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IT’S NOT ENOUGH JUST TO SAY, “I’M PRAYING FOR YOU”
A Word On Worldly Sorrow, Sorrow for God’s Sake, and Human Consolation, Part 1
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

A talk with the faithful of the Metropolis of Limassol, September 28, 2022, on 2 Cor. 7:5-13

Many people have many temptations and sorrows. And if you ask a man before he’s visited by this sorrow: “Could you endure this?” he would say: “No way.” For example, when someone loses a loved one—before it happens, just thinking about how it could happen, he would say: “I’d go crazy from such grief.” But when this sorrow comes, he finds the patience and strength to bear it, which, of course, is given him by the Lord. But sorrows remain sorrows—man can’t endure grief and not be sorrowful. And even the Holy Apostles, as you see, were troubled on every side. The Lord Himself allowed these sorrows to happen that the Apostles might always have the grace of God in their hearts. When we hear that the Apostles also had to endure sorrows, it can be a comfort for us during our sorrows.

https://orthochristian.com/148918.html?fbclid=IwAR2KgKIXvcpbEfHNnOQiXHaAY7eUwEGdhWzoHXzdYeN7MvX4NH8dql4gv1M

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Today's Readings

John 20:19-31

St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19

Luke 16:19-31

Ninth Orthros Gospel
The Gospel According to John 20:19-31

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, even so I send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and place my finger in the mark of the nails, and place my hand in His side, I will not believe." Eight days later, His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. The doors were shut, but Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then He said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in My side; do not be faithless, but believing." Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and My God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen Me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.

St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19

Prokeimenon. Mode 3.
Psalm 46.6,1
Sing praises to our God, sing praises.
Verse: Clap your hands, all you nations.

The reading is from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians 1:11-19

Brethren, I would have you know that the gospel which was preached by me is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it; and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia; and again I returned to Damascus. Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas, and remained with him fifteen days. But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother.

5th Sunday of Luke
The Gospel According to Luke 16:19-31

The Lord said, "There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazaros, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazaros in his bosom. And he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazaros to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.' But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazaros in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.' And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.' But Abraham said, 'They have Moses, and the prophets; let them hear them.' And he said, 'No, father Abraham; but if some one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to them, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if some one should rise from the dead.'"

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The Last Enemy (as named by St. Paul in 1Cor 15:26) was also the first enemy, and has been our enemy throughout human existence: it is death.
Death is more than the separation of the soul from the body, it is the threat of non-being. In the writings of the Fathers, particularly those of the East, being is equated with goodness. For it was God who called all things into existence and saw that they were “very good.” As such, being and goodness are deeply and utterly intertwined. We do not say that any created thing is inherently evil. If it has existence, that existence is good. This same fundamental understanding yields its opposite: non-being has the character of evil, or, more accurately, we can say that what we term as “evil” is simply the character and work of non-being. So, Jesus says of Satan that “he was a murderer from the beginning,” and “he is the father of lies.”

https://blogs.ancientfaith.com/glory2godforallthings/2022/10/28/the-last-enemy/?fbclid=IwAR2DRc9XfK8k6vJJXaY-EAaMEny9fjybuPiullgYpBYhdlAXu0yf-suTdAA

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Это всё, что ты, хамка и врунья, можешь?

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Ох, Фейкалия, как всегда, ничего нового- только хамство и вранье
Ну, не буду мешать

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Amén.....

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The ancient beauty of Rostov is attracting people from all over the world, inspiring them to leave America and the West, settling in Rostov and the Golden Ring. Whether you want become a tourist and be our guest, or whether you want to move to Russia and become our neighbor, you are sure to enjoy these beautiful videos.

https://russian-faith.com/video/eleven-great-videos-rostov-epicenter-western-families-moving-russia-n7104

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“Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.” – Francis Chan

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Orthodox Christianity is Not an Identity
Archpriest Andrew Stephen Damick


Orthodox Christianity is not an "identity." To be an Orthodox Christian is to be faithful to Christ, which means real faithfulness in the 3D world – regular worship, daily prayer, fasting, almsgiving, kindness, humility and love.

https://www.antiochian.org/regulararticle/1387?fbclid=IwAR0qREdkIG2sJJbREggq4tHo1hUWLXxvd1DbbpW_goQZ-y6EVy6DbYJQzWY

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