The Benefit of Sorrow.
But people who believe in God should not despond, because through sorrows they receive the rights of sons, without which one cannot enter...
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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
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
Aug 21, 20234 min read
The Arena.
I spent my entire life in sickness and sorrows, but without sorrows, how can one be saved? Illness is sent by God in place of and to make...
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Serviam
Apr 11, 20237 min read
The Angelic Life.
A glorious finish awaits your small ascetic struggle, and an endless reward will be granted for your temporary labors. Our Creator has...
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Serviam
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Loving Union with God.
First of all it must be understood that it is the duty of all Christians - especially of those whose calling dedicates them to the...
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Serviam
Mar 29, 20233 min read
Deeper the Sorrow the Closer is God.
We must have our gaze fixed on heaven. Then nothing here can shake us. When tribulations come of their own accord, do not fear them. ...
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Serviam
Mar 22, 20232 min read
Christ is in Our Midst!
We do not choose the time we are to be born in this world, but we do choose how we will spend our time in this world. We choose how to...
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Serviam
Mar 17, 20233 min read
Don't Think You are Anything Special.
A sampling of the Patristic Orthodox wisdom of the reposed Blessed Hieromonk Fr. Seraphim (Rose). An American protestant, who was among...
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Serviam
Mar 3, 20231 min read
The Case for Contentment.
Why do men leave one place and settle in another place? Primarily because they hope that they will be more fortunate in the other place....
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Serviam
Feb 22, 20235 min read
Podvig. (the struggle...)
Any Orthodox Christian who does even the least bit of spiritual reading will come across the Slavic word “podvig.” While this word can be...
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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 6, 20232 min read
Wings of Faith.
When over the gloomy and deep abyss of grief, sorrows suddenly open before us - carry on up - on the wings of faith! Saint Ignatius...
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Serviam
Jan 4, 20231 min read
Ever Present Help.
Immanuel. God is with us. Wonderful Counselor. Lord of Life. Lord of All. Prince of Peace. Mighty God - Immanuel. St. Afanasy...
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Serviam
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Making Sense of Suffering.
Suffering is an indication of another Kingdom which we look to. If being Christian meant being “happy” in this life, we wouldn’t need...
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Serviam
Dec 21, 20222 min read
The (real) Victors Valiant.
Victors over evil. It is one's personal effort to eradicate evil and to implant good that the essence of Christian struggle or...
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Serviam
Nov 18, 20222 min read
The Attentive Life.
If you wish, you can be a slave of the passions, and if you wish, you can remain free, and choose not to submit to their soul crushing...
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Serviam
Nov 16, 20223 min read
A Scattered Life.
The sons of the world consider distraction to be innocent, but the Holy Fathers consider it to be the beginning of all evil. Saint...
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Serviam
Nov 14, 20222 min read
The Cemetery.
What is our life? Almost the same thing as the life of a leaf on a tree! After many years of absence, I visited that beautiful village...
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