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the life according to God…
Monk at prayer (unknown) Study, then, O man, the life according to God and no one will conquer you at any time; and although you may be accounted the most insignificant of men, you will be more...
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life is a school…
Filed under: Christian, Eastern Orthodox, faith, spiritual life Tagged: Fr Daniel Sysoyev, odox, Russian Orthodox, russian orthodox church
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Patience is necessary…
Elder Joseph the Hesychast Patience is necessary, like salt in food. For there is no other road for us to gain, get rich and reign. This is the road that our Christ traced out. And all we who love Him...
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“If you want perfect love…
“If you want perfect love, go sell all your belongings, give them as charity and go where you find a master and sell yourself as a slave. Can you do this and be perfect? Seems heavy…” “You cannot do...
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joy & freedom…
Filed under: Eastern Orthodox Tagged: Eastern Orthodox Church, Elder Paisios, joy & freedom, monasticism, spiritual life
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obstacle on the path…
Healing the Blind Man- artist unknown A major obstacle on the path to the Gospel is the excessive preoccupation with oneself, one’s own person. There is nothing more spiritually deadly than to make...
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one method of curing the soul…
Holy Angel of Hesychia One of the fundamental methods of curing the soul is stillness in the full sense of the word. I believe that we have already made this clear. Contemporary man is seeking...
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Our Savior Jesus, the Element of life…
Our Savior Jesus, the Element of life, came to the Spring of Jacob, the head of the patriarchs, and was about to drink water at the hand of a Samaritan woman. But she intercepted Him by telling Him...
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Do not be slow to share…
You were not worthy of having, and you have what you hold through the grace of the Giver. Do not be slow to share with those who ask, as the woman of Samaria once shared. For having drawn water alone,...
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inward is the beginning of the outward…
Dmitri Petrov’s Prayer of an Expectant Mother (2005) Take no greater care than to correct your will and inward disposition. In this consists all the power of Christian piety. All outwardness without...
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there is but one single entry…
Be at peace with your own soul then heaven & earth will be at peace with you. Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you, And you will see the things that are in heaven, for there is...
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The whole Triumphant Church was present…
The Proskomedia – artist unknown hat tip: Pantanassa Monastery There was once a priest who did not want to serve the liturgy because it was a cold winter day. The temperature was 10 degrees below zero...
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live not in yourselves alone…
Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky’s A Wedding 1904 On Marriage… So you, Borya [Boris], will finally marry… Well, may God grant you to receive this divine blessing on your family life. May it confirm your marital...
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the repentant’s lamentation…
It is characteristic of the poor to beg, and it is characteristic of man, impoverished by the Fall, to pray. Prayer is a fallen and repentant man’s appeal to God. Prayer is a fallen and repentant...
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St. Eskil of Tuna
from Fr Andreas of Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church (Ashland, Oregon) Today, June 11, the Church celebrates the memory of St. Eskil of Tuna, the Apostle of Södermanland. Eskil was one of the many...
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a mystery is of more benefit than a miracle…
For although God can change and transform diverse natures, yet because a mystery is of more benefit to me than a miracle, I should acknowledge in the Forerunner of Christ nothing greater than the...
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the prayer of King St Alfred the Great…
King St Alfred the Great We pray to you, O Lord, who are the supreme Truth, and all truth is from you. We beseech you, O Lord, who are the highest Wisdom, and all the wise depend on you for their...
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just because its pretty…
Galija/Galleass In the blue sunrise there was once a Galleass On that long ago God’s summer day, She raised the white mainsail under the clouds And waited for the wind to go to the far away land And...
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A hymn to Thy Holy, Glorious Apostles: Peter & Paul…
Ss Peter & Paul (artist unknown) Thou hast taken to Thyself, O Lord, the firm and God-proclaiming heralds, the chief Apostles, for the enjoyment of Thy blessings and for repose, for Thou has...
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the vocation and ministry of apostleship…
Igor Mashkov-Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess St Olga Enters the Church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople All Christians participate in the vocation and ministry of apostleship and thus in its gift....
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