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A Deeper Understanding of the Parable of the Ten Virgins from St. Seraphim of Sarov
Great and Holy Tuesday A thank you to Brother Michael for the text! “In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, when the foolish ones lacked oil, it was said: ‘Go and buy in the market.’ But when they…
Is it really Your Decision or as You Say Usually the Ecumenical Patriarch’s Decision?
source: ABP. ELPIDOPHOROS PUBLICLY REITERATES HIS STANCE ON OPEN COMMUNION FOR NON-ORTHODOX SPOUSES New York, April 12, 2020 livemedia.com In a virtual town hall meeting held yesterday, Saturday, April 11, Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the…
Joseph the All-Comely and Purity
Genesis 39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he (Joseph) left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. Kontakion Tone 8: Jacob lamented the loss of Joseph, / but his…
Sermon on Lazarus Saturday by Saint Philaret (Voznesensky, +1985) of Eastern America and New York
Sermon on Lazarus Saturday by Saint Philaret (Voznesensky, +1985)of Eastern America and New York It often happens that a child does a bad thing, and his father properly punishes him. But when he sees the child crying in sorrow, parental…
Here is what They Aren’t Telling You about Picking Grapes!
“A good grape-picker, who eats the ripe grapes, will not start gathering unripe ones. A charitable and sensible mind takes careful note of whatever virtues it sees in anyone. But a fool looks for faults and defects. And of such…
We Can’t Help But Be Inspired by The Nuns of Shamordino.
The Nuns of Shamordinoin Solovki Prison AND THE MIRACLE OF THEIR MANLINESS Commemorated November 12 Upon him who labors—God sheds mercy, but he who loves acquires consolation. Elder Ambrose of Optina In the summer of 1929, there came to Solovki about…
Catacomb Matushka Maria Martyr of Gatchina Offers the Consolation Needed Also for These Difficult Days
Matushka Maria of Gatchina THE CONSOLING CATACOMB ELDRESS Commemorated January 26 (†1930)Intense sorrows, like gold in the furnace, purify the soul, give it life, fortify and temper it. -St. Joseph of Petrograd Some thirty miles from Petrograd there is the small town…
Synaxis of Archangel Gabriel
26 March/8 April Archangel Gabriel was chosen by the Lord to announce to the Virgin Mary, and through her to all mankind, the great joy of the Incarnation of the Son of God. Therefore, on the day following the Annunciation,…