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The Prayer of the Holy Mountain Yesterday and Today (Elder Aimilianos Simonopetritis †)

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None of us would doubt that prayer is, indeed, a fundamental necessity for any soul. It is the tree of life which nourishes people and renders them incorruptible, because it allows them to enter into communion with the eternal and incorruptible God. Just as there is no-one without a soul, so it is inconceivable that anyone could live in Christ without prayer. The prayer of the heart is the ceaseless activity of the ranks of the angels, the bread, the life and the language of these immaterial beings; it is the expression of their love for God. And so the monks, too, imitating them in the flesh and engaged in spiritual struggles, live in the angelic state and fan their divine ...

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The fear of God (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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In the petition which we address to God, “For this Holy House” (which we heard about in the previous Homily), the following words are also said: “and for those who enter it with faith, reverence, and fear of God, let us pray to the Lord.”  In other words, to pray for those who enter the holy Church with faith, reverence and fear of God. What does the Church mean by “fear,” which is connected with the faith and reverence of Christians who are entering the church?  We can definitely say that the “fear of God” has no relation whatsoever with the fear that someone feels when an enraged person attacks them with a weapon (or any other visible danger associated with ...

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