unworthy servants offer praise to Thee our Savior, For Thou hast given all things to us, even our very...
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tested…
Filed under: asceticism, Christian, Cross, Eastern Orthodox, faith, passions, repentance, saints, spiritual life
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the Maiden entered the house of the Lord…
Saint Germanus…writes that when Zacharias took the Maiden by the hand and joyfully led her into the Holy Place, he said to her, ‘Come, O performance of my prophecy; come, fulfillment of the Lord’s...
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Thou art a vineyard –შენ ხარ ვენახი
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3SPx7ZvM7k Georgian Orthodox hymn to the Theotokos English translation: “Thou art a vineyard, newly blossomed out. Tender, beautiful, planted in Eden, Aloe-scented from...
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Forefeast of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple
Troparion Tone 4 Today is the prelude of the good will of God, of the preaching of the salvation of mankind. The Virgin appears in the Temple of God, in anticipation proclaiming Christ to all. Let...
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love and my refusal to listen…
photo: Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images XCIX Few have listened, O Lord, and yet there are those who believe. Few are those, who fix their eyes on their Lord and follow His gaze. I am searching for those...
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The Church is a hospital…
A fundamental teaching of the Holy Fathers is that the Church is a “Hospital” which cures the wounded man. In many passages of Holy Scripture such language is used. One such passage is that of the...
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Who is my neighbor?…
Vasily Perov’s Wanderer (no date) Now it is not the lawyer who is questioning Christ and is being unmasked by the Lord. Rather it is we, my dear ones, who have become the disputers of this world, but...
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Our Venerable Father Paisius Velichkovsky…
November 15 Beginning of the Nativity Fast Our Venerable Father Paisius Velichkovsky (1794) He was born in Ukraine in 1722, one of the many children of a priest. He attended the Ecclesiastical Academy...
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A clear rule for self-control…
St John Cassian ~ icon “A clear rule for self-control handed down by the Fathers is this: stop eating while still hungry and do not continue until you are satisfied. When the Apostle said, ‘Make no...
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The Glory of the Cross…
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Chapter XVIII Let my spirit be counted as nothing for the sake of the cross, which is a stumbling-block to those that do not believe, but to us salvation and...
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Valentinus, the martyr…
Source: Preachers Institute by Fr. John Bockman Around 1928, when I was in the second grade, a good part of the winter was spent constructing what I recall as a fantastic make-believe classroom post...
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Once Saul, Always Saul…
by Priest Patrick Henry The Bible does not explain why the name of Saul, the early persecutor of Christians, was changed to Paul, but also the Bible does not discourage speculation on the point....
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Saint Ignatius, the God-bearer…
The bitter death of Christ dulled the stinger of death And drove away for ever the irrational fear of death. A flock of martyrs swarmed after Christ In death – but, without fear, without complaints...
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Hieromartyr Blaise, Bishop of Sebaste (316)
He was born in the province of Armenia, and was a physician by profession. Such was his reputation for holiness that his fellow-citizens elected him Bishop of Sebaste in eastern Anatolia. Though there...
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the sweetness of angels, the joy of all those afflicted…
Lyrics, In English: “O ye Apostles from afar, being now gathered together, here in the place called Gethsemane, give burial to my body; and thou my Son and my God, receive Thou my spirit. Thou art the...
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On Times of Darkness…
Chapter 23 from The Way of the Ascetics by Tito Colliander The weather shifts from cloudy to clear and then back to rain: thus it is with human nature. One must always expect clouds to hide the sun...
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 130,000 times in...
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Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Click to view slideshow. God is with us!Filed under: Christian, Eastern Orthodox, Jesus Christ, love, Nativity of Christ
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