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In love did God bring the world into existence: in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the One who has preformed all these things; in love will the whole course of the governance of creation be finally comprised. -St. Isaac the Syrian

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“Brethren and fathers, God, who fashioned us and brought us out of non-existence into being, has placed us in this life as in a schoolroom to learn to the Gospel of His kingdom.”

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Quote from Today’s Saint – Theodore the Studite

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“For it is a commandment of the Lord not to be silent at a time when the Faith is in...

What You Should Be Doing When You Look at the Sky

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“When you look at the sky and the beauty of the stars, throw yourself at God’s feet and adore Him...

Hell Can’t Be Made Attractive

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St. John Chrysostom on Acts 2:1

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Until the day in which he was taken up after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments unto the...

On the Day of the Falling Asleep of St. Philaret Metropolitan of New York

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Troparion Tone IVFrom childhood thou gavest thyself wholly to the Lord, abiding in prayer, labors and fasting, O God-bearing Philaret,...

SERMON ON THE SYNAXIS OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL -ST JOHN OF KRONSTADT

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The angels’ mission in people’s livesIn the matter of God’s providence towards mankind, there must be intermediaries between people and...

An Introduction to the Acts of the Apostles by St. John Chrysostom

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The former account I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, - Acts 1:1...

IN DUTCH – SAINT PHILARET OF NEW YORK, THE NEW CONFESSOR – LENTEN EPISTLE TO PATRIARCH ATHENAGORAS (1968).

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21 mei / 3 juni 1968UW HEILIGHEID: Op de vreugdevolle dag van Pascha, wanneer onze Heilige Kerk de Feestdagen en...