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22 сент., 17:18
How can we teach ourselves to speak the truth from our heart during prayer? We must bring every word of the prayer down to our heart, lay it to heart, feel its truth in our heart, be convinced of all our need of that for which we ask God in prayer, or of the need of hearty gratitude for His great and innumerable benefits to us... St. John of Kronstadt
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22 сент., 16:29
☦️✨🙏🌟 Grace transforms into a priceless treasure everything within a person devoted to it that it touches. St Philaret the Metropolitan of Moscow
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22 сент., 15:44
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite says two important things about Sacrament of Communion. Communion is necessary and beneficial. At the same time it must be taken very seriously.“In divine Communion, the Sun that is the whole God-man enters into, mixes with, and leavens the whole man, being He Who illumines, enlightens, and sanctifies all of the powers and senses of the soul and body of man, and refashions him from corruption to incorruption. We must not eat this spiritual bread, however, without preparation, for our God is called a consuming fire that burns. Holy Communion purifies, illumines, and sanctifies those who eat the Master’s body and drink the immaculate blood with a pure conscience and true confession. But it scorches and injures severely the souls and bodies of those who commune unworthily and unconfessed, just as in the case of those who, as the sacred Gospel says, entered the
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22 сент., 13:27
“We should always say the Jesus prayer wherever we are; not just in the morning or at night. When we walk, we should not waste our free time, but instead take advantage of it and repeat the prayer. When we are working in a busy place and it is difficult for us to concentrate on praying, we can quietly chant without disturbing others.”Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.” St. Paisios of Mt Athos
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22 сент., 11:08
There is a saying "you are what you eat". What about soul? I would say in this case you are what you read or watch (books, internet, tv).“I advise you not to stop reading Spiritual Books, for it happens sometimes that one line, read at the right time, becomes dearer than a year of publications and remains in your memory for always.” - Saint Anthony of Optina
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22 сент., 09:02
"If someone offends you, don’t tell anyone about it except your elder, and you will be peaceful. Bow to everyone, paying no attention whether they respond to your bow or not. You must humble yourself before everyone and consider yourself the worst of all. If we have not committed the sins that others have, perhaps this is because we did not have the opportunity – the situation and circumstances were different. In each person there is something good and something bad; we usually see only the vices in people and we see nothing that is good.” - Saint Ambrose of OptinaThis advice of the Saint can help to avoid a lot of trouble and sin.
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21 сент., 21:22
☦️🕯️THE GERONDA AS SPIRITUAL FATHER AND GOOD SHEPHERD 🕯️☦️In the Eastern Orthodox Church, a Geronda (Greek: Γέρωντας, “elder”) who serves as a good shepherd to his community is held in high esteem as a Spirit-bearing guide, spiritual father, and icon of Christ the Good Shepherd. The Church sees such a Geronda not merely as an administrator or teacher, but as a charismatic healer of souls, an intercessor before God, and a living example of the life in Christ.Orthodox tradition teaches that the true Geronda is essentially a charismatic and prophetic personality, whose authority comes not from human ordination alone but from the direct energy and grace of the Holy Spirit. He is one who has “grown old in his life with God,” having advanced through long discipleship, ascetic struggle, prayer, humility, and repentance to the point where he can guide others safely toward salvation.SaintAsk About The Orthodox Faith
21 сент., 21:22
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21 сент., 17:05
Important reminder! Nobody says that we should cut off our non Orthodox family and friends. And of course our faith should not be a secret. We are highly responsible to show good example of faith, and always be ready to explain our faith with meekness and fear and love in Christ."One may have a good worldly relationship with non-believers, but one cannot have a relationship in prayer and one must not carry on arguments about religion so that the name of God not be offended during an argument." St. Nektary of Optina
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21 сент., 15:32
Why do we need to attend Church services? We go to worship God and unite with Him and other faithful through the Eucharist and other Mysteries, to receive God’s grace and strength to continue spiritual life and struggles. In Church we become part of everything Christ has done for us. Nothing can replace prayer in Church.“Prayer in church is important. The best thoughts and feelings come in church, yes, and the enemy attacks more violently in church, but with the sign of the Cross and the Jesus Prayer, you drive him away. It is good to stand in some dark corner in church and to pray to God. “Let us lift up our hearts!” the priest exclaims, but our mind often creeps along the ground, thinking about indecent things. Fight against this.” Saint Barsanuphios of Optina
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21 сент., 13:13
The Church includes not only those faithful who lives now on earth, but reposed as well. That is why we believe that they can pray for us to God. And experience of the Church proves it.St. Gregory the Theologian reminds( c. 329 – 25 January 390): "All who have lived according to God still live unto God, though they have departed this life. For this reason, God is called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, since He is the God, not of the dead, but of the living (cf. Mt. 22:32)."
