☦️ St Moses the Black

#Reflection #Satans_Synagogue #Persecuted_Church #Original_Faith


Good one

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📜 Christian sites of the Holy Land are yet poorly examined, few know that there was a Byzantine church in the place where there is a square at the Western Wall today.

"God, who made all things, does not abandon His creation, but through His Word sustains and renews it.'

+ St Athanasios the Great

🌟☦️🙏 Parents should be what they want their children to be — not in words, but in deeds. They should teach their children by the example of their lives.
St. Alexandra the Royal Martyr

#Knowing_Jesus #Jesus_Words

Mark 10:43-45
But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44. And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 45. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Psalms 40:1-3 I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord.

"But I say to you," the Lord says, "love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you." Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one who loves all equally in imitation of God.
St. Maximus the Confessor
A Christian should distinct sin from sinner, although it in no way means tolerance to distortion of truth.

Psalms 40:4-5
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

If God suffers in the flesh when He is made man, should we not rejoice when we suffer, for we have God to share our sufferings? This shared suffering confers the kingdom on us. For he spoke truly who said, 'If we suffer with Him, then we shall also be glorified with Him' (Rom. 8:17).
St. Maximus the Confessor

Psalms 40:6-9
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7. Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 9. I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.

🌟 God is close to us when we have constant communion with Him in prayer and works of love.
St. Luke of Crimea
Photo: Sretensky Monastery, Moscow

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:” Rev 12:1

The Orthodox Church declares the woman clothed with the sun
as the Theotokos, the perfect symbol of Israel and the Church, in opposition to the powers of evil. She is a radiant bride, the antithesis of the harlot of Rev. 17. The twelve stars represent the twelve tribes of Israel, and may also be understood as symbolizing the twelve apostles.

Icon: “The Woman Clothed In The Sun”, Russian, 17th century

#Break_Free

A bit late to the party, but I guess better late than never..


Greek Metropolitan warns of “digital totalitarianism” threatening human freedom

https://t.me/orthochristian/15857