To live is to die

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Sep 02 2019

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives All this I cannot bear to witness any longer Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? Adorn yourself with truth, try to speak truth in all things; and do not support a lie, no matter who asks you. If you speak the truth and someone gets mad at you, don’t be upset, but take comfort in the words of the Lord: Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of truth, for theirs is the Kingdom of […]

The Dormition of the Theotokos – why it is called this way? – Photo Journal with Metr. Alexios of Atlanta

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Aug 28 2019

The Mother of God died, as all people die by the necessity of their mortal human nature which is indivisibly bound up with the corruption of this world as the result of Adam’s fall.

Bible and War: Cain, where’s your brother?

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Aug 27 2019

Cain, where’s your brother? With this began the history of the human race on earth, namely with a brother’s murder. A murder of a brother in your life!

There are three ways that we can please God

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Aug 26 2019

There are three ways that we can please God:

What is obedience

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Aug 23 2019

You who have decided to strip for the arena of this spiritual confession, you who wish to take on your neck the yoke of Christ, you who are therefore trying to lay your own burden on Another’s shoulders, you who are hastening to sign a pledge that you are voluntarily surrendering yourself to slavery, and in return want freedom concretely written to your account, you who are being supported by the hands of others as you swim across this great sea — you should know that you have decided to travel by a short but rough way, from which there […]

About the welfare of the children

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Aug 22 2019

If you are truly interested in the welfare of your children, why do you not watch as strictly, but once a week, how they attend to their lessons in the study of the Law of God, as you do in some home-work, which the children seemed to be forced to have prepared within the next twelve hours for their public school?

How was Elijah lifted up to heaven with the chariot of fire – Photo Journal from the litany of the saint Elijah

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Aug 21 2019

Many are interested in solving “hot” topics in their minds. We are interested in how Elijah was lifted up to heaven with the chariot of fire, how is the vision of paradise, the angels, the creation of the world, and other things like this.

666: What the Holy Fathers say about it?

Aug 20 2019

There is a lot of anxiety and distress about the famous 666 in some circles, which most of the time (if not always) distracts us from our main aim in life – the salvation of our eternal soul.

How Mother of God looked like? – Photo Journal from Her Tomb (Jerusalem)

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Aug 14 2019

Even if the rules of iconography insist that the holy image depicted (the saints) should be with black hair and black eyes, however, from tradition and from visions, we are informed from the saints which saw the Mother of God that her hair texture resembles that of ripe wheat with blue eyes.

The almighty Christ: the tyrant which wasn’t

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Aug 13 2019

The almighty Christ was the only one which had the right, the power and the capacity to be a tyrant.

Christ suffered to keep you from anger

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Aug 08 2019

You have a spiritual nature. The soul is the image of the Creator. Honor the image of God by being in agreement with all humanity.

Do not envy if the wicked are joyful

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Aug 06 2019

Perhaps you are saying, “Why are the wicked joyful? Why do they live in luxury? Why do they not toil with me?”

Love is everywhere

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Aug 01 2019

I also maintain that those who are punished in Gehenna are scourged by the scourge of love.

If dying brings a saint to eternal bliss, how can murdering a good person be a crime?

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Jul 25 2019

A disciple once asked an elder: Well then, if a good man does not only suffer no evil by being killed, but actually gains a reward from his suffering, how can we accuse the man who has done him no harm but good by killing him?

Saint Paisios of Mount Athos: his most dire temptation – photo journal with his cell and feast

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Jul 17 2019

Perhaps the greatest trial of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos happened when he was still a child.

Now people are hiding from truth

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Jul 05 2019

With Christ, the truth is no longer hidden. Now people are hiding from truth.

Not being with God is the real punishment

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Jul 04 2019

Now, it’s true that most people who don’t have much sense expect to be content with avoiding hell. But I say it’s a far worse punishment than hell to be excluded from the glory of the other world. I think that someone who has failed to reach it should be sorry, not so much because of the miseries of hell, but because of his rejection from heaven. For that by itself is more dreadful than any other kind of punishment.

The secrets of Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi – Photo Journal from his memorial service

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Jul 02 2019

Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi (+2009) was a very pious monk and we honor his memory each year with much devotion and dedication. His holiness was acquired through his great ascetical feats along with good deeds which he performed throughout his entire life, and in most cases in discretion, just like any other spiritual person.

Honoring the saints means honoring God – Photo Journal with the Holy Belt of Virgin Mary

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Jul 01 2019

According to the blameless Christian faith, of the One, Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church, which comes to us as a revelation from God, I confess and hold that I believe in one God, the Father Almighty: God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. I adore and worship one God, the Holy Trinity.

Be ready for the end of the world – Photo report with a cell in a tree

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Jun 26 2019

Let us imitate John the Baptist: leaving luxury and drunkenness, let us go over to the life of restraint.

Don’t judge by appearances – the virtue really shines only after death

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Jun 24 2019

He showed me many trees that had no leaves; they were withered, and they all looked alike to me. And he said to me, “Do you see these trees?” “I see, sir, that they are all alike, and all withered,” I replied. “These trees that you see,” he answered, “are those who dwell in this world.”

Devil tries to steal from us one of the biggest gifts

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May 19 2019

Let us take care because the devil tries to steal from us one of the biggest gifts which we have from God: our present. He pushes us into the future with worries, plans and prophecies or throws us back into the past with memories, sentimentalism, sorrows and over-analysis.

What Does It Really Mean to Be Blessed?

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May 11 2019

First we must know that we should be just one man united with the one God but, because of Adam’s fall, we are many separated between us and separated from the Holy Trinity. This generated a chaotic behavior inside and outside of us –

Christ was not subject to death – Photo Journal from Easter

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Apr 28 2019

Since our Lord Jesus Christ was without sin, He was not subject to death, since death came into the world through sin. He died, therefore, because He took death on Himself, on our behalf, and He made Himself an offering to the Father for our sakes. For we had sinned against Him, and it was meet that He should receive the ransom for us, and that we should thus be delivered from condemnation. God forbid that the blood of the Lord should have been offered to the tyrant.