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Don’t get upset (Abba Isaiah)

Κατηγορίες: In English

If the need arises for you to chastise one of the brotherhood, and you’re upset and angry, don’t speak at all, otherwise you’ll become even more distressed. But when you see both him and yourself in a better state of meekness, then speak- not to chide him, but as if you’re reminding him of the way things should be, with great humility.

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Jesus Christ: the Son and Word of God (Sunday of the Holy Fathers) (Bishop Agathangelos of Fanari)

Κατηγορίες: In English

The Sunday of the Holy Fathers, which our Church celebrates during the period of Pentecost, is dedicated to the memory of the Holy and God-Bearing Fathers of the 1st Ecumenical Synod in Nicea, at which Athanasios the Great and Saint Spyridon the Wonder-Worker were present and testified as to the true faith. The Synod, acting in the Holy Spirit, expressed the traditional faith of the Church and formulated its dogmatic teaching on the second Person of the Holy Trinity, that is, Jesus Christ the Son and Word of God, Who was both God and human. The importance of the 1st Ecumenical Synod lies in the fact that it protected the faith from the heretical teaching of Arius and his supporters, who ...

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They’re humbled (Desert Fathers)

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When people are ashamed of themselves and disgusted by their actions, through which they’ve affronted God’s love and sanctity, they’re shocked to the core, they feel that their heart’s in pain and is saddened. Then they’re humbled in the face of God’s majesty and they make the decision to repent.

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The Lord’s Ascension: the Visible Sign of God’s Reconciliation with Us (Georgios N. Manolis, Theologian)

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The Lord’s Ascension is the visible sign of God’s reconciliation with us, but also the glorification of our human nature. This reconciliation and our glorification were achieved through the incarnation of the Son and Word of God, His teachings, His voluntary Passion, His glorious Resurrection, culminating in His Ascension into heaven. The Ascension is described by the Evangelists Mark (16, 19) and Luke (24, 50-51), as well as in the Acts of the Apostles (1, 9-11). As regards the time of the event, the book of Acts tells us that it occurred forty days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The Lord remained on earth for the duration of this time so that His disciples could realize fully ...

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