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[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
We know perfectly well that it is one of the very great Christian feasts, and yet, despite ourselves, it seems like a parting, a separation, and that after it, our Lord is not with us in quite the same way any longer. The disciples did not react like this. They could have been overwhelmed with grief, but, on the contrary, they ‘returned to Jerusalem with great joy’. We, too, can try and enter into this joy of the Ascension. Why does the Ascension bring joy to Christians?
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
St. Nicholai Velimirovich
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St. Sebastian Dabovich
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[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]
Archpriest Victor Potapov
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Archbishop Andrei (Rymarenko)
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Archpriest Victor Potapov
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Архимандрит Тихон (Шевкунов), Монахиня Корнилия (Рис), Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov)
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Archpriest Andrew Phillips
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Igumen Damascene (Orlovsky)
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Igumen Damascene (Orlovsky)
Fr. Basil recognized that life cannot go so smoothly. This is not natural, he thought. It is written: In the world ye shall have tribulations, and of course it was not said in vain. One cannot avoid tribulations, just as a calm sea cannot escape storms. A storm is dangerous and terrifying after a long, pleasant calm. So are tribulations difficult for those who are not accustomed to them, especially after a long, unruffled, happy life. "Would that the Lord would send us a cross to try us," Batiushka secretly prayed, "not too heavy, but just so that we would not be forgetful of man's earthly lot.
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So, here we see Christ, the Messiah, the Son of God, immediately breaking two of the laws that were binding on the Jews. This woman—whose name, by the way, was Photini—was taken aback and challenged Christ in a tone of voice that said, “Who do you think you are, you, a Jew, speaking to me?” And He responded: “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of Him, and he would have given you living water.”
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Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)
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