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In a strange manner (Elder Efraim Vatopaidinos)

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Abbas Pimen had a wonderful saying: ‘Bind yourself to a man who fears God and you will have fear of God’. Who is it who really fears God? People who are without passions, are virtuous, sanctified, and constantly repenting. And how beneficial it is for us when we meet such a person of God, how beneficial to be close to them. When we’re with them, in a mysterious way, our heart is moved to pray.

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Homily on the Birth of the Theotokos (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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“Your birth, Oh Theotokos, brought joy to the whole world, for from you dawned the sun of righteousness, Christ our God.  Freeing us from the curse, He gave us His blessings.  Abolishing death, He granted us eternal life.” Apolytikion (the Dismissal hymn) of the Nativity of the Theotokos The birth of the ever virgin and Mother of God, Mary, which is celebrated on the 8th of September, is the source of much spiritual joy.  The woman born, who will give birth “in flesh” to the pre-eternal God-the-Word, the Creator and Savior of the world, who abolished death so that we may have eternal life.   This joyous feast is not only shared with humanity, but the entire universe, which includes the invisible ...

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