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Crowned as martyrs (Saint Seraphim of Sarov)

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If the Lord allows people to be tormented by sicknesses then He’ll give the strength to bear them. Those who suffer illness with patience and gratitude to God are crowned as martyrs and strivers. Just as wax can’t accept a stamp unless it’s first warmed and softened, so the soul can’t take upon it the stamp of virtue unless it’s tested with labors and illnesses.

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Looking Down (Protopresbyter Themistoklis Mourtzanos)

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There are feasts in out tradition that don’t last long. For example, the Lord’s Ascension, for many people, is Christ’s return to heaven, leaving us alone to deal with what He bequeathed us: the Gospel, the life of the Church and the faith. And, looking up, we often wonder why He doesn’t come back down to order our lives. We have the impression that He’s forgotten us and that He Himself is waiting for the Second Coming to provide a definitive answer to the problem of death, to the problem of evil, to the problem of misery among people and in the world. The Ascension is associated with a return to the ‘Our Father’ and ‘Through the prayers’, with the ...

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