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St. Paisios Velichkovsky on the Jesus Prayer
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Savior of the World (source) The Jesus Prayer is a work common to the angels and to men. With this prayer, men quickly approach...
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The Prison and Instruments of Torture of St. George the Trophy-bearer
St. George the Great Martyr and Trophy-bearer, being tortured on the wheel for Christ (source)Pilgrims to the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George (seat of the Patriarch of Alexandria) can have the...
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St. George Cathedral, Covasna, and Blessed Elder Joseph the Hesychast (+1959)
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!From the interior of the Chapel of Panagia Pantanassa, St. George Cathedral, Covasna, Romania (source) St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Covasna Romania, has...
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St. Basil of Ostrog, the Wonderworker
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Basil of Ostrog, the Wonderworker - Commemorated April 29th (source) A SHORT LIFE OF SAINT BASIL OF OSTROGFrom the Prologue of OchridSaint Basil was born in...
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Selected hymns to St. Argyre the New Martyr
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Argyre the New Martyr of Prousa - Commemorated on April 5th (her repose) and April 30th (the uncovering of her relics) (source) Selected hymns to St. Argyre the...
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"At Christ’s Rising let us dance with faith today..."
Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen!Christ healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda (source) At Christ’s Rising let us dance with faith today, O peoples: Hell has been despoiled; rapidly he gave...
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St. Ephraim saves a young woman from death
Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen!St. Ephraim of Nea Makri, the Great Martyr, Venerable Wonderworker, and Newly-revealed - Commemorated on May 5th (martyrdom) and January 3rd (finding of his relics)...
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"The mid-point of the days is here..."
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of God, preaching in the Temple (source) The mid-point of the days is here, which begin with the saving Resurrection and are sealed by the...
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St. Paisios of the Mount Athos recognized by the Patriarchate of Russia
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Icon of St. Paisios of the Holy Mountain with Russian inscription (source) After the canonization of Elder Paisios the Athonite by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical...
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"The Source of wonders came to the source..."
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Christ talking with the Samaritan Woman (and later St. Photini) at Jacob's Well (source) The source of wonders came to the source at the sixth hour to catch the...
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Service for the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas, by St. Nikodemos...
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!The Translation of the Holy Relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (source) Service for the Translation of the Relics of St. Nicholas,by St. Nikodemos of the Holy...
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St. Porphyrios on Egotism and Raising Children
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!St. Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (source) "The truth of Christ stresses that, if you praise a person, you make him an egotist. The egotist is burdened, and is guided...
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The ascetical places of Elder Joseph the Hesychast
Elder Joseph the Hesychast and Cave-dweller (+1959) (source) The following is a beautiful video from a pilgrim to Mount Athos, which discusses Elder Joseph the Hesychast (+1959), a true spiritual...
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"Give sight, O Lord, to the eyes of my soul..."
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Christ healing the man born blind, fresco from Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos (source) Give sight, O Lord, to the eyes of my soul, maimed by gloomy sin, by...
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Elder Ephraim of Arizona on Slander
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Synaxis of the Holy Athonite Fathers (source) As time passes, it has been disheartening for me to see more and more slander and hatred directed towards Elder...
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Selected hymns to Blessed Father John Karastamatis (+1985) of Santa Cruz
Christ is risen! Truly He is risen!Icon of Blessed Father John Karastamatis (+1985) of Santa Cruz (source) Fr. John Karastamatis was a Greek Orthodox priest, originally from the island of Andros in...
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Homily on the Ascension, by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes (+2010)
The Ascension of Christ (source) Homily on the Ascension, by Metropolitan Avgoustinos Kantiotes (+2010)Today, my beloved, is a great feast of the Master, the Ascension of the Lord. What is the story...
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"This is truly the King of glory. And why are Your garments scarlet?"
Icon depicting Christ's Ascension. It is interesting to note, and theologically correct, that the iconographer depicts the wounds from the Crucifixion in Christ's hands and feet. The Fathers hold that...
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St. John the Russian heals a man near death
St. John the Russian, the New Confessor and Wonderworker - Commemorated May 27 (source) E.P. from Eurytania, when he visited his homeland [Greece], got gravely sick from pneumonia, internal infection...
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Serbian Patriarchate canonizes two new American Saints: Sebastian and Mardarije
Two new Serbian-American Saints: Sebastian of Jackson (+1940) and Mardarije of Libertyville(+1935) (source) On May 29, 2015, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchate of Serbia glorified two new...
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