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The Prayer of Righteous Symeon (Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios)

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At every Vespers, we hear the prayer: “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; For my eyes have seen your salvation …” (Luke 2: 29-31). As St. Luke the Evangelist writes, it is with these words that the Righteous Symeon praised and thanked God, when he took the 40 day old baby Jesus in his arms, while in the Temple of Jerusalem. But who was Symeon, who claimed this special honor from God?   He was a devout and faithful man, eagerly awaiting the fulfillment of the Biblical Prophecies (from Isaiah and the other Prophets) concerning the coming of Christ, the Messiah who would bring salvation to the people of Israel. Additionally, the Holy ...

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It never ends (Saint Gregory the Theologian)

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Those who have cleansed their minds can expect the ineffable light and the contemplation of the holy and royal Trinity, which illumines more brightly and clearly and infuses the whole of the nous, which is something which I consider the primary kingdom of the heavens. Those whose nous is blind, however, can expect punishment, or, rather, the fact that they’ve been rejected by God and that their conscience has been put to shame. And this never ends. Saint Gregory the Theologian

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