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The Ancestral Sin and our Regeneration Homily 37
Because Adam believed the devil who had told him his lies, and tasted of the tree of knowledge, therefore, as one who had believed a liar, he fell away from the truth. After this, human nature labored a great deal seeking the truth but could not find it.
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The Blessed State Homily 2
Inasmuch as human nature lost its blessed state through the transgression of Adam, it is essential for us to know what Adam was before the loss of the blessed state, and in what consisted this blessed state, or that good and divine condition which man had before the transgression. The Holy Fathers tell us that God became man in order that through His becoming man He might again raise up human nature into the blessed state.
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Immortality, Resurrection and Redemption
The Word became flesh:” in this is the ultimate joy of the Christian faith. In this is the fullness of Revelation. The Same Incarnate Lord is both perfect God and perfect man. The full significance and the ultimate purpose of human existence is revealed and realized in and through the Incarnation. He came down from Heaven to redeem the earth, to unite man with God for ever. “And became man.
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The Immortality of the Soul
Are Christians, as Christians, necessarily committed to the belief in the Immortality of the human soul? And what does Immortality actually mean in the Christian universe of discourse? These questions are by no means just rhetorical ones.
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On the Heights of Humility Elder Joseph of Optina
Hieroschemamonk Joseph was the closest disciple of the great Elder Ambrose – the closest not only outwardly, as his cell-attendant of 30 years, but also in spirit, on the strength of his obedience, devotion and love.
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Gnostic Chapters - Diadochos of Photiki
by Diadochos, Bishop of Photiki in Epirus, 100 Gnostic Chapters Definition 1: Faith. Dispassionate thought of God. Definition 2: Hope. Departure of the mind in love towards those things which are hoped for.
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The Life of Saint Herman
The Life of Saint Herman of Alaska
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The Eight Vices
by St John Cassian Written for Bishop Kastor Having composed the treatise on cenobitic institutions, I am now once more encouraged by your prayers to attempt to write something about the eight vices: gluttony, unchastity, avarice, anger, dejection, restlessness, self-esteem and pride.
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New Solovki Saints
NEW SOLOVKI SAINTS Martyrology of the Communist Yoke: Alexander Jacobson, Orthodox Jew Confessor by I. M. Andreyev The following is one of the several moving accounts wherein Prof. Andreyev describes his personal contact with Russia’s new saints and martyrs.
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The Saying of Elder Symeon Kragiopoulos
During the time that I lived in Greece, I became familar with the monsasteries under Elder Symeon in Panorama, Thessaloniki, Greece. As a result, I have been collecting his quotes for many years and I realized that they would help many people to walk on the path of Christ.
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