Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Deliverer by Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk

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The very incarnation of the Son of God and His coming into the world strongly encourages sinners to repentance. For whose sake did Christ co...
Sunday, November 29, 2020

Why Go to Church Every Sunday by Fr. Daniel Sysoyev

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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord (Psalm 121:1). People often ask priests: “Why should we go to church...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

How to Partake of Food by St. Gregory of Sinai

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-- What shall I say about the belly, the queen of the passions? If you can deaden or half-deaden it, do not relent. It has mastered me, belo...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

Saint Ephraim the Syrian on Love

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Rightly did the Lord say, ‘My burden is light’. For what sort of weight is it, what sort of toil is it to forgive one’s brother his offences...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

The Holy Theotokos – Image of an Ideal Woman

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One of the most terrible manifestations of our times is the complete distortion of the image of an ideal woman. The ideal image depicted for...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Lack of Faith and God’s Providence

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None of our own attempts and efforts can save us without the help of God, but neither can God’s help be beneficial to us without our own wis...
Thursday, June 25, 2020

Acquire the Love of Paul and You’ll Have a Perfect Crown

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(Saint John Chrysostom: In Praise of the Holy Apostle Paul, III) Demonstrating the power of human will and the fact that we can fly...