3 Dec 2024, 12:02 UTC21 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
Saint Basil the Great describes a Christian we all should strive to be.
βBe a help to your friends, kind to the ones with whom you live, gentle to your servant, patient with those who are troublesome, loving towards the lowly, comforting those in trouble, visiting those in affliction, never despising anyone, gracious in friendship, cheerful in answering others, courteous, approachable to everyone, never speaking youβ¦
9 Oct 2024, 17:45 UTC22 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
There is no doubt that smoking is a sin. I will share my priestly experience: I gave communion to the dying, attended funerals and saw that the death of many people was directly connected with smoking. And it is very difficult to get rid of this scourge. Once I baptized and gave Communion before death to a woman who was dying of cancer of the larynx, and even in that state she could not stop smoking. Even before Commβ¦
26 Sept 2024, 20:54 UTC18 views1 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
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O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance. Grant victories to the Orthodox Christians over their adversaries; and by the virtue of Thy Cross, preserve Thy habitation.
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24 Sept 2024, 15:36 UTC13 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
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βWe must always remember that the Lord sees us wrestling with the Enemy, and so we must never be afraid. Even should all hell fall upon us, we must be brave.β
β St. Silouan the Athonite
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The venerable Silouan the Athonite (also known as Silouan of Mount Athos) was a monk of the early twentieth century at the Monastery of St. Panteleimon known for his wise counsel. He is remembered by the Church on β¦
30 May 2024, 23:11 UTC18 views1 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
βI am the good shepherd,
and know my sheep, and am known of mineβ
(John 10:14)
Our Lord Jesus Christ spoke these words of Himself, meaning that He knows His sheep, that is, True Christians, and these sheep know Him. So, brethren, only he can be a sheep of Christβs flock who wishes to know Christ. But how are we to know Him? By studying His Holy Gospel, because it is the very book in which the Holy Spirit, through thβ¦
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30 Apr 2024, 03:06 UTC29 viewsread 12 August 2026 Photo
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30 Apr 2024, 03:06 UTC27 viewsread 12 August 2026 "The parable of the fig tree also contains a lot of spiritual teaching. The morning after His solemn entry into Jerusalem, the Lord, returning to the city from Bethany, where He spent the night, wished to taste food. As the Gospel says, He βsaw a fig tree on the road, approached it and, finding nothing on it except some leaves, said to it: Let there be no fruit from you henceforth forever. And the fig tree immediatelβ¦
3 Dec 2023, 23:07 UTC28 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @OrthodoxSpirituality555
"A wise custom of the ancient Holy Fathers: when greeting each other, they didnβt ask about health or anything else, but rather about prayer, saying "How is your prayer?" Prayer was considered by them to a be a sign of the spiritual life, and they called it the breath of the spirit. If the body has breath, it lives; if breathing stops, life comes to an end. So it is with the spirit. If there is prayer, the soul livesβ¦
22 Nov 2023, 01:47 UTC30 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @FrSeraphimRosePhoto
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14 Nov 2023, 23:45 UTC26 views1 reactionsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
πβοΈ It is truly meet to bless You, O Theotokos, ever-blessed and most pure, and the Mother of our God. More honorable than the Cherubim, and more glorious beyond compare than the Seraphim, without defilement You gave birth to God the Word. True Theotokos we magnify You!
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14 Nov 2023, 03:12 UTC25 viewsread 12 August 2026 Forwarded from @orthodox_churchPhoto
This is how it works in spiritual life: once you start to think you are smart and strong enough by yourself, you fail. And when you understand that you are still work in progress and can't do anything without God, you grow. The borderline between pride and humility is very thin. We should always be careful and awake. Regular Confession is of great help here.
"The mind that realizes it's own weakness has discovered wβ¦
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