#Original_Faith #Reflection
This present life
is a wrestling school,
a training ground,
an arena,
a smelting furnace,
a dye-house
of virtue.
For in desiring
to prepare the soul
to be fit for virtue,
God exercises and refines it,
consigning it
to the testing of temptations.
St John Chrysostom
This present life
is a wrestling school,
a training ground,
an arena,
a smelting furnace,
a dye-house
of virtue.
For in desiring
to prepare the soul
to be fit for virtue,
God exercises and refines it,
consigning it
to the testing of temptations.
St John Chrysostom
May 21, 2023
May 21, 2023
#Jesus_Words #Knowing_Jesus #Salvation
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
May 22, 2023
May 24, 2023
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#Persecuted_Church #Antichrist #Fear_Not #Last_Days #Video
Protesters at the Pechersk Lavra Caves antagonize a monk. https://t.co/NnI87L5YiZ
Protesters at the Pechersk Lavra Caves antagonize a monk. https://t.co/NnI87L5YiZ
May 24, 2023
#Jesus_Words #Millstone #Salvation
Matthew 19:13-14
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:13-14
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
May 25, 2023
#Original_Faith #History #Persecuted_Church
Palestine - The Holy Land
Palestinian Orthodox family with an Orthodox priest in Ramallah. 1900.
Palestine - The Holy Land
Palestinian Orthodox family with an Orthodox priest in Ramallah. 1900.
May 25, 2023
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#Apologetics #Fear_Not #God_Jesus #Knowing_Jesus
A pagan Mohammedan attempts to dominate an Orthodox bishop with his preprogrammed scripts..
Don't be intimidated by external demonstrations of pride or confidence. The Truth rips it all apart..
A pagan Mohammedan attempts to dominate an Orthodox bishop with his preprogrammed scripts..
Don't be intimidated by external demonstrations of pride or confidence. The Truth rips it all apart..
May 25, 2023
May 26, 2023
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Orthodox Christian)
☦️⚡️ St John of Gothia was a powerful defender of Orthodoxy, especially against the the iconoclast heresy. Later he led a revolt against the Khazar rule. When Khazars managed to return, they exiled and imprisoned him. He escaped and died several years after. His holy relics were returned home to Crimea, his tomb is near the holy mountain (Ayu-Dag).
St John, pray for us!
St John, pray for us!
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
May 26, 2023
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Maybe he'll become orthodox if he follows this thinking.. 🧐🤔☦
Maybe he'll become orthodox if he follows this thinking.. 🧐🤔☦
May 26, 2023
#Reflection #Original_Faith #Salvation
ON SENSUALITY
...Just as it is impossible to drag a snake over the edge of the tail, because the scales naturally rest against the dragging ones, so it is impossible to start from the extreme parts of the soul in order to survive the invading sensuality from it, if someone does not block this evil from the first entrance. Why does the Mentor of virtue command to keep his head, calling the beginning of vice the head, in which, if it is not allowed, the rest remains inactive. For whoever is hostile to pleasure in general does not succumb to the particular applications of passion. And whoever allowed the beginning of passion into himself, he took a whole beast into himself with it.
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
ON SENSUALITY
...Just as it is impossible to drag a snake over the edge of the tail, because the scales naturally rest against the dragging ones, so it is impossible to start from the extreme parts of the soul in order to survive the invading sensuality from it, if someone does not block this evil from the first entrance. Why does the Mentor of virtue command to keep his head, calling the beginning of vice the head, in which, if it is not allowed, the rest remains inactive. For whoever is hostile to pleasure in general does not succumb to the particular applications of passion. And whoever allowed the beginning of passion into himself, he took a whole beast into himself with it.
- St. Gregory of Nyssa
May 27, 2023
May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023