#Jesus_Words #Salvation
Matthew 5:33-34
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
Matthew 5:33-34
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34. But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Orthodox Christian)
☦️🙏 Ireland has strong Orthodox roots. In the photo it's the Chapel of St. Patrick on the other shore of the Irish Sea.
#Jesus_Words #Salvation
Matthew 5:35-36
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
Matthew 5:35-36
Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
#Original_Faith
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe..
Literally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqMwuMAWFRA
Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe..
Literally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqMwuMAWFRA
YouTube
Blind Orthodox Christian monk chanting
Chanting in Church-Slavonic by the Blind Orthodox Christian Monk fr. Jeremiah, from Visoki Dečani Monastery in Serbia, Kosovo province.
Filmed by Životije Utešanović.
Filmed by Životije Utešanović.
Forwarded from OrthoChristian
Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East Meadow’s 100th anniversary
https://orthochristian.com/161586.html
On Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East Meadow, the first Orthodox parish in the Nassau-Suffolk area of New York, celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the parish’s founding.
https://orthochristian.com/161586.html
On Saturday, June 22 and Sunday, June 23, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church of East Meadow, the first Orthodox parish in the Nassau-Suffolk area of New York, celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the parish’s founding.
#Jesus_Words #Salvation
Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
#Reflection #Original_Faith #Knowing_Jesus
O man, trust in the Lord with all your heart. In Him is understanding without end and all-seeing. The Lord says: I am understanding; mine is strength (Proverbs 8:14). He looks upon the paths on which your blood flows and on all the crossroads on which your thoughts wander. With compassion and love He offers Himself to you as a Leader, and you rely on your darkened and perishable understanding. Where was your understanding before your birth? Where was your understanding when your body was taking form, when your heart began to beat and flow with blood, when your eyes began to open, and when your voice began to flow from your throat? Whose understanding was all this while your mind was still sleeping as coal in a coal mine? Even from the time your understanding awoke, can you enumerate all the illusions that it has delivered to you, all the lies in which it has entangled you, all the dangers that it did not foresee? O my brother, trust only in the Lord with all your heart! He has rescued you numerous times from your own understanding, from its illusions and lies, and from the danger into which it has pushed you. Like a blind man compared to a man who can see, so is your understanding compared to the understanding of God. O blind one, trust in the Leader. O brother, trust only in the Lord with all your heart.
+ Saint Nikolai Velimirovic
O man, trust in the Lord with all your heart. In Him is understanding without end and all-seeing. The Lord says: I am understanding; mine is strength (Proverbs 8:14). He looks upon the paths on which your blood flows and on all the crossroads on which your thoughts wander. With compassion and love He offers Himself to you as a Leader, and you rely on your darkened and perishable understanding. Where was your understanding before your birth? Where was your understanding when your body was taking form, when your heart began to beat and flow with blood, when your eyes began to open, and when your voice began to flow from your throat? Whose understanding was all this while your mind was still sleeping as coal in a coal mine? Even from the time your understanding awoke, can you enumerate all the illusions that it has delivered to you, all the lies in which it has entangled you, all the dangers that it did not foresee? O my brother, trust only in the Lord with all your heart! He has rescued you numerous times from your own understanding, from its illusions and lies, and from the danger into which it has pushed you. Like a blind man compared to a man who can see, so is your understanding compared to the understanding of God. O blind one, trust in the Leader. O brother, trust only in the Lord with all your heart.
+ Saint Nikolai Velimirovic
#Reflection #Original_Faith
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance. Fasting of the body is food for the soul.
Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity on the tortured, comfort those who grieve and who weep, be merciful, humble, kind, calm, patient, sympathetic, forgiving, reverent, truthful and pious, so that God might accept your fasting and might plentifully grant you the fruits of repentance. Fasting of the body is food for the soul.
Holy Hierarch John Chrysostom
#Fear_Not #Knowing_Jesus
Psalms 139:7-10
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psalms 139:7-10
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Orthodox Christian)
☦️🌟 Divine energies, uncreated energies (from energeia — operation, activity) - ontological "movings" of the Divine nature, manifestations of the Divine essence (but not the essence itself), Divine actions.
#Knowing_Jesus #Carry_Your_Cross #Fear_Not
#Salvation
Psalms 107:23-26
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24. These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 25. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
#Salvation
Psalms 107:23-26
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; 24. These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 25. For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. 26. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Sami Tafesh)
☦️🕯️No matter what bitterness has befallen you, no matter what unpleasantness has happened to you, say, "I shall endure this for Jesus Christ!" and it will be easier for you. For the name of Jesus Christ is powerful. Through it all unpleasantness is calmed, and demons disappear. Your disappointments will also
be calmed and your pusillanimity will be quieted. 🕯️☦️
✤ St. Anthony of Optina ✤
be calmed and your pusillanimity will be quieted. 🕯️☦️
✤ St. Anthony of Optina ✤