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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
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After every storm
After every storm, if you don’t give up, you may see your whole struggle bearing fruit. Indeed! Yes, you get to see the fruit if you take the right stance, of course, if you stand humbly before God having trust and patience, without being scandalized.
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Let us stop searching all over the place
Holy St. Nectarios pray for us “Christians, have we understood the great responsibility that we have taken on before God through baptism? Have we come to know that we must conduct ourselves as children of God, that we must align our will with the will of God, that we must remain free from sin, that we must love God with all our hearts and always patiently await union with Him?
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Orthodoxy in Kauai Part 2
It looks like our trip to Kauai made the news in Russia. Read part one. here The video of the panikhida starts at about the 42 minute mark:
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Preparation for Prayer
St. Porphyrios To pray, you need to create for yourself the proper “climate” then the Lord Himself will teach us how to pray. An Elder used to say that in order to have light in your house you need to install the right hardware - Some preparatory prayers Ask the Lord to have tears Burning Incense Lighting a candle Silence No Worrying Some prior Study (especially reading of the saints) Removal of your self from everyone and everything Burning of an oil lamp Desire to be happy Complete dependance of God Complete letting go of yourself to God.
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