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#Persecuted_Church #Original_Faith #Evil
🇬🇷 - Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X confronts Jolani on numerous points regarding the recent "military campaign" in the Coast:
> the campaign is bloody; the whole incident is a tragedy
> majority of deaths are not regime remnants, but civilians, including women and children
> they are both Alawite and Christian - targeted not in crossfire but for sectarian reasons
> militants are destroying icons of the Virgin Mary despite Muslims claiming to respect her
> calls on Jolani to end all the massacres occurring in the coast
The crowd applauds his statement.
Yet we were told the targetting of Christians is a hoax and that Christians support the regime's genocide of Alawites.
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> the campaign is bloody; the whole incident is a tragedy
> majority of deaths are not regime remnants, but civilians, including women and children
> they are both Alawite and Christian - targeted not in crossfire but for sectarian reasons
> militants are destroying icons of the Virgin Mary despite Muslims claiming to respect her
> calls on Jolani to end all the massacres occurring in the coast
The crowd applauds his statement.
Yet we were told the targetting of Christians is a hoax and that Christians support the regime's genocide of Alawites.
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Psalms 5:3-4
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
#Reflection #Salvation
When we truly trust God and accept His will, our faith is growing. “Those who touched the Saviour’s garment were made whole. Why is it that those who employ holy water with faith are even now healed? Because the Cross, immersed in water, with the prayer of faith, is as though the life-giving Lord Himself.”
St. John of Kronstadt
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When we truly trust God and accept His will, our faith is growing. “Those who touched the Saviour’s garment were made whole. Why is it that those who employ holy water with faith are even now healed? Because the Cross, immersed in water, with the prayer of faith, is as though the life-giving Lord Himself.”
St. John of Kronstadt
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Psalms 5:5-7
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7. But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
Psalms 5:8-9
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9. For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
"Do not be a pillar of salt, my soul, by turning back; but let the example of the Sodomites frighten you, and take refuge up in Zoar.
Reject not the prayer of those who praise Thee, O Lord; but have compassion on us, O Lover of men, and to those who ask with faith grant forgiveness."
+ The Great Canon of St Andrew
Reject not the prayer of those who praise Thee, O Lord; but have compassion on us, O Lover of men, and to those who ask with faith grant forgiveness."
+ The Great Canon of St Andrew
Psalms 5:10-12
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11. But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Orthodox Christian)
He who endures distress, will be granted joys; and he who bears with unpleasant things, will not be deprived of the pleasant.”
St Nilus of Sinai
St Nilus of Sinai
“A fish that is alive swims against the flow of water. One that is dead floats down with the water. A true Christian goes against the current of sinful age. A false one is swept away by its swiftness.”
☦️ St. Philaret of Moscow
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☦️ St. Philaret of Moscow
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Psalms 6:1-3
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (SamiTafesh)
☦️🕯️God’s power at work in you is greater than you can ever comprehend.🕯️☦️
♰ Ephesians 3:20 ♰
♰ Ephesians 3:20 ♰
Psalms 6:4-6
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Psalms 6:7-10
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9. The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. 10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9. The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer. 10. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Forwarded from Ask About The Orthodox Faith (Orthodox Christian)
During prayer, be like a lisping infant, mingling your spirit in one with the spirit of the prayer you are pronouncing. Count yourself as nothing and accept the prayer as a great gift of God. Renounce your own carnal wisdom and do not listen to it, for carnal "knowledge puffeth up," it doubts, imagines, blasphemes. (St John of Kronstadt)
photo: Archimandrite Melchizedek
photo: Archimandrite Melchizedek
Psalms 7:1-2
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: 2. Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
Enter not into judgment with me, by recording my deeds, demanding an account of my words, and examining my motives and desires. But in Thy compassion disregard my terrible past and save me, O God All-Powerful.
+ St Andrew of Crete
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+ St Andrew of Crete
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Psalms 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 4. If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) 5. Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.