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21 сент., 11:37
☦️🕯️“There are three traps of Satan that steal joy and peace:Regretting about the past, fear for the future, and ingratitude for the present.”🕯️☦️♰ Saint Anthony the Great ♰
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21 сент., 11:02
“One should not seek among others the truth that can be easily gotten from the Church. For in her, as in a rich treasury, the apostles have placed all that pertains to truth, so that everyone can drink this beverage of life. She is the door of life.” (St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies)The teaching of the Orthodox Church is the one kept carefully from the Apostles to nowadays. It really is the teaching of the Holy Scripture and certainly of the Councils and certainly of the Holy Fathers and the saints.
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21 сент., 09:21
Orthodox calendar is filled with daily commemorations of Saints. We are connected with our Church history and generations of faithful. And we should never break this connection. “...daily invoke the glorified saints, that they may enlighten your way by their prayers, and that they may intercede for the forgiveness of your sins; and that you yourself may remember that after death there is eternal glorification and bliss for good deeds, and eternal condemnation for evil ones.” St. John of Kronstadt
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20 сент., 18:00
🌟 By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness; Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death. And we, your people, freed from the guilt of sin, celebrate and sing to you: The barren woman gives birth to the Theotokos, the nourisher of our life!
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20 сент., 17:58
🙏☦️🌟 Your Nativity, O Virgin, Has proclaimed joy to the whole universe! The Sun of Righteousness, Christ our God, Has shone from You, O Theotokos! By annulling the curse, He bestowed a blessing. By destroying death, He has granted us eternal Life.
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20 сент., 17:06
It is not enough just to get baptized. It’s a beginning of a long way. Our main goal is to get closer to God. Step by step we attain virtues and struggle passions. The Church with its great experience and Sacraments is our ship in this journey.“Every Christian should find for himself the imperative and incentive to become holy. If you live without struggle and without hope of becoming holy, then you are Christians only in name and not in essence. But without holiness, no one shall see the Lord, that is to say they will not attain eternal blessedness. It is a trustworthy saying that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. But we deceive ourselves if we think that we are saved while remaining sinners. Christ saves those sinners by giving them the means to become saints.” - St. Philaret of Moscow
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20 сент., 15:40
“The demons attack the person who has attained the summits of prayer in order to prevent his conceptual images of sensible things from being free from passion; they attack the gnostic so that he will dally with impassioned thoughts; and they attack the person who has not advanced beyond the practice of the virtues so as to persuade him to sin through his actions. They contend with all men by every possible means in order to separate them from God.” -St. Maximos the Confessor, Four Hundred Texts on LoveThere is no way satan will ever back down and let us alone. We are in the field of spiritual warfare. And we just must stand up to it. We should understand it and be watchful, not letting ourselves to step away from God in all we do.
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20 сент., 14:25
We may reject God and his laws, or we may have faith and live in His love. It’s all about our choice and free will. But we should know that eventually we will all have to answer for our deeds.“Believe, know, and think, that God is invisibly with you everywhere. And no matter what you do or think, He sees everything; and no matter what you say, He sees everything. Strive always to see Him with faith before you. From this will come the fear of God, good will and reverence toward Him, and carefulness in words, deeds, and thoughts—just as in the presence of your own father you should not dare to say or do anything empty. Woe to him who commits outrage before the face of God and does not reverence Him.” St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
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20 сент., 13:39
Bethlehem, the House of Bread, top right. It's the most ancient detailed map of the Holy Land. Dan on the foreground. From Dan, as the Bible and the holy fathers say, Antichrist will come.
