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Repetition in Prayer

Repetition in Prayer

A common problem that Orthodox Christians face is distraction during Prayer. One of the reasons for such distractions is usually the fact that it seems we are doing the same...

Repetition in Prayer

A common problem that Orthodox Christians face is distraction during Prayer. One of the reasons for such distractions is usually the fact that it seems we are doing the same...

Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me?

Tend my Sheep By: Fr Anthony St Shenouda “So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?’” (Jn...

Do You Love Me?

Tend my Sheep By: Fr Anthony St Shenouda “So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?’” (Jn...

Compunction

Compunction

Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4) Compunction (or in Greek panthos, means sadness or mourning) repeatedly appears in the monastic literature. Many monastic fathers even...

Compunction

Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted (Matt 5:4) Compunction (or in Greek panthos, means sadness or mourning) repeatedly appears in the monastic literature. Many monastic fathers even...

Marriage or Monasticism?

The question marriage or monasticism separates monastic virtues from Christian life. It makes out monasticism and marriage as two opposing direction, were if you are a monk you have to...

Marriage or Monasticism?

The question marriage or monasticism separates monastic virtues from Christian life. It makes out monasticism and marriage as two opposing direction, were if you are a monk you have to...

The Remembrance of Death

The Remembrance of Death

Every good and beloved soul… when it has been released by death from the body with which it was united… immediately experiences the joy and pleasure which it shall enjoy...

The Remembrance of Death

Every good and beloved soul… when it has been released by death from the body with which it was united… immediately experiences the joy and pleasure which it shall enjoy...

Create a Pure Heart in me O God

Create a Pure Heart in me O God

Among the many themes that St John Cassian discusses with the desert fathers in his conference, is the theme of the attaining a pure heart. In his first conference titled...

Create a Pure Heart in me O God

Among the many themes that St John Cassian discusses with the desert fathers in his conference, is the theme of the attaining a pure heart. In his first conference titled...