#Discerning
Proverbs 17:27-28
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 17:27-28
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. 28. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
#Discerning
Proverbs 18:1-2
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs 18:1-2
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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The jewel of the Museum of Christianity: a dome rising to the heavens
In the center of New Chersonesos stands a monumental structure – the only museum of Christianity in Russia.
One of its key architectural features is the majestic dome with a diameter of 31 meters, which is made according to the prototype of the dome of St. Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul.
Its huge base creates not only a visual effect of grandeur and monumentality, but also technically verified spatial solutions.
The Christogram dome is crowned. This is the monogram of the name of Christ.
An open observation deck with stunning views of the entire park and St. Vladimir's Cathedral is organized around the dome.
One of the innovative solutions within the framework of the project was the creation of a safe route for visitors under the dome itself.
Symmetrical ramps arranged in a semicircle allow you to smoothly climb to the upper levels of the building.
Source: https://t.me/orthodox_church/17911
The jewel of the Museum of Christianity: a dome rising to the heavens
In the center of New Chersonesos stands a monumental structure – the only museum of Christianity in Russia.
One of its key architectural features is the majestic dome with a diameter of 31 meters, which is made according to the prototype of the dome of St. Sophia Cathedral in Istanbul.
Its huge base creates not only a visual effect of grandeur and monumentality, but also technically verified spatial solutions.
The Christogram dome is crowned. This is the monogram of the name of Christ.
An open observation deck with stunning views of the entire park and St. Vladimir's Cathedral is organized around the dome.
One of the innovative solutions within the framework of the project was the creation of a safe route for visitors under the dome itself.
Symmetrical ramps arranged in a semicircle allow you to smoothly climb to the upper levels of the building.
Source: https://t.me/orthodox_church/17911
#Discerning
Proverbs 18:3-4
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4. The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Proverbs 18:3-4
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4. The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Sami Tafesh)
☦️🕯️THE HERETICAL ICON FOR WHAT IS CALLED“ THE HOLY FAMILY,” WHICH IS NOT EXIST IN THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH 🕯️☦️
The depictions of the "Holy Family" are based on innovations of Catholicism, which has in modern times instituted a Feast of the Holy Family. As one Roman Catholic scholar has remarked, in contrasting the Catholic feast centered on the Holy Family to the Christian Feasts of antiquity, “(The Feast of the Holy Family) ...is a product of our modern age, the times to which we belong.” In traditional Orthodox Iconography, the Christ Child is properly portrayed, not alone with St. Joseph, but rather alone with His Mother, thereby stressing the dogma that He is “a Son without a father, Who was begotten of the Father without a mother before the ages.”
In the Orthodox Church, we have many holy families, such as Joachim and Anna with the Theotokos, Zechariah and Elizabeth with John the Forerunner, the family of Basil the Great, the family of Gregory Palamas, the family of Eustathios Plakidas.
The depictions of the "Holy Family" are based on innovations of Catholicism, which has in modern times instituted a Feast of the Holy Family. As one Roman Catholic scholar has remarked, in contrasting the Catholic feast centered on the Holy Family to the Christian Feasts of antiquity, “(The Feast of the Holy Family) ...is a product of our modern age, the times to which we belong.” In traditional Orthodox Iconography, the Christ Child is properly portrayed, not alone with St. Joseph, but rather alone with His Mother, thereby stressing the dogma that He is “a Son without a father, Who was begotten of the Father without a mother before the ages.”
In the Orthodox Church, we have many holy families, such as Joachim and Anna with the Theotokos, Zechariah and Elizabeth with John the Forerunner, the family of Basil the Great, the family of Gregory Palamas, the family of Eustathios Plakidas.
#Jesus_Words #Salvation #Knowing_Jesus
Matthew 5:23-24
Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you; 24. Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24
Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you; 24. Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
#Reflection #Original_Faith #Salvation
"This life has been given to you for repentance. Don't waste it in vain pursuits.."
"This life has been given to you for repentance. Don't waste it in vain pursuits.."
