THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord and God and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Mode 4. THOU ascended in glory, O Christ our God, after Thou filledContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD AND GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST”

ARROGANCE, CONCEIT, EGO, POMPASITY, A SENSE OF SUPERIORITY = PRIDE

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΟΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Arrogance, Conceit, Ego, Pompasity, a Sense of Superriority= PRIDE. "Do NOT LOVE THE WORLD or THE THINGS OF THE WORLD. If anyone loves the world, the love of the FatherContinue reading “ARROGANCE, CONCEIT, EGO, POMPASITY, A SENSE OF SUPERIORITY = PRIDE”

VIRGINITY AND THE VALUE OF VIRGINITY

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Virginity and the Value of Virginity Saint Ambrose elaborates on virginity: "The days shall come when they shall say: "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare" (Luke 23:29). For theContinue reading “VIRGINITY AND THE VALUE OF VIRGINITY”

THE FOCUS AND AIM OF ALL CHRISTIANS IS TO LOVE GOD

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! The Focus and Aim of All Christians is to Love God WITH ONE’S HEART, SOUL, AND MIND, AND TO LOVE ONE’S NEIGHBOR AS ONESELF (Luke 10:27). The central role ofContinue reading “THE FOCUS AND AIM OF ALL CHRISTIANS IS TO LOVE GOD”

Let Us Arise in the Deep Dawn, and Instead of Myrrh-Offer A Hymn to the Lord By Saint John Maximovitch

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Let Us Arise in the Deep Dawn, and Instead of Myrrh-offer A Hymn to the LORD. By Saint John Maximovitch [Pascha, 1940] We forestall the rising of the sun andContinue reading “Let Us Arise in the Deep Dawn, and Instead of Myrrh-Offer A Hymn to the Lord By Saint John Maximovitch”

DECREES OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Decrees of Spiritual Perfection By Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos The most important work of the Church IS TO CURE MAN. Therefore, the Orthodox Church IS A HOSPITAL, AN INFIRMARY OFContinue reading “DECREES OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION”

SENTENCED TO IMMORTALITY (Part II)

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! Ο ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Sentenced to Immortality (Part II) By Saint Justin Popovic If a man fights with sins and passions, this demonstrates that he INDEED BELIEVES IN THE Risen Lord; if theContinue reading “SENTENCED TO IMMORTALITY (Part II)”

SENTENCED TO IMMORTALITY By Saint Justin Popovic

My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, God, and Savior JESUS CHRIST, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! ΑΛΗΘΩΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ! Sentenced to IMMORTALITY By Saint Justin Popovic Man sentenced God to death; by His Resurrection, He SENTENCED MAN TO IMMORTALITY. In return for a beating, He GIVES AN EMBRACE; forContinue reading “SENTENCED TO IMMORTALITY By Saint Justin Popovic”