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“No one can harm John except John” – Photo journal from the feast of Saint John Chrysostom – part 1: the Vigil

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  • Despair and Discouragement
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Justice, lying and patience in injustices
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
Nov 30 2016
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Don’t ruin a good today by thinking too much about a bad yesterday. Let it go. It is water under the bridge. So, let your past make you better, not bitter, because–

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A symbol of a nation – a small photo journal (Bricul Mircea)

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  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
Nov 29 2016
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A nation is an open hand in which burns the flame of the faith throughout history. The scope of war is not to be killed for one’s nation. The scope of war is

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St. Silouan the Athonite: Advice for unbelievers

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Prayer
  • Saint Silouan the Athonite
Nov 28 2016
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Pride does not allow the soul to set out on the path of faith. Here is my advice to the unbeliever: let him say,

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Time passes and does not come back…

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  • Elder Ephraim of Arizona
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Repentance
Nov 27 2016
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Force yourselves; say the Jesus prayer; stop idle talk; close your mouths to criticism; place doors and locks

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The demons of vainglory prophesy in dreams

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  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Saint John of the Ladder
  • Sleep and vigil
Nov 26 2016
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The demons of vainglory prophesy in dreams. Being unscrupulous, they guess the future and foretell it to us. When these visions come true, we are amazed; and we are indeed

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St. Paisios the Athonite: How to find time for everything, including prayer

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  • Love
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Prayer
  • Remembrance of death
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Repentance
  • Saint Paisios the Athonite
  • Sleep and vigil
Nov 25 2016
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In order for you to have time for prayer you must not concern yourself with things that other people can do. Let’s take an example.

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Everyday I say to myself, today I will make a new start

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  • Despair and Discouragement
  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Prayer
  • Remembrance of wrongs
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Saint Anthony the Great
Nov 24 2016
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Everyday I say to myself, today I will make a new start. My job is not to judge. My job is not to

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God is NOT an avenger – Photo Journal with Metropolitan Andrew of Cluj

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  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Prayer
  • Saint Isaac the Syrian
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
  • Victory over death
Nov 23 2016
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The man who chooses to consider God an avenger, presuming that in this manner he

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People were created to be loved and to love

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  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Prayer
Nov 22 2016
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People were created to be loved and to love. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because

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Which is the aim of our hierarchy and how to attain this

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  • Love
  • Prayer
  • Saint Dionysius the Areopagite
Nov 21 2016
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The aim of our hierarchy is to make us as much

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No man can serve two masters

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  • Avarice (Love of Money) and Self-Imposed Poverty
  • Love
  • Repentance
  • Saint John of the Ladder
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 20 2016
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Love of God extinguishes our love for our parents. And so he who says that he has both deceives himself. He should listen to Him who says: No man can serve two masters. I have

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To be merciful means to be “unjust”

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Obedience
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Renunciation of the world
Nov 19 2016
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In order to render justice to all, you must be very strict with yourself and very merciful to others. Merciful means to be “unjust”

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How to get rid of the demons like a pro

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Saint John of the Ladder
Nov 18 2016
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The demons praised one of the most discerning brothers, appearing to him in visible form. But this most wise man said to them: ‘If you

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The whole purpose of the Savior’s commandments

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  • Dispassion
  • Love
  • Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Vices and virtues
  • Victory over death
Nov 17 2016
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The whole purpose of the Saviour’s commandments is to free the nous from dissipation and hatred. God’s commandments excel all

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How many men did God want to create, anyway? – Big Photo Report from olives harvesting

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  • Dispassion
  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • New Testament
  • Old Testament
  • Prayer
  • Remembrance of wrongs
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 16 2016
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“God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female, He created them.” (Genesis 1:27). At the first glance, it seems that it should read “men” or “humans” because there are two. However,

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Clarifications about Confession

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  • Justice, lying and patience in injustices
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Prayer
  • Remembrance of wrongs
  • Repentance
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
  • Tradition, learning and education
Nov 14 2016
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We should not fear confession because confession is the door to heaven. This is because God won’t cure us from our existential distortions unless we practically

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St. Paisios the Athonite: Wandering of the mind is a sign of…

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Prayer
  • Saint Paisios the Athonite
Nov 13 2016
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If you notice that your mind constantly wanders off to various chores that you have to do, you must realize that

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What is an unforeseen affliction?

