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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homilies 22 and 23

St. Macarius the Great

As only those born of the seed royal can wear the costly royal pearl, so only the children of God are allowed to wear the pearl of heaven.

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Saving A Democratic Man

Fr. Stephen Freeman

Can such a man find God, or even be saved? That may sound like a strange question, but it lies at the heart of the modern religious crisis.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 21

St. Macarius the Great

A Christian man has a twofold warfare set before him, an inward and an outward, the latter, in withdrawing from earthly distractions; the former, in the heart, against the suggestions of the spirits of wickedness.

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Annunciation and Choosing Life

Gabe Martini

Contrary to feminists and pro-choice advocates of today, Mary’s choice for life was one of freedom and redemption, not slavery and constraint.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 20

St. Macarius the Great

Only Christ, the true Physician of the inner man, can heal the soul, and array it in the garment of grace.

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The Laudation of the Holy Theotokos

As we near the end of the Great Lent, its most intensive moment - the Passion of our Lord, which accomplished the salvation of mankind through Christ’s glorious Resurrection, - the Church reminds us that it is most fitting at this point to glorify the Holy Virgin.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 19

St. Macarius the Great

Christians who desire to make progress and to grow ought to force themselves to every good thing, so as to deliver themselves from indwelling sin, and to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

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“Of Whom I am Chief”

Priest Sergei Begiyan

Just imagine: Your child took something precious to you without asking and broke it, although you had told him many times not to touch it. You say to him, “No problem. Good boy. Keep playing.”

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Lenten Reading: Macarius the Great. Homily 18

St. Macarius the Great

Concerning the Christians' treasure, which is Christ and the Holy Spirit, who practices them in various ways to come to perfection.

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Lenten Reading: Macarius the Great. Homily 17

St. Macarius the Great

Concerning the spiritual unction of Christians, and their glory, and that without Christ it is impossible to be saved or to become a partaker of eternal life.

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Racism from the Church's Perspective

Met. Ephrem (Kyriakos)

Every person is meaningful before God, whether he knows God or does not know Him, whatever his nationality, race or religion.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 16

St. Macarius the Great

That spiritual persons are subject to temptations and to the adversities which spring from the first sin.

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The 40 Martyrs of Sebaste: Confession through martyrdom

Elder Joseph of Vatopaidi

What were they "suffering at present" from? They were tortured with whatever the devil threw at them, since he is always generating ways to prevent the devout from getting on with their business. He begins with minor internal or external annoyances and reaches even the highest of all evil, death.

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The Holy Forty Martyrs—"Winter Is Harsh, but Paradise Is Sweet!"

According to the tradition about the Holy Forty Martyrs, as they were suffering in the freezing lake, they strengthened themselves and one another by saying “Winter is harsh, but paradise is sweet!” This captures the spirit and essence of Christian martyrdom, which always sees the experiences of this world in the light of the heavenly kingdom.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 15, Continued

St. Macarius the Great

Suppose there were a king, who entrusted his treasure to some poor man. The man who received the charge of it does not hold it for his own, but always acknowledges his poverty, not daring to squander out of another's treasure. He bears continually in mind, not only that the treasure is another's, but "it was a mighty king who entrusted me with it, and whenever he pleases he takes it away from me." So ought those who have the grace of God to esteem themselves, to be humble-minded and to acknowledge their poverty.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius the Great. Homily 15

St. Macarius the Great

This Homily teaches at large how the soul ought to behave herself in holiness and chastity and purity towards her Spouse Christ Jesus, the Savior of the World. It contains also certain discussions full of great instruction, viz., whether at the resurrection all the members are raised up, and a great many more concerning Evil, and Grace, and Free Will, and the dignity of human nature.

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The One, True Church

Fr. Thomas Hopko

It is the Church of the Messiah. It is the qahal Israel. It is the assembly of Israel in the Messiah, in Jesus, to which Gentiles like myself may now be included by faith and grace. And that indeed this church is the Church.

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Lenten Reading: St. Macarius The Great. Homily 13 & 14

St. Macarius the Great

Those who give their thoughts and their mind to God do so in the hope that the eyes of their heart may be enlightened, and God vouchsafes to them mysteries in the greatest sanctity and purity, and imparts to them of His grace. What we who desire to attain the good things of heaven ought to do. Then the apostles and the prophets are compared to the sun's rays coming in at a window.

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Should I Forgive the Unrepentant?

Fr. Stephen Freeman

It has been noted that forgiveness is often directly tied to repentance. This is doubtless true, but also fraught with misunderstanding. It is important to understand what forgiveness is and is not and what repentance is and is not.

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A Word from the Patriarch

The Third Week of Great Lent

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill

The ascetic labor of self-restriction, the ability to choose the difficult path is the thing we cannot avoid on the path to success.

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