Wednesday, September 11, 2019

"She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her..."

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Christ Crucified and His Precious Cross as the Tree of Life, mosaic from San Clemente in Rome (1118) ( source )    My son, despise n...
Friday, September 6, 2019

"Today is the prelude of universal joy..."

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The Nativity of the Theotokos ( source )    Today is the prelude of universal joy. Today blows the breeze foretelling salvation, for t...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

St. Nektarios the Wonderworker on Seeking Happiness

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St. Nektarios the Wonderworker ( source )    “How mistaken are those people who seek happiness outside of themselves, in foreign lands...
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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Elder Epiphanios Theodoropoulos: "Only with Christ can everything be explained..."

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Jesus Christ the Son of God the Savior ( source )    Without Christ, the world is a theater of the absurd. Without Christ, we can'...

"O Forerunner of the Savior, you censured the king that he might not work lawlessness..."

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The Beheading of St. John the Forerunner ( Source )    O Forerunner of the Savior, you censured the king that he might not work lawles...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019

"You truly showed your deeds to correspond to the calling of your name, O Great Martyr Phanourios..."

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St. Phanourios, holding the Cross and the Phanouropita and Candles ( source )    You truly showed your deeds to correspond to the call...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

St. Anatolios of Optina on the Best Fasting

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Prayer before Christ ( source )    "The best fasting is to endure whatever is sent to you by God." -St. Anatolios of Opt...