Malice cuts us off from God. The inevitable consequence of this severance is that we’re ruined beyond all repair. Saint Theophan the Recluse
It is during these Christmas days that we hear another name applied to the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is the name taken from the day of His birth in Bethlehem, and this name is Emmanuel. The first to say this name in a prophetic manner was Isaiah, who proclaimed eight centuries earlier: “Behold the Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and you shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). St. Matthew the Evangelist recalls this prophecy from the words of the Angel, who announced to Joseph the birth of Jesus (see Matthew 1:23). The hymnographers of the Church also (their hymns inspired by scenes and words from the Holy Bible) composed a ...
The Person of Christ at the center of detractions For Christians, the historicity of Christ is self-evident, as, indeed, it is for all people of good will. According to the very clear testimony of Holy Scripture, Jesus was a historical personage who was born in Bethlehem in Judah, during the reign of Caesar Augustus. He taught the people, performed miracles, was crucified under Pontius Pilate and rose on the third day. Besides, scientific enquiry has confirmed a good many- though not, of course, all- of the facts concerning the historical life of Jesus, as these are known to us from the Gospels. Nevertheless, milieux hostile to Christianity, whether ‘scientific’ or ideologically- charged have, from time to time disparaged the historicity of Christ ...
Monasticism is a free health care center. It’s God’s clinic, where people come to get well. God calls people with a holy invitation and, through His love, brings them into this health center. Elder Efraim, Arizona
Pray all the time and have your hope in God. You’ll be helped by the grace of Our Lady, Saint David and Saint John the Russian. We pray for all the world, and these prayers matter. Saint Iakovos Tsalikis
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If you want to uproot the passions, it’ll hurt and you’ll bleed. Abba Pimin
