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The dignified behavior – it is worth it?

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  • Elder Arsenie Papacioc
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Feb 07 2020
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An ordinary Christian who has a morally dignified behavior becomes a symbol of the Truth manifested on earth and is a censor for the consciences of others. Honest souls will seek him to share his wisdom. The dishonest soul will bypass him and mock him or slander him. Through this treatment, he resembles the Crucified One.

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How to find a good spouse?

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Jan 21 2020
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Note: „How to find a good spouse?” is a question which is often asked by women. That’s why this text was written for women, but can equally be applied by men. First of all, pray to find a good spouse. Our Lord and His holy Mother are the primary source of aid for such matters. It is best to…

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The kondakion of Nativity is of divine inspiration – photo report from Nativity

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Jan 07 2020
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During the reign of Emperor Anastasios I (491-518), a young deacon moved to Constantinople. He led an ascetic life of prayer and fasting, but in his humility he thought of himself as being rather worldly.

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I don’t enjoy church, does that mean I’m going to Hell?

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Jan 02 2020
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Many put this question: If I don’t enjoy church, does that mean that I’m going to Hell?

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Elder Ephraim of Arizona: avoid slander

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Dec 27 2019
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Slander is a great evil. Just as the little rudder steers the whole ship wherever it wants, likewise the tongue leads a person either to good or to evil.

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How to gain our true liberty

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Nov 21 2019
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With God’s grace, you will gain your true liberty: you will have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

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Saint Paisios of Mount Athos about the scandals in Church

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  • Obedience
  • Slander
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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If love doesn’t exist, nothing exists.

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Oct 12 2019
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When one is not free from sin, let him not blame another. Let him not lay the blame neither on the state nor on the circumstances, but on himself, on the lack of his strength in faith, on the lack of his love for God. Always those who lived in sin have blamed others. They are always ready to grumble no matter what.

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He who has lost sensibility

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Oct 11 2019
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He who has lost sensibility is a brainless philosopher, a self-condemned commentator, a self-contradictory windbag, a blind man who teaches others to see.

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Forgetfulness: the spiritual immunodeficiency virus

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  • Joy, mourning and joy filled mourning
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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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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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Death: Lack of comprehension

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  • Obedience
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  • Victory over death
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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  • Dispassion
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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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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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To live is to die

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  • Dispassion
  • Faith, Anxiety, Uncertainty and Cowardice
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  • Remembrance of death
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  • Slander
Sep 02 2019
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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 […]

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

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Aug 27 2019
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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!

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Convertitis according to Father Seraphim Rose (about the beginners’ problems)

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Aug 24 2019
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Father Seraphim Rose of Platina, himself a convert to Orthodoxy, was once asked to compose a “Manual for Orthodox Converts”. In his notes for such a manual, he jotted down the following “convert pitfalls”, or what he called “obstacles in the Orthodox mission today” – or, shortly, “convertitis”. Based on these notes we have:

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Do not envy if the wicked are joyful

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Aug 06 2019
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Perhaps you are saying, “Why are the wicked joyful? Why do they live in luxury? Why do they not toil with me?”

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Room for one more

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Aug 03 2019
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We should have always room for one more. Perhaps this should be obvious but the hell of egotism in our minds teaches us that the state of necessity and war is an excuse for domestic tyranny.

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Who killed Jesus? – Photo Journal from the Cell of Saint Prokopius

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  • Victory over death
Jul 31 2019
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Who killed Jesus? Many would say “the Jews” – however, if we look closely at the Gospels we will see that the answer isn’t correct and besides that, such forms of judgment of people based on their ethnic or cultural appurtenance of a certain group have dire consequences, as we saw in history.

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Many martyrdoms are made every day without shedding blood

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Jul 27 2019
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Birds are fooled, and the animals of the forest, by the very charms that bring their destruction. Caves as well as food deceive them. They do not know how to avoid evil, and they are not restrained by the law.

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Who should we vote for? – Here is the Church’s answer

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Oct 29 2016
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The clergy and the monks are often asked “Who should we vote for?” This question even if it shows a very laudable humility, shows also a certain lack of spiritual knowledge. The church

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Never confuse the person with the evil

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  • Saint John of Kronstadt
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Sep 01 2016
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Never confuse the person, formed in the image of God, with the evil that is in him: because…

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We do need competitors

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Aug 19 2016
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The one who says that the righteous man should not have sorrows is like he is saying that…

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How you see

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  • Insensibility (Death of soul)
  • Passion, purity and chastity
  • Saint Anthony the Great
  • Slander
Apr 15 2016

Just looking at something isn’t in itself a sin. What is a sin is looking at things with envy, pride and greed. “Saint Anthony the Great”

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Even if true

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Dec 21 2015
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It’s defamation to speak about others when they’re not present with the aim of attacking them, even if what you say is true. “Saint Basil the Great”

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Putting yourself in the place of others

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  • Obedience
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  • Saint Paisios the Athonite
  • Slander
Oct 16 2015
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Putting yourself in the place of other people is a great aid in acquiring internal kindness, because then love comes naturally, as do pain, humility, and gratitude to God through continuous hymns of praise and prayer of the heart for our neighbor. Then our prayer is both well-pleasing to God and helps our fellow human beings. “Saint Païsios the Athonite”

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Saddening temptations

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  • Slander
Oct 10 2015
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Temptations in their various forms sadden people, so that they seek divine assistance all the more, and with tears. This is a dispensation of Divine Providence, in order to strip us bare. “Saint Joseph the Hesychast”

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