Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (priest Stanislav)
Modern world makes you think and feel like you are going to live forever. Everything is about to get pleasure and comfort. And this is one of the most dangerous traps ever. When we die we can’t change anything. That is why we should spend every moment of our life for spiritual strengthening and listening to God.
“The time of our life continually goes by. We cannot return the time that has passed. The past and the future are not ours—only what now have is ours. We do not know our end. Thus, always, at every hour, we should be ready to depart if we want to die blessedly. As [a Christian] wants to be at his death, so should he strive to be at every time of his life; for he knows not in the morning whether he will live till evening, or in the evening whether he will live till the morning.”
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
“The time of our life continually goes by. We cannot return the time that has passed. The past and the future are not ours—only what now have is ours. We do not know our end. Thus, always, at every hour, we should be ready to depart if we want to die blessedly. As [a Christian] wants to be at his death, so should he strive to be at every time of his life; for he knows not in the morning whether he will live till evening, or in the evening whether he will live till the morning.”
St. Tikhon of Zadonsk
February 17
#Salvation #Discerning
Psalms 1:3-4
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms 1:3-4
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
February 18
Forwarded from Orthodox Faith
The best prayer is: “Lord! Thou knowest all things. Do with me as Thou willest!”
☦️St Theophan the Recluse
☦️St Theophan the Recluse
February 18
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#Persecuted_Church #Evil
Sunni CHILDREN under HTS protection desecrate a Christian cemetary in Syriac town Zaydal.
Yet western think tanks will still tell you Christians are fine in Syria.
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Sunni CHILDREN under HTS protection desecrate a Christian cemetary in Syriac town Zaydal.
Yet western think tanks will still tell you Christians are fine in Syria.
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February 18
February 19
#Discerning #Salvation
Psalms 1:5-6
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Psalms 1:5-6
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
February 19
Forwarded from Rural Orthodoxy☦
February 19
'Let us who mystically represent the cherubim and sing the thrice-holy Hymn to the life-creating Trinity...''
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Cherubic Hymn - Russian (English Subtitles)
Let us who mystically represent the cherubim and sing the Thrice-holy Hymn to the life-creating Trinity, now lay aside all earthly cares. That we may receive the King of all who comes invisibly upborne by the angelic hosts. Alleluia.
February 19
February 19
#Reflection #Knowing_Jesus
"I Know Him, for I Am Of Him, and He Sent Me" (Jn 7:29).
No one has ever dared say that they know God. Many have only said that "they believe in God." Only our Lord Jesus Christ Spoke the words: "I Know Him." And immediately He Explained from Whence He Knows Him, Saying: "for I Am Of Him, and He Sent Me." The first reason: "I Am Of Him" Testifies to the Eternal Being of the Son; and the second reason: "And He Sent Me," Testifies to the Manifestation of the Son in time in the physical world as an Emissary of the Holy Trinity.
For us, who are Christ-believing, it is not given to know the Father as His Only-begotten Son Knows Him, but to us it is Given, and Commanded, that we believe. Our Merit is in believing, and not in knowing. If all of us knew God by seeing, no one would have any Merit. For what kind of merit is there in seeing, and recognising? However, to not see yet believe, in this is Merit; in this is Virtue; in this is our Salvation. We are unworthy to see God, and by seeing to know, for we are weakened by sin, and alienated from God. But God's Mercy Gave us Faith in this life, which is able to bring us closer to God, and to lead us into the Everlasting Kingdom of seeing and knowing in that Life. O, my Brethren, let us believe on Christ the Lord, for He Knows. He Speak not by faith, but by Knowing.
O Merciful Lord, Confirm the Faith in us. Extend the Hem of Thy Robe, that we may hold on to it even to the end of our lives. Amen.
St Nicholai Velimirovich, from the Prologue of Ohrid (6th February)
"I Know Him, for I Am Of Him, and He Sent Me" (Jn 7:29).
No one has ever dared say that they know God. Many have only said that "they believe in God." Only our Lord Jesus Christ Spoke the words: "I Know Him." And immediately He Explained from Whence He Knows Him, Saying: "for I Am Of Him, and He Sent Me." The first reason: "I Am Of Him" Testifies to the Eternal Being of the Son; and the second reason: "And He Sent Me," Testifies to the Manifestation of the Son in time in the physical world as an Emissary of the Holy Trinity.
For us, who are Christ-believing, it is not given to know the Father as His Only-begotten Son Knows Him, but to us it is Given, and Commanded, that we believe. Our Merit is in believing, and not in knowing. If all of us knew God by seeing, no one would have any Merit. For what kind of merit is there in seeing, and recognising? However, to not see yet believe, in this is Merit; in this is Virtue; in this is our Salvation. We are unworthy to see God, and by seeing to know, for we are weakened by sin, and alienated from God. But God's Mercy Gave us Faith in this life, which is able to bring us closer to God, and to lead us into the Everlasting Kingdom of seeing and knowing in that Life. O, my Brethren, let us believe on Christ the Lord, for He Knows. He Speak not by faith, but by Knowing.
O Merciful Lord, Confirm the Faith in us. Extend the Hem of Thy Robe, that we may hold on to it even to the end of our lives. Amen.
St Nicholai Velimirovich, from the Prologue of Ohrid (6th February)
February 20
February 21
February 21
#Reflection #Knowing_Jesus #Worldly_Matters
Sister Maya Ziadeh, Lebanese nun that was fired from a school for telling children to pray for the Resistance in south Lebanon breaks her 11 month silence.
"I send my greetings to the Resistance fighters, for these are people who went to defend their homeland and have lost everything except their humanity, except God, except their dignity."
When brave women speak the words of Jesus Christ.
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Sister Maya Ziadeh, Lebanese nun that was fired from a school for telling children to pray for the Resistance in south Lebanon breaks her 11 month silence.
"I send my greetings to the Resistance fighters, for these are people who went to defend their homeland and have lost everything except their humanity, except God, except their dignity."
When brave women speak the words of Jesus Christ.
https://t.me/Marwa_OsmanLB/4035
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Sister Maya Ziadeh, Lebanese nun that was fired from a school for telling children to pray for the Resistance in south Lebanon breaks her 11 month silence.
"I send my greetings to the Resistance fighters, for these are people who went to defend their homeland…
"I send my greetings to the Resistance fighters, for these are people who went to defend their homeland…
February 21
#Judgement #Fear_God #Repent
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
February 22
February 22
February 22
Psalms 2:1-4
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, 3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. 7. I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. 10. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
February 23