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  • Anger, Meekness, Simplicity and Innocence
  • Justice, lying and patience in injustices
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • New Testament
  • Obedience
  • Old Testament
  • Passion, purity and chastity
  • Prayer
  • Repentance
  • Saint Mark the Ascetic
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 12 2016
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If Peter had not failed to catch anything during the night’s fishing (cf. Lk 5:5), he would not have caught anything during the day. And if Paul had not suffered physical blindness (cf. Ac 9:8), he would not have been given spiritual sight. And if Stephen had not been slandered as a blasphemer, he would not have seen the heavens opened and have looked on God (cf. Ac 6:15; 7:56). As work according to God is called virtue, so unexpected affliction is called a

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A thankful spirit is a source of joy

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  • Dispassion
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Obedience
  • Saint Mark the Ascetic
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 11 2016
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A thankful spirit is a source of joy, whereas an unthankful spirit is a source of sadness. Being grateful for a gift

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Humility is a Divine property

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  • Elder Thaddeos of Vitovnica
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Obedience
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Prayer
  • Remembrance of wrongs
  • Renunciation of the world
Nov 10 2016
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Humility is a Divine property and the perfection of the Christian life. It is attained through

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What are the proofs of God’s existence? – Photo journal with Holy Belt’s departure

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
  • Dispassion
  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Prayer
  • Renunciation of the world
Nov 09 2016
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What are the proofs of God’s existence? First of all, for the one who is stuck in his own reasoning, it is impossible with human means to prove to him the existence of God, because God does not impose His existence on anyone. Such a man can be convinced only through our personal example and prayer. However,

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Jesus’ prayer: Why we use prayer rope? – Small photo journal

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  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Prayer
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
Nov 08 2016
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It is very important to use a prayer rope when we pray the Jesus prayer, because it helps our minds concentrate by using our sense of touch, our most sensitive sensory perception. Even if 90% of the information transmitted to the human brain is visual, the tactile stimuli

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How to qualify for the contest of sanctification

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  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Obedience
  • Prayer
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Repentance
  • Saint John of the Ladder
  • Victory over death
Nov 07 2016
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Those who enter the contest of sanctification must renounce all things, despise all things, and shake off all things, that they may lay a firm foundation. A good foundation of three layers and three pillars is

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God’s grace: The cause of leaving

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  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Love
  • Saint John of the Ladder
  • Saint Silouan the Athonite
Nov 06 2016
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If you see a man who has sinned and you do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know

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Do not worship tools

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  • Prayer
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Saint John Cassian
Nov 05 2016
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Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; they are its tools. For perfection is

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In union with Humility

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  • Dispassion
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Obedience
  • Repentance
  • Saint John of the Ladder
Nov 04 2016
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In union with humility it is impossible that there should be any appearance of hatred, or any kind of dispute, or even

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Sin is a blazing fire

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  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Remembrance of wrongs
  • Repentance
  • Saint Isaac the Syrian
  • Saint Mark the Ascetic
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
Nov 03 2016
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Sin is a blazing fire. The less fuel you give it, the faster it dies down; the more you feed it, the more it burns. Whoever does not voluntarily withdraw himself from

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Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou): Happiness is to take care of who you love – Photo Journal from Liturgy

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  • Dispassion
  • Elder Zacharias of Essex
  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Obedience
  • Patience, trials and peaceful living
  • Prayer
  • Renunciation of the world
  • Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 02 2016
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Christian, if we want to have our hearts filled with divine love, we must first empty them of the love of this world, it frivolous and sinful customs, and then turn our hearts to the one God, our only good and happiness and eternal beatitude.

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How to be joyful always

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  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Love
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Obedience
  • Prayer
  • Repentance
  • Saint John of the Ladder
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
  • Vices and virtues
Nov 01 2016
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When a foolish person is accused or shouted at he is wounded by it and tries to contradict, or at once makes an apology to his accuser, not out of humility but in order to stop the accusations. But when

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