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The Divine Liturgy († Dionysios, Metropolitan of Servia and Kozani)

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Every day, a task is performed on earth. It’s the greatest, most important, most sacred task that humans can aspire to. It’s the Divine Liturgy, the continuation of the Last Supper at which Jesus sat with His disciples. People are capable of carrying out many great feats, but none is greater or more important than the Divine Liturgy. This is the one privilege God gave to us humans, because even the angels can’t celebrate the Divine Liturgy. At the Divine Liturgy, the angels serve with people, as we hear in the tropario of Saint Spyridon: ‘And in the singing of your holy prayers you have angels celebrating with you’. Indeed, as Saint Peter says, ‘even angels long to look into’ what ...

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My apocalypse

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Generally speaking, by “apocalypse” (ἀποκάλυψις) the people understand “revelation” or, more literally, “uncovering”. The term is tied, mainly, with Saint...

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First they sow, then they reap (Abba Kassianos)

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We should be aware that each demon deals with a particular passion, which it plants first in the heart and then cultivates. Some demons are concerned with the passion of debauchery, others with that of blasphemy. Others incite anger and wrath. Others plunge people into sorrow and yet others produce vainglory and pride. Each of them strives to make a prisoner of our heart through the passion which attracts us most. They don’t pour out their poisons all together, but each one separately and in relation to how much, where and how the disposition and defenses of person concerned allows them to. For example, somebody doesn’t suddenly burst into stupid and lewd laughter if, at the same time, they’re being ...

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