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Saint Paisios of Mount Athos about the scandals in Church

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  • Discernment, Experience and Enlightenment
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Nov 11 2019
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Some people tell me that they are scandalized because they see many things wrong in the Church. I tell them that if you ask a fly, “Are there any flowers in this area?” it will say, “I don’t know about flowers, but over there in that heap of rubbish you can find all the filth you want.” And it will go on to list all the unclean things it has been to.

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About the unique will of God and its four expressions towards us

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  • Obedience
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Nov 09 2019
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We should explain the problem of God’s will because even if God has one will, this will is expressed towards us in many ways – which is why many people say that God has ‘many wills’ – ‘wills’ which can be grouped into four main categories:

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We have always the leaders which we deserve

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  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
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  • Miracles
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Nov 07 2019
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Saint Paul says that „Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established” because our first aim is to perfection ourselves and not to fight with others, so for this we need to have a stable and peaceful environment.

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Saint Daniel of Katounakia: The power of blessing

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  • Humility, pride and unclean thoughts
  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Motivation, toil, diligence and laziness
  • Obedience
Nov 05 2019
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There was a young monk/brother who was puffed up with pride about his abilities. He was very strong, with a lot of dexterity and, hence, he could work a lot and, also, do a lot of prostrations.

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Saint Eprhaim of Katounakia: Everyone has a cross to carry

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  • Renunciation of the world
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Nov 02 2019
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Everyone has a cross to carry. Why? Since the leader of our faith endured the cross, we will also endure it.

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How the saints heal their brothers – Photo journal from fishing

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  • Sleep and vigil
Oct 24 2019
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How can we put up with these things unless it is because we have no true love? If we have true love with sympathy and patient labor, we shall not go about scrutinizing our neighbor’s shortcomings.

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Hi, Jesus! I am Yannis!

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Oct 17 2019
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There was once a simple man named Yannis who loved Jesus greatly. Because of his medical condition, however, he couldn’t do anything in order to find a job. Finally, an Elder took pity on him and brought him to his monastery.

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We need to respect the small things because paradise isn’t for the sinless

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Oct 16 2019
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When there’s respect for small things, there’ll be even greater respect towards the bigger ones. When there’s no respect for small things, then neither will there be for the bigger ones. This is how the Fathers maintained Tradition.

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What thoughts we should confess?

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Oct 15 2019
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What thoughts we should confess? This question appears again and again. Here is a simple way to look at it:

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The vanity and vainglory – our restless enemies

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  • Avarice (Love of Money) and Self-Imposed Poverty
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  • Gluttony and Fasting
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  • Remembrance of death
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Oct 14 2019
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All vices grow feeble when conquered, and when beaten are day by day made weaker, and lessen and subside both in place and time—or at any rate, as they are unlike the opposite virtues, are more easily shunned and avoided.

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Forgetfulness: the spiritual immunodeficiency virus

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  • Joy, mourning and joy filled mourning
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  • Obedience
  • Remembrance of death
  • Renunciation of the world
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  • Slander
Oct 10 2019
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Forgetfulness in and of itself has no power, but acquires embodiment in proportion to our negligence.

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Orthodox survival guide – photo journal from a waterfall

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  • Gluttony and Fasting
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  • Vices and virtues
Oct 09 2019
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The day-by-day spiritual life of an orthodox layman should be settled between him and his priest, in accordance with the Holy Tradition of the Church. This is the norm and the best way to do so.

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What is the “Jesus Prayer”, the “Prayer of the mind” and the “Prayer of the heart”?

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  • Sleep and vigil
  • Vices and virtues
Oct 08 2019
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The “Jesus Prayer” is the most powerful prayer, which contains the words “Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy of me.” This core original, traditional formula varied and varies slightly, depending on the historical period and the teaching school which used it. The most common additions, but not the only ones, are “Lord Jesus Christ, [son of God], have mercy on me, [the sinner].” And there are other variations.

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Avoid the negative people but do not judge them

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Oct 07 2019
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When we focus on good, good grows. When we focus on bad, bad grows.

