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My Journal in India Part 3
Tuesday, February 5 I got up at 7:00 a.m., and so I had an hour before Orthros. As usual, I made myself some coffee by putting into a half-empty water bottle a spoonful of the instant coffee I had brought and shaking it up.
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My Journal in India Part 2
My Second Journal in India
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The Life of Saint Ambrose
The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.
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Orthodoxy in Kauai
I was recently invited to visit the island of Kauai and the Russian Fort by the Congress of Russian Americans to participate in the 200th anniversary of the Russian presence in Hawaii.
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My Journal in India
My India Journal by Papa Ephraim Monday, September 17, 2018 Glory be to God for all things! It is hard to believe that I am now on a plane flying over the Pacific Ocean towards Hawaii and then to India.
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Indian Children Singing
Here is picture of Indian Children Singing.
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Quotes on Belittlement
Concerning people who ridicule him – A Prayer from Bishop 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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Patience Patience Patience
Source: Orthodox Path Below is an amateur translation I did. It’s an excerpt from Words from the heart (pp. 246-250), a collection of homilies by Abbess Makrina of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Odigitria in Volos, Greece.
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A Mature Response
My friend Fr. Matthew Harrington gives me credit for saying, “Your spiritual maturity can only be measured by how you respond to the cross.” He quoted this to me on a day when I needed to hear it, and do not remember saying it to him, so it was a bonus.
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Diadocus of Photike New Translation
Excerpts from a new translation of the works of Diadochus, Bishop of Photike