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A Discourse in Iconography
by Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco Iconography began on the day our Lord Jesus Christ pressed a cloth to His face and imprinted His divine-human image thereon. According to tradition, Luke the Evangelist painted the image of the Mother of God; and, also according to tradition, there still exist today many Icons which were painted by him.
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Is our disposition such that the Lord is able to be moved to compassion for us?
Transcribed talks by Archimandrite Symeon Kragiopoulos “And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.” Then as the Gospel passage tells us since the multitude had followed him into the desert for many hours and were hungry, the Lord with five loaves and two fish, having blessed and multiplied them, fed five thousand men with twelve additional baskets taken up.
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Many confess, but few repent
From the book Repentance and Confession What is repentance and confession? Confession is a God-given commandment, and it is one of the Sacraments of our Church. Confession is not a formal, habitual (“to be on the safe side”, or, “in view of upcoming feast-days”), forced and unprepared act, springing from an isolated duty or obligation and for psychological relief only.
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Rules for a Saving Confession
by Archimandrite Seraphim Aleksiev Chapter V in The Forgotten Medicine (pp 41-57) ALL CHRISTIANS without exception must go to Confession if they wish to be saved. But how should the truly faithful Confession occur?
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Therapeutic Treatment of the Human Nous
(The Human Nous – Its anatomy, Nosology and Therapeutic Treatment) Transcript of a speech delivered by protopresbyter Constantine Strategopoulos at the Panhellenic Parents’ Union in the Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi, on Sunday, 14 April 2013.
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A Prayer for Enemies
by St Nicolai of Zica Bless my enemies, O Lord. Even I bless them and do not curse them. Enemies have driven me into Thy embrace more than friends have.
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Abbot Damascene of Valaam
Builder of Orthodox Sanctity A THOUSAND YEARS OF VALAAM In the northern part of Russia a thousand years ago, on an island in the huge lake of Ladoga, was founded the monastery of Valaam.
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Prayer Concerning Ridicle
by St. Niphon Lord, have mercy on all who ridicule me or hate me. You know the evil one incites them to do this, just as he makes me continually embitter Your Divine Name.
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The Life of Saint Symeon the New Theologian
By His Disciple Nicetas Stethatos As Condensed by Bishop Theophanes the Recluse* His Life in the World Saint Symeon was born (in 949) in the Paphlagonian village of Galatia, of renowned and wealthy parents.
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St Nilus of Sora
by G. P. Fedotov (1886-1951) Russian Spirituality: The Teacher of Spiritual Prayer. Nilus The great monastery of the Holy Trinity founded by St. Sergius, although set in the midst of a virgin forest, was only fifty-odd miles to the North, from the city of Moscow.
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