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Addiction treatment

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Oct 01 2019
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Any addiction is a bad habit, an illness of the soul, a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, in the causes of sin, despite the adverse consequences.

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Saint Paisios the Athonite on spiritual warfare

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  • Repentance
Sep 28 2019
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Don’t set any store by your thoughts, whether they tell you’re terrible, or when they tell you that you’re a saint.

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How to keep a gift you have

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Sep 26 2019
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If a man has some spiritual gift and feels compassion for those who do not have it, he preserves the gift because of his compassion. But a boastful man will lose it through succumbing to temptations of boastfulness.

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What is the Uncreated Light and how can we experience it?

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  • Renunciation of the world
  • Stillness of body and soul (Hesychia)
  • Victory over death
Sep 25 2019
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We must know that the divine light is not a natural phenomenon, like when we hit our head or other causes which generate electrical signals through the nervous system which our brain (more exactly our visual cortex) interprets as light.

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Death: Lack of comprehension

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Sep 24 2019
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God made us in His image and likeness—that is, just a single created god—a single Human in many persons of two kinds (man and woman), as He is a single God in three persons. God created a giant mind, a created god, in which all persons would cooperate flawlessly through their minds in real time to accomplish the same goal, even if each person would keep his specificity.

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We must sacrifice our bodies

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Sep 23 2019
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Saint Paul says “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”

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Don’t let passion outrun reason

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Sep 20 2019
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We ought to be careful never to do anything rashly or carelessly, or anything at all for which we cannot give a reasonable ground.

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We see ourselves only in the eyes of the Other – Photo journal from grapes gathering

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Sep 19 2019
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Few words, much love. To all. No matter who they are because every one of us is ‘sent’, every one of us is created with a purpose, every one of us is unique in his own way.

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The hardening of Pharaoh’s heart and our free will

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Sep 18 2019
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It’s not that God overrode Pharaoh’s free will; that is, it isn’t that Pharaoh was inclined to let the Israelites go but then God stopped him from doing so. It’s that Pharaoh was not inclined to let the Israelites go, but the miracles worked by God through Moses made him timid; God gave Pharaoh the strength of will to follow through on what he really wanted to do: keep the Israelites enslaved in Egypt. In that sense, God didn’t suspend or override Pharaoh’s free will; actually, God enhanced it, so Pharaoh could make the choice that was in his heart.

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Who made the Holy Belt? – Photo Journal from the feast of the Holy Belt

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  • Victory over death
Sep 13 2019
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One may ask: Who wove the Holy Belt of the Virgin Mary? Well, She did, of course. Although the answer may be obvious, let us think a little more deeply about it. The Virgin Mary was full of Grace and spiritual knowledge – she was, after her Son, the most perfect being in the world.

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Bible, politics and elections

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Sep 12 2019
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Once, the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, “Reign over us!” But the olive tree said to them, “Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?”

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How to speak as a true leader

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Sep 09 2019
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If someone is not under obedience to you, do not rebuke him to his face for his faults. For that would imply you have authority over him, and are not just giving advice.

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Someone who wanted to do evil, prayed

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Sep 07 2019
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Someone who wanted to do evil, prayed Someone wanted to do evil, but first prayed as usual; and finding himself prevented by God, he was then extremely thankful.

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There are two basic ways to cure our soul

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Sep 03 2019
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There are two basic ways of a cure. The first is for a person to abandon “wealth” of the mind. In speaking of poverty, Saint Niketas Stethatos maintains that poverty is not only the renunciation of material goods, but is also the denial of the “wealth” of the mind.

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When we are angry, the problem is with us, not with the others

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Aug 31 2019
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There is the case of a man minding his own business, sitting quietly and at peace ; however, when a brother comes up and says an annoying word to him, he is put out by it. And, due to the circumstances, he thinks that he is justifiably angered, so he speaks out against the one who troubled him, saying, ‘If he had not come and spoken to me and annoyed me I should not have been at fault.’

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There are three ways that we can please God

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Aug 26 2019
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There are three ways that we can please God:

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