#Salvation #Knowing_Jesus
2 Peter 3:9-10
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2 Peter 3:9-10
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
#Knowing_Jesus #Jesus_Words
Matthew 5:25-26
Agree with your adversary quickly, whiles you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. 26. Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out there, till you have paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew 5:25-26
Agree with your adversary quickly, whiles you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. 26. Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out there, till you have paid the uttermost farthing.
#Jesus_Words #Salvation #Knowing_Jesus
Matthew 5:27-28
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matthew 5:27-28
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
#Salvation #Jesus_Words
Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 30. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
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“I do not worship matter; I worship the God of matter, Who became matter for my sake; Who deigned to inhabit matter; Who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”🕯️☦️
♰ St. John of Damascus (On the Veneration of Icons) ♰
“I do not worship matter; I worship the God of matter, Who became matter for my sake; Who deigned to inhabit matter; Who worked out my salvation through matter. I will not cease from honoring that matter which works for my salvation. I venerate it, though not as God.”🕯️☦️
♰ St. John of Damascus (On the Veneration of Icons) ♰
#Reflection #Salvation #Jesus_Words #Knowing_Jesus
The world will hate you, said the Lord (John 15:18).
Who is this “you”?
Everyone who believes in Jesus Christ and tries to live by His holy commandments.
Abbot Nikon Vorobiev explains what it means and reminds us to take seriously the warning of Christ, remembering that this life is temporary.
“This is the law, revealed by God, which millions of Christians have experienced for themselves. One can sum it up in this way: he who has within himself the Spirit of Christ will be despised and persecuted by those who lack this Spirit, I realize that you already know and understand this, but it doesn’t harm to refresh this in your memory, especially since we have become accustomed to relate very superficially to the words of Holy Scripture.”
The world will hate you, said the Lord (John 15:18).
Who is this “you”?
Everyone who believes in Jesus Christ and tries to live by His holy commandments.
Abbot Nikon Vorobiev explains what it means and reminds us to take seriously the warning of Christ, remembering that this life is temporary.
“This is the law, revealed by God, which millions of Christians have experienced for themselves. One can sum it up in this way: he who has within himself the Spirit of Christ will be despised and persecuted by those who lack this Spirit, I realize that you already know and understand this, but it doesn’t harm to refresh this in your memory, especially since we have become accustomed to relate very superficially to the words of Holy Scripture.”
#Jesus_Words #Family
Matthew 5:31-32
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32. But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Matthew 5:31-32
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: 32. But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
#Satans_Synagogue #Knowing_Jesus #History #Reflection #God_Jesus
No one has ever spread as much shameful slander about Christ the Lord as the Jews. Their Talmud seethes with evil and malice toward the Lord. But all of those worthless calumnies are refuted by the most prominent historian of the Jews, Josephus Flavius, a rabbi and scholar who lived near the end of the first century after Christ. Josephus writes: "Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call Him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to Himself both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ. And when Pilate, at the denunciation of the most eminent men among us, had Him condemned to the cross, those that loved Him from the first did not forsake Him. He appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold, and they foretold many other things concerning Him. And the sect of Christians, so named after Him, remains to the present day." Thus wrote a man who did not believe in Christ but was a scholar free of prejudice and malice.
The Prologues from Ohrid
Source: https://t.me/OrthodoxSpirituality555/2045
No one has ever spread as much shameful slander about Christ the Lord as the Jews. Their Talmud seethes with evil and malice toward the Lord. But all of those worthless calumnies are refuted by the most prominent historian of the Jews, Josephus Flavius, a rabbi and scholar who lived near the end of the first century after Christ. Josephus writes: "Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call Him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to Himself both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was the Christ. And when Pilate, at the denunciation of the most eminent men among us, had Him condemned to the cross, those that loved Him from the first did not forsake Him. He appeared to them alive again the third day, as the divine prophets had foretold, and they foretold many other things concerning Him. And the sect of Christians, so named after Him, remains to the present day." Thus wrote a man who did not believe in Christ but was a scholar free of prejudice and malice.
The Prologues from Ohrid
Source: https://t.me/OrthodoxSpirituality555/2045
#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: