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"When you feel scandalised, you should ask yourself, how many do I scandalise? In God’s name, shouldn’t I tolerate my brother or sister? How does God tolerate me with all the things I do?" ~ St. Paisios of Mount Athos

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John 17:4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

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◾Palestinian Christian's celebrated the feast of cross, with family gatherings, traditional foods and sweets and most importantly ceremonies, praying for their savor Jesus Christ.

The Feast of the Cross. This day commemorates when Empress Helena discovered the Cross in 326 AD.

Palestinian Christians light up crosses above their houses all week long. To celebrate this day, they, like other Christians in the East, make fire pits on hills and peaks, with a cross in sight. The reason for lighting the fires is that when the Empress discovered the Cross, Christians and her soldiers sent word to Constantinople via fire pits, starting from the Holy Land all the way to Constantinople.

This tradition is still honored in the East by both Catholics and Orthodox Christians

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John 17:5
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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All religions lead God - Pope Bergolio

The Pontiff of Rome recently said that all religions each has its own way to God. We all believe in the same true God and such blasphemy...

Some good info below


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQICCiD-mY

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John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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John 17:7-8
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

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How the Antichrist and his false religion will be like.
Fr Spyridon Bailey

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John 17:9-10
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. 10. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

"Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others."

+ St John Chrysostom

If you cannot be merciful, at least speak as though you are a sinner. If you are not a peacemaker, at least do not be a troublemaker. If you cannot be assiduous, at least in your thought be like a sluggard. If you are not victorious, do not exalt yourself over the vanquished. If you cannot close the mouth of a man who disparages his companion, at least refrain from joining him in this.

+ St. Isaac the Syrian

"I love & cherish those who lived a wretched life & are now struggling more than those who do not suffer from passions. A shepherd will be more compassionate with the injured or sickly sheep & will give it more attentive care until it gets back on its feet again." ~ St. Paisios

"All of mankind, each and every individual is in a fallen and deeply corrupt state. Alone, man is incapable of purifying himself. He is unable to achieve salvation, or to become worthy of the Heavenly Kingdom. The purification is done by Jesus Christ, who came into the world for that very purpose. But only those are purified who believe in Christ and recognize their own corruption or, as we are accustomed to say, their sinfulness."

+ Abbot Nikon Vorobiev