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Elder Joseph the Hesychast: "Why should you despair?"
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Savior (source) "Since our sweet Jesus is so good, compassionate and kind, why should you despair ? We seek one small thing from Him, and He gives us so much! We ask...
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ISIS desecrates the Church and Holy Relics of St. Julian of Emesa
St. Julian (Elian) of Emesa (Homs), the Martyr and Unmercenary (source) News sites are reporting that, among the many atrocities of ISIS throughout the Middle East, they have recently demolished the...
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St. Paisios the Athonite on trust in God
St. Paisios the Athonite (epigraph also includes that his cell was under Koutloumousiou Monastery) (source) "When we believe in God and have trust in His fatherly providence and concern, then we do...
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St. Kosmas Aitolos on Man as God's Creation
St. Kosmas Aitolos, the New Hieromartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles (source) "The Most Gracious God made us, my brethren, human beings, and not animals. He made us more honorable than the whole world....
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"A great protector and defender..."
St. Phanourios the Great Martyr (source) A great protector and defender, you have been shown to be, O Martyr Phanourios, for wherever your sacred name is called upon, you speedily grant the gifts of...
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Akathist to St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly-revealed
St. Phanourios the Great Martyr and Newly-revealed (source) Note: The following is an amateur translation from the Greek text, offered for the many who love the Saint and who benefit from his speedy...
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"John, who outran Your birth and Your passion..."
St. John the Precious Forerunner and Baptist of Christ (source) John, who outran Your birth and Your passion, came through a sword to the lowest parts of the earth as Prophet and Messenger of Your...
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"You were made beautiful, O Virgin..."
The Most-holy Theotokos, holding her Precious Belt (source) You were made beautiful*, O Virgin, by giving birth to the most-beautiful Word, and you were well-pleased to place within your beautiful...
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"Your paths, O God, your paths are great and wonderful..."
Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator (source) Your paths, O God, your paths are great and wonderful; therefore we magnify you for the might of your dispensation, for, light from light, you visited your...
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St. John of Kronstadt on Mount Sinai and the Divine Liturgy
The vision of God to the Prophet Moses in the Burning Bush (source) "When the Lord descended upon Mount Sinai the Hebrew people were ordered to prepare and cleanse themselves beforehand. In the...
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"O how awesome is your form..."
Holy Archangels and Taxiarchs Michael and Gabriel (source) O how awesome is your form, and how truly wondrous is your beauty, O Michael, for your glory is shown to us as surpassingly bright, for all...
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Elder Ephraim: "Let us attend on high..."
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Savior (source) "Let us attend on high, where Jesus sits at the right hand of God. Let our eyes look on high, for the eternal and everlasting things are above, not...
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"Today is the proclamation of universal joy..."
The Most-holy Theotokos as an infant, being embraced by her parents, Sts. Joachim and Anna (source) Today is the proclamation of universal joy! The barrenness of humans is pardoned, for the barren...
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Paraklesis to the Holy Trinity, on behalf of a New Martyr
The Hospitality of Abraham, an icon of the Holy Trinity (source) Note: The following is a service supplicating God, the Holy Trinity, to help a new martyr of Orthodoxy who is currently being...
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"We venerate the wood of Your Cross..."
The Exaltation of the Precious Cross of Christ (source) We venerate the wood of Your Cross, O humane One, for You, the Life of all, were nailed to it. O Savior, You opened Paradise to the Robber who...
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A paralyzed boy healed by St. John the Russian
St. John the Russian, depicted with St. Seraphim of Sarov and St. John of Kronstadt (source) In one of the two children's hospitals of Athens, a mother lied at the head of her child day and night....
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"Now rejoice, O beautiful myrtle plant..."
Panagia Myrtidiotissa ("Of the Myrtle Tree") (source) Now rejoice, O beautiful myrtle plant, for you were sought by the Theotokos for a Throne and palace for her all-holy Icon, and with joy, you...
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"The summit of the Apostles..."
St. John the Evangelist and Theologian (source) The summit of the Apostles, the trumpet of theology, the spiritual general, who made the whole inhabited world subject to God, come believers, let us...
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St. Andrew the Fool-for-Christ's Vision of St. John the Theologian
St. John the Apostle, Evangelist and Theologian (source) This is an excerpt from the life of St. Andrew the Fool-for-Christ (see the Great Synaxaristes for the full life of the Saint in English)....
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St. Isaac the Syrian: " Blessed is the man who knows his own weakness..."
St. Isaac the Syrian (source) Blessed is the man who knows his own weakness, because this knowledge becomes to him the foundation, root, and beginning of all goodness. For whenever a man learns and...
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