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My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ Our Lord and God and Savior, CHRIST IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part III) Apolytikion (Dismissal) Hymn. Mode 4. Thou Ascended in Glory, O Christ our God, after Thou filled the Disciples with joy, by promising to send themContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part III)”

My beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, CHRIS IS IN OUR MIDST! HE WAS, IS, AND EVER SHALL BE. THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part II) To be sure, Christ could have raised human nature to Heaven immediately after His Resurrection, but He did not do it, lest the Resurrection should seem to be an illusion. AfterContinue reading “THE DIVINE ASCENSION (Part II)”

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”

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”

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”

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! HELPING OTHERS "But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret;Continue reading “HELPING OTHERS”

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! BEHAVIOR IN CHURCH "And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. When He had made a whip ofContinue reading “BEHAVIOR IN CHURCH”

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”

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”

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”