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My beloved brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL COMPASS IS THE LORD HIMSELF "Now may the Lord DIRECT YOUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD AND INTO THE PATIENCE OF CHRIST" (2 Thessalonians 3:5). "Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth,Continue reading “THE CHRISTIANS SPIRITUAL COMPASS IS THE LORD HIMSELF”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord Jesus Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! Περί καλοσύνης (About Kindness) PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE "… giving all diligence, add to your faith VIRTUE, knowledge, to KNOWLEDGE, self-control, to SELLF-CONTROL, to perseverance, to PERSEVERANCE GODLINESS, to godliness BROTHERLY KINDNESS, and to brotherlyContinue reading “Περί καλοσύνης (About kindness)”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! "… HE WHO HATES…" "But he who hates his brother IS IN DARKNESS and WALKS IN DARKNESS, and DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING, because THE DARKNESS HAS BLINDED HIS EYES" (1 John 2:11). The NEW COMMANDMENTContinue reading ““… HE WHO HATES… WALKS IN DARKNESS…” (1 John 2:11)”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Redeemer, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN FLESH AND SPIRIT (SOUL) (On the struggle between flesh and spirit that takes place within a Christian] By Tikhon of Zadonsk Every Christian HAS TWO BIRTHS, the old and fleshly, and the spiritual and new,Continue reading “SPIRITUAL STRUGGLES”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord and God, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE DANGER OF LOSING YOUR SOUL (Part II) Saint Gregory the Theologian says, "Just as the body, which was originally formed IN US OF DUST, became subsequently the current of human bodies as has not beenContinue reading “THE DANGER OF LOSING YOUR SOUL (Part II)”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Savior, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE DANGER OF LOSING YOUR SOUL "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (St. MatthewContinue reading “THE DANGER OF LOSING YOUR SOUL”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Christ, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! RECEIVING "LIVING WATER." "…Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me AND DRINK. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, OUT OF HIS HEART WILL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVINGContinue reading “RECEIVING “LIVING WATER””

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Savior, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE WEDNESDAY OF MID-PENTECOST Apolytikion (Dismissal) hymn of the Feast. Plagal of Fourth Tone. "At Mid-feast give Thou my thirsty soul to drink of the waters of piety; for Thou, O Savior, didst cry out to all. WhosoeverContinue reading “THE WEDNESDAY OF MID-PENTECOST”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! SIMPLE VILLAGE FOLK WHO SAW… THE UNCREATED LIGHT! By the Reverand Father Nicholas Loudovikos Once, I happened to witness an event that I will tell you about… I was a young officiating presbyter at the time, and IContinue reading “SIMPLE VILLAGE FOLK WHO SAW… THE UNCREATED LIGHT!”

My beloved spiritual brothers and sisters in Our Risen Lord, CHRIST IS RISEN! TRULY HE IS RISEN! THE LAY PORTER WHO RESURRECTED A DEAD MAN By the Geron (Elder) Paisios … I once met a man who was very kind and sensitive. Just imagine, he even refused to stay overnight at the Monastery, because heContinue reading “THE LAY PORTER WHO RESURRECTED A DEAD MAN”