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Your own from your Own (Archimandrite Nikon Koutsidis)

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One time when Jesus was going to Jerusalem, He wanted to stop at a Samaritan village. He sent messengers to prepare for His arrival, but the Samaritans were unwilling to accept Him, because He was on His way to Jerusalem. ‘When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them as Elijah did?”. But Jesus turned and rebuked them. “You do not know of what spirit you are; the Son of Man has not come to destroy souls, but to save them”’ (Luke 9, 54-56). *** It’s often the case that we think we’re acting in accordance with the will of God whereas, in fact, we’re making a ...

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Limitations of science (Saint Luke the Doctor)

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Is science able to tell us how the great prophet Isaiah, 700 years before the birth of Christ, foretold all the most salient events of His life? Can it explain the gift of foresight which the saints have? Can it tell us by what physical methods the saints acquired this grace? How, upon seeing a stranger for the first time they were able to understand the heart and read the thoughts of that person? How they were able to answer such a person’s questions before they’d even been asked? Let the scientists explain to us how the saints foretold the great events of history, which, over time, unfolded exactly as they had said they would.

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