St. Theophan the Recluse

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“And so, if you want to be fruitful, die.”

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Leave Thy Homeland!

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St. Theophan the Recluse

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If We Want to, We will Drive Away the Western Darkness

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The Lord Did Not Say, “Do Not Work, Do Not Eat, Do Not Drink,” but Rather, Let Not Your Heart Be Weighed Down With This

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by St. Theophan the Recluse And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with...

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Hypocrisy Begins the Moment There Appears the Intention Not to Do Good, but Only to Show Yourself as Doing Good

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Then the person becomes noble in the eyes of God because of his heart’s disposition, although on the outside he may sometimes seem unprepossessing to other people.

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St. Theophan the Recluse The Lord reproaches His contemporaries by saying that they pass over the judgement and the love...

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Only Good and Truth Make Up a True Possession

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While this Soul Serves the Lord, Demons Cannot Prevail Over it.

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God Will Sort Everyone Out in Good Time

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Confessing Him Correctly

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St. Theophan the Recluse Whosoever shall receive Me, receiveth Him that sent Me, said the Lord, while He that sent...