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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?
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
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...
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
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...