Monday, December 24, 2018

Candles and feta cheese: Greek monastery nuns 'working around the clock' prepping for Christmas

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Christmas preparations are both spiritual and material, say the nuns at a monastery in Lachute, Que. Monastery website https://www.monas...
Saturday, December 15, 2018

The Tactics of the Devil – Either Belittling or Increasing the Severity of a Sin ( Saint Barsanuphius of Optina )

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Do you know the Devil's tactics?   You really need to know it. When the Devil knows that some man has a sin more or less seriou...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

The devil will use every opportunity to pit the true Orthodox Christians against each other ( Fr. Seraphim Rose )

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In the coming years, the devil will use every opportunity to pit the true Orthodox Christians against each other, sometimes with issu...
Friday, December 7, 2018

I've never repented for keeping silent... ( Saint Isaac the Syrian )

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"I've often repented for things that I've said, but I've never repented for keeping silent." Saint Isaac the...
Monday, December 3, 2018

Saint Nicholas Icon.. ( Saint Nikolai Velimirovich )

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In icons of St. Nicholas, the Lord Savior is usually depicted on one side with a Gospel in His hands, and the Most-holy Virgin Theoto...
Friday, November 30, 2018

Humility: Divine Protection from Spiritual Deception ( Elder Daniel of Katounakia )

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“A sinner can easily repent, but it is difficult for one in delusion…” (Elder Daniel of Katounakia, Contemporary Elders, p. 258). “...
Saturday, November 24, 2018

Buddhism and Eastern Asceticism Compared to Orthodox Christian Asceticism

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(Archimandrite Zacharias of Essex) It is unfortunate that there is widespread confusion, not to mention delusion, in the inexpe...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

Love is greater than prayer ( St. Symeon the New Theologian )

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Visit the sick , console the distressed, and do not make your longing for prayer a pretext for turning away from anyone who asks for you...
Monday, November 12, 2018

An Explanation On The Holy Memorial Services

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The subject of this paper is, “The Holy Memorial Services”, that is, the intercessions of the Church on behalf of our departed brother...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

How to Give Alms to the Homeless..

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We meet homeless people nearly every day on our life's path; people who are often contemptuously called ”bums.” We see them at the...