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Serviam
Dec 30, 20234 min read
New Year. Old Prayer.
The Jesus Prayer... Every true Christian must always remember and never forget that he needs to be united with the Lord and Savior with...
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Serviam
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Light in Darkness.
The existence of Russia is of a great spiritual and cultural value – not only for you and me, but for all humanity. The special value of...
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Serviam
Oct 30, 20231 min read
The Last True Rebellion.
“The world” is the general name for all the passions. When we wish to call the passions by a common name, we call them the world. But...
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Serviam
Oct 27, 202313 min read
Hollow American Finds Holy Orthodoxy.
hollow /hŏl′ō/ adjective 1. Having a cavity, gap, void or space within. This re-published post is longer than normal. But it's...
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Serviam
Oct 3, 20232 min read
Afflictions are Salvific.
Entrust your health to God. If your illness or the doctor imposes something on you, accept it with the hope that through it God will...
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Serviam
Aug 23, 20232 min read
Become Holy.
We're all sinners. But everyone can become a Saint. However, people are terrified and think, “How can I read all the prayers and...
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Serviam
Aug 16, 20233 min read
The Great Price of the Pearl.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner... Most Holy...
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Serviam
Jun 13, 20235 min read
Sickness Exists Because of Sin.
Sickness exists in the world only because of sin. There would be no sickness at all, neither mental nor physical, if man had not sinned....
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Serviam
Apr 24, 20236 min read
Radonitsa - Day of Rejoicing!
I greet you in these bright days of Pascha, with the ever-fragrant newness of the greeting rich with the truth of the Divine energy of...
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Serviam
Apr 14, 20232 min read
Father Forgive Them.
Great and Holy Friday 2023 "Then they delivered Him to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led Him away. And He, bearing His Cross,...
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Serviam
Mar 27, 20233 min read
On Affliction, Pain and Labors.
Cling to our sweet Jesus, cry out to Him in your afflictions. Entrust to Him the care of grievous things and He will do good to you....
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Serviam
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Illness unto Salvation.
How to behave during an illness so that it would be unto salvation. Do not panic and do not lose heart during an illness or aging. What...
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Serviam
Mar 1, 20232 min read
The Pure shall See God.
For every man, peace of soul is precious. From perpetual vigilance over the heart, purity is born, in which the Lord is seen according...
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Serviam
Feb 17, 20236 min read
How Should we Eat?
How should we conduct ourselves during meals? Never begin lunch or dinner, or finish them, without fervent prayer to the Lord God as,...
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Serviam
Feb 10, 20234 min read
Death to Depression.
Saint John Chrysostom writes to Saint Olympia about how to combat depression during sickness. "What, therefore, do I say and write? ...
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Serviam
Feb 1, 20236 min read
All I Can Do Now Is Pray.
How many times have we heard this from others and also said it ourselves? It is true: All we can do is pray - but that is not how this...
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Serviam
Jan 20, 20233 min read
Is Piety Possible? (Part 1)
Make a firm resolution to do everything for the Lord, to receive everything from His Fatherly Hand, and make a special resolution to do...
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Serviam
Jan 18, 20233 min read
A Battle of Wills.
My will. Your will. God's Will. In general, do not become irritated when anything is not done in accordance with your will, but learn...
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Serviam
Jan 11, 20237 min read
Wounded by Love.
I feel illness as the love of Christ. I often say to Him: ‘My Christ, Your love knows no limits!’ How I am alive is a miracle. (Offered...
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