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I was recently struck by a passage in an article by an Orthodox writer from the Russian Church (whose name escapes me at the moment). Speaking of the Dormition Fast, he wrote that we prepare for the Feast – the Feast of the Theotokos’s Dormition – by intensifying our love for the Virgin Mary. Now, this ...
Read moreFollowing Jesus' crucifixion and burial for three days, some women proclaimed that the Lord appeared to them alive (Matthew 28:9-10) and instructed them to tell His disciples to meet Him in Galilee. This is a universal call to all of Jesus' brethren and disciples in every generation. Galilee not only reminds us of "the first ...
Read moreI saw him, after the Great Compline, still seated in his place as if he were waiting for someone. I greeted a few brethren on my way to him. It seemed like he was waiting for me. He told me about a visit he had made to one of the monasteries. This is due to ...
Read moreHe said to me: "Madness, if we remain silent about it, deems itself sane". I agreed with him on that statement. However, I told him, "When you break your silence, make sure to utter words that the insane can comprehend"! We have an obligation to demonstrate to people, whether through our silence or our speech, ...
Read moreIn the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul, with his saving ingenuity, pairs freedom with the service of love (5:13). Talking about freedom can, in no way, be established on the ruins of this pairing. You know the verse in Galatians. Nevertheless, I will remind you of it: “do not use liberty as an opportunity for ...
Read moreMost people do not know that the cemeteries are in us. If you ask about them, they still direct you to the outskirts of their villages or to special places in the cities. Most people are unaware that the greatest cemetery is in my belief that, in life, I exist for myself. The story of ...
Read moreWe drew closer to Pascha. Pascha has been with us since the beginning of Lent. Its scent adhered to everything, to what it requires, to its prayers, to its topics, to the brethren’s faces, to the saints who were implanted in it. We do not believe that we, on our own, are capable of achieving ...
Read moreYesterday, in a personal meeting, a friend of mine said: “many people among us live in deadly contradiction. You see them on the one hand hating death, and on the other hand putting to death the beautiful things planted by God in us”! I cannot describe to you the pains that these words have left ...
Read moreTo celebrate Jesus’ Nativity today, is something that requires us to have perfect faith in that He has descended from His heaven to all of us, to each one of us, we whose sins have thrown us away from Him. The feast truly belongs to those who adhere to the acknowledgement that God has invaded ...
Read more“I…I…”, her voice reached me from her home defending herself from insulting words. A man was bellowing at her with such mad force that I was outside following up on what was going on as if I were at home with them. I was walking past the building they were in. The sound of the ...
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