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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Precisely because you are a sinner, come to the temple, that you may become righteous. Or do you not know that even those who stand before the holy altar have committed sins? That is why God has provided that priests also suffer from some passions, so that they may understand human weakness and forgive others. - St. John Chrysostom

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Once St. Paisios was asked:

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  Once St. Paisios was asked: "When I was attending university, Father, I could observe my progress by looking at my grades. Here, howe...
Saturday, July 19, 2025

In the state of the Saints is found the medicine for every sin, the cure for every passion, the resurrection from every death, the deliverance from every evil spirit, the salvation from all suffering. Through the lives of the Saints it is clearly seen that there is no suffering, sorrow, distress, problem, which the Lord does not transform into a calm and devout joy. - St. Justin Popovich

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Friday, July 18, 2025

When someone close and beloved to us dies, we grieve and weep, but when our soul dies from walking the broad way, we laugh. - St. John Chrysostom

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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

– How can we love Christ, Geronda?

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  – How can we love Christ, Geronda? – We attain love for Christ, my child, in the following way: with all our being we strive towards God a...
Friday, June 27, 2025

In the Divine Liturgy, before...

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In the Divine Liturgy, before  the Gospel is read,  the Apolytikia of the Saints are read!  Why is that?  Because the Saints became Saints w...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

The priest is nothing more than a mere instrument.

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When the priest celebrates the Divine Liturgy, the Father Himself, by His Holy Spirit, changes the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of...