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Mother Siluana: Why do we suffer?
If we meet God in our suffering and sorrows, then we know God’s joy and comfort. We don’t easily feel His comfort in earthly joys, because we are…
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Grig Gheorghiu
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St. Mary of Egypt: The Most Striking Example of True Repentance
Excerpts from a homily by Elder Ioanichie Bălan
Apr 19
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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Fr. Arsenie Papacioc on almsgiving
God doesn't preserve us because we are very worthy. He preserves us because He is very merciful.
Apr 12
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Grig Gheorghiu
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Elder Proclu: That’s What the Mother of God Told Me
“Why do you think the Mother of God told me to give this money to you? What good deed did you do?”
Apr 5
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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Elder Proclu: That’s What the Mother of God Told Me
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March 2024
Elder Teofil Paraian: St. Gregory Palamas and the Prayer of the Heart
When you remember it, say, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner,” and you will see how much light there will be in your souls.
Mar 30
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Grig Gheorghiu
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Elder Sofian: Thoughts on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
Until the great day of the Lord’s Resurrection, we move through a special spiritual atmosphere, in which each Sunday of Lent shines like a bright star.
Mar 24
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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Elder Sofian: Thoughts on the Sunday of Orthodoxy
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Mother Siluana: On the consequences of the fall of Adam and Eve on the feminine and masculine side
Excerpt from the book “Offering Ourselves, We Enter Into His Joy - Volume One” by Mother Siluana Vlad (available on Amazon as paperback and ebook…
Mar 17
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Grig Gheorghiu
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Mother Siluana: On the consequences of the fall of Adam and Eve on the feminine and masculine side
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Fr. Nicolae Steinhardt: Commentary on the Parable of the Last Judgment
In the text of the Last Judgment (Matthew 25:31-46), the emphasis suddenly falls on the human being. Throughout the New Testament (and in the Old…
Mar 10
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Grig Gheorghiu
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Fr. Nicolae Steinhardt: Commentary on the Parable of the Last Judgment
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St. John Jacob of Hozeva: On Not Judging Clergy
A miraculous story from the Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Mar 6
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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Mother Siluana: What is the soul?
The soul contains the body; it is not what we think, that the soul is in the body, but the soul contains the body, organizes it, sustains it, leads it.
Mar 2
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Grig Gheorghiu
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February 2024
"He Spoke with God": Elder Petroniu of Prodromos
“Seek Jesus! He is hidden in His commandments. Love God and your neighbor! If you want to be sanctified, remember Jesus! Speak less with people and more…
Feb 22
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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"He Spoke with God": Elder Petroniu of Prodromos
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"The Words of the Liturgy are the Words by which God Made Heaven and Earth"
Fr. Rafail Noica on St. Sophrony of Essex: "The Man of the Word"
Feb 21
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Ioan Gheorghiu
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