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Category Spirituality
THE PARABLE OF THE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD WHO RECEIVED EQUAL PAY (MATT 20:1–16) by Archbishop Averky
This parable has as its purpose to explain how it could be that the last could become the first. This will come about as a result of God’s mercy and goodness. The kingdom of God is here imagined as a…
YEARS ARE NOT NEEDED FOR TRUE REPENTANCE AND NOT DAYS BUT ONLY AN INSTANT.
ST. AMBROSE OF OPTINA
The Shocking Revelation Concerning a Mother that Prayed that Her Children Would Die
+ B.P. Three of the nuns were from the same village. Karvali (today Güzelyurt, formerly Gelveri of the district of Aksaray Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey). Their village was comprised of “Karamanlides” Turkish Speaking Greeks who wrote using the…
THE LIFE OF THE HOLY HIERARCH SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
BY SAINT DEMETRIUS OF ROSTOV Saint John Chrysostom, beacon of the whole world, pillar and confirmation of the Church, and preacher of repentance, was born in the city of Antioch in Syria. His parents were unbelievers and held to the…
A PRAYER OF DAILY CONFESSION FOR A PERSON ENTERING ON THE WAY OF SALVATION From the writing of Saint Dimitry, Metropolitan of Rostov.
Having found a silent place and being alone, sit down and meditate on your life, recall to mind all sins that you have committed from your youth on, those you have confessed, and those left unconfessed. Having brought back to…
A CONFESSION THAT LEADS THE INWARD MAN TO HUMILITY
from The Pilgrim Continues His Way Turning my eyes carefully upon myself and watching the course of my inward state, I have verified by experience that I do not love God, that I have no love for my neighbors, that…
ON FAITH AND THE ROOTS OF UNBELIEF
By Dr. Vladimir Moss Faith is a gift of God. As the Apostle Paul says, “By grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not your own doing – it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2.9). And…