Realize Heaven on Earth ~ St. John Chrysostom
we must desire heaven, but before heaven is granted, Christ orders us to realize heaven on earth, to behave on earth as if we were in heaven and to carry in our prayers the concern of the whole world. ~…
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ΥΠΑΡΧΕΙ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΤ’ ΕΠΙΧΥΣΙΝ ΒΑΠΤΙΣΜΑ;
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Two “Greater Than All” Quotes that Every Orthodox Christian Should Keep in Mind
“Greater than all the virtues is discernment” ~St. John Abbot of Sina, Author of the “Ladder of Divine Ascent” “Greater than all the ascetic feats is obedience” ~St. Syncletica
The Matter is Explained by St. Gregory Palamas in a Couple of Short Sentences
Saint Gregory Palamas reminds us, “Truly as many belong to the Church of Christ belong to truth and those who belong not to truth, they belong not to the Church of Christ. All the more so these ones lie to…
Making Wishes….Without a Genie. The “Metropolitan” of Didymoteicho, Greece Pays His Best Wishes to the Grand Moufti
The “Metropolitan” of Didymoteicho, Orestias, and Souflion didn’t lose the oppurtunity to go to visit the Grand Mufti of Didymoteicho Osman Hamza and to wish him a Happy Bayram for Eid al-Fitr for the end of Ramadan.
HOLY HIEROMARTYR TIMOTHY OF BASHKIRIA (+1930)
Priest Timothy Porfiryevich Strelkov was born on January 15, 1880 in the village of Atyazhkino, Pomayevskaya volost, Buinsky uyezd, Simbirsk province, in a Mordovian peasant family. He went to a village and a city school, and then to Simbirsk pedagogical seminary. Then he…
Fasting Before Holy Communion
“In older days, many Christians were receiving Holy Communion, especially before Pascha, without preparation. The Fathers, seeing the harm that was being caused by this, established the 40 days of fasting and prayer as a preparation.” -St. John Chrysostom (Against…
THE STRUGGLE ON VALAAM
By Vladimir Moss Only in one part of the Russian Church outside Russia was the new calendar ever implanted firmly – in Finland, whose Church had been taken away from the Russian Church by Patriarch Meletius of Constantinople. Already on…
Blatant Signs You Missed the Whole Message of St. Gregory Palamas and the establishment of the Paschalion by the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council
The unified celebration, according to the head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, is particularly significant in light of the upcoming 1700th anniversary in 2025, marking the convening of the First Ecumenical Synod in Nicaea. Among its pivotal discussions was the matter of establishing a common timeframe for the Easter festivities.
Many Years
On the name day (The Holy Hieromartyr Tikhon Patriarch of Moscow) of our First Hierarch Archbishop Tikhon of Omsk and Siberia, we wish him many years! Many years also to Hieromonk Tikhon of our diocese!