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‘When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we speak kindly’ (1 Cor. 4, 12-13) (Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos)

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Writing to the Corinthians, Saint Paul refers to the mission of Christians as imitators of the apostles, as imitators of their spiritual fathers when the faith is persecuted: ‘When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we speak kindly’. Naturally, this attitude seems incomprehensible to people concerned with their rights. People who don’t want to be treated unfairly. Who demand the truth. Who don’t want any ill to befall them in life. Who are constantly asking ‘Why?’ ‘What have I done to deserve such behavior towards me?’ People for whom bigotry is intolerable. But Saint Paul is talking about another ethos, which transcends what people demand as normality in life and culture. This ethos springs from love. It ...

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Beginning and end (Saint Ignatij Brianchaninoff)

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Source: wikimedia commons All the waters of the earth pour into the oceans and unite together. All the works of the Fathers unite in the Gospel. They all teach us to keep Christ’s commandments exactly. The beginning, the end, the source and the quintessence of all of them is the Gospel.

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