Orthodoxy. It’s all about JESUS!
JESUS, destroyer of demons! JESUS, timeless boast of the martyrs! JESUS, courage in the face of mortal danger!
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Pray simply. Do not expect to find in your heart any remarkable gift of prayer. Consider yourself unworthy of it. Then you will find peace. Use the empty cold dryness of your prayer as food for your humility.
☦️ St Macarius of Optina
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“When your children are still small, you have to help them understand what is good. That is the deepest meaning of life.”✝️ St Paisios
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“Make your heart a monastery. There sound the semandron, there call your vigil, cense and whisper ceaseless prayers. God is next to you…”
☦️ St Luke the Surgeon of Simferopol
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I don’t know anything more wretched than the soul which refuses to honor priests. That soul is full of demonic frenzy.
☦️ Saint John Chrysostom
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Do not believe your thoughts, neither when they tell you that you are terrible, nor when they tell you that you're a saint.
☦️ Saint Paisos of Mt. Athos
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Life in Christ means nurturing our soul. St Paisios of Mount Athos (July 12) emphasized that we must trust God always, seek simplicity, humility, and acquire thankfulness in all things.
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Gluttony makes a man gloomy and fearful, but fasting makes him joyful and courageous. And, as gluttony calls forth greater and greater gluttony, so fasting stimulates greater and greater endurance.
+St Nicholai of Zicha
Photo: Mt Athos
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“Night now falls upon me …
Oh, my Christ!
Rekindle my little lamp,
And shine on me once more.”
✝️ St Gregory (The Theologian) of Nazianzus (Jan 25/ Feb 7)
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Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees.
✝️ St Gregory of Nyssa (Jan 10/ Jan 23)
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"If you do good, you should do it only to please God, because the ingratitude of people should not be paid any attention."
☦️ St Ambrose of Optina
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If you see a man who has sinned and you do not pity him, the grace of God will leave you. Whoever curses bad people, and does not pray for them, will never come to know the grace of God.
☦️St Silouan the Athonite (Writings, VII.4, VIII.6)
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Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, for you have borne the Saviour of our souls!
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When threatened by the state with despoliation, exile, martyrdom, and death for his Orthodox faith, St Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea responded, "Is that all?"
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How, O Life, canst Thou die? Or abide in a grave?
For Thou dost destroy the kingdom of death, O Lord, and Thou raisest up the dead of Hades' realm.
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[i]t will be hard to answer before God, Whom you did not confess openly, but only secretly, for fear of ridicule.”
☦️ St Alexy (Solovyov)
“My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.” —Philadelphia Flyers’ Ivan Provorov, after refusing to wear LGBTQ jersey in 2023
Saint-a-day tunnel! A pedestrian tunnel connects the main road and a wooden church dedicated to Saints Constantine and Helen (May 21/ June 3) in the mountain resort area of Straja, Romania. It features icons of 365 saints, one for each day of the year.
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Do not attempt to explain something difficult with contentiousness, but with patience, prayer and unwavering hope.
☦️ St Mark the Ascetic
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We need to live life not only for ourselves. Pray quietly for everyone. Do not reject or humiliate anyone. Our thoughts and words have a powerful impact on the world around us. Pray with tears for everyone, for the sick, the weak, for the sinners.
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As for ourselves, we feel tremendously inspired by the new year, the conclusion of at least a big part of last year’s work, and the great prospects ahead, if only God will continue to grant the present opportunity.
-Fr. Seraphim Rose, letter dated Jan 3/16, 1976
An Elder once said, “We should keep one phrase in our mind: ‘Today I will go home.’ ... However, today’s generation says, ‘I will repent tomorrow.’” ☦️ from Evergetinos (The ancient sayings of the desert.)
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St. George (April 23/May 6) at his martyrdom, addressed the Emperor: “I am saved only by calling upon Christ and His Power. Whoever believes in Him has no regard for tortures and is able to do the things that Christ did” (John 14:12).
No one has ever become poor by giving. It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. If you haven't got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Every good act is charity.
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“Struggle with all your power to gain Paradise. And do not listen to those who say that everyone will be saved. This is a trap of Satan so that we won’t struggle.” ☦️ St Paisios the Athonite (June 29/ July 12)
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If you are penetrated through with the deep mystery of the Cross, then you will see nothing there except for the love of God the Father crucifying His Son, the love of God the Son dying on the Cross, and the love . Cross.
☦️ St Philaret of Moscow (Nov 19/ Dec 2)
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The Feast of the Nativity, Julian Calendar
“Prepare thyself, O Bethlehem! Adorn thyself well, O manger! The Truth hath come! Receive Him, O cave! The shadow hath passed away, and God hath appeared to mankind through the Virgin, assuming our form and deifying our flesh.”
Good morning, good evening family hope yall doing good with your family and friends am here to tell you about this young child who was abandoned by the family they all threw him and is living with a poor family so they really need your help with anything you can God bless you
"Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven." Mt 7:21
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“For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life.“ 2 Corinthians 2:15
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"The Holy Apostle Andrew, in Greek, Andreas, interpreted as "strong, manly" and "courageous", is a dramatic example of courage for us in these times when Christians have lost their courage!
St Andrew wiillingly accepted death by crucifixion.
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To be Orthodox means to have the God-man Christ constantly in your soul, to live in Him, think in Him, feel in Him, act in Him. In other words, to be Orthodox means to be a Christ-bearer and a Spirit-bearer. ☦️ St. Justin Popović
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Allow me take this opportunity to thank Brother Jacob for the kind heart ,May the Almighty Lord bless the work of your hands and may HE LEAD YOU IN WHATEVER YOU DO AMEN ,🙏
O Prophet of God and Forerunner of Grace, your head has blossomed from the earth as a sacred rose. We are ever being healed, for as of old, You preach repentance to the world. Kontakion (Tone 3), First and second finding of the Honorable Head of the Holy Glorious Prophet,
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Hey brothers and sisters hole y'all doing good if God has blessed you with something please share with us whatever you have this Christmas let's make this world a better place for everyone
“Also, we should know well that our Orthodox Church does not have even one shortcoming. The only apparent insufficiency is the shortage of sober Hierarchs and Shepherds with a Patristic foundation.”
☦️ Saint Paisios the Athonite
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"Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches."
📖Proverbs 24:3-4
"I am a Taliban of the Church, and I consider death as nothing. Whoever fears death cannot do a good deed..." Papa-George Chiotakas, military priest (reposed Feb. 21, 2016) in Crete, father of 12 children.
"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." 1 Corinthians 1:18
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"If you want to drive [the devil] away, say: “Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me” ... It suits the devil to enter into a dialogue for it means that you acknowledge him. Thus through prayer, we ignore him."
☦️ Elder Arsenie Papacioc of Romania
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