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“The better part of Valour is Discretion.” — William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I In Shakespeare’s history play, Sir John Falstaff delivers this line partly in jest, excusing his retreat from a fight. Yet, if we look past the humor,…
“Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more.” — Macbeth, Act V, Scene V When Macbeth utters these bleak words upon…
“It is well to reverence both God and the bishop. He who honours the bishop has been honoured by God.”(St. Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the Smyrnaeans, Ch. 9) “For the priestly office is indeed discharged on earth, but it…
“There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.” — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2 Even in the twilight of a tragedy, Shakespeare places on the lips of Hamlet a startling truth — that…
Question:What does the staff of Moses and the struck rock that water came forth from symbolize?Answer:The staff symbolizes the Cross, the rock the Church, the water symbolizes the Holy Baptism that comes from the Church. “orthodoxos omologia” ορθοδοξος ομολογια orthodox…
Today we celebrate the Apodosis—the Leave-Taking—of the Feast of Mid-Pentecost, the moment that liturgically closes the eight-day period set apart to reflect on Christ as the Giver of Living Water. Positioned between Pascha and Pentecost, Mid-Pentecost reminds us of Christ’s…
By Theophylact of Bulgaria
Thoughts- Bishop Philaretos St. Gregory the Theologian writes, “These ones (the heretics, especially then the Arianists) have the houses, but we have the Dweller (the One who should be present in places dedicated to God).” Never forget that when the…
When you sin against yourself, you will not be able to beg God for your salvation. Nor will anyone else be able to beg God for you even if he has the boldness Moses had before God. Listen to what…
By Priest Aleksandar Radunovic One more step deeper into the mystery of fasting, into the mystery of inner struggle, into the mystery of the relationship between the soul and God. Perhaps now you feel that something is changing within you—the…