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Archbishop Demetrios' 10 Suggestions for Lent

Archbishop Demetrios

Ultimately, our Lenten season is a time of having a transformative experience. We are challenged to resolve that at the end of the Lenten period, when we celebrate Pascha, we are different from what we are today. The transformative aspect of Lent is an absolute necessity for spiritually enjoying this season.

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Triumph of Tradition

Fr. Jonathan Tobias

In every work of Creation, the Father is the Creator, the Son is the Artist, and the Spirit is the Finisher. And in everything — from every blade of grass to every mountain, from every little animal to the ocean and the stars — Christ has designed Creation to prove His love for you, and to draw you, in deep desire, to communion with Him in friendship.

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A Time to Keep Silence

Fr. John Whiteford

What is the value of silence and quiet in a time when we are always “plugged in”?

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Transformation through the Lenten Journey

Abbot Tryphon

Are we sycophants, or do we speak from the heart, without thought for self-promotion? Are we true friends to those with whom we share our lives, or are we always thinking only of ourselves? Do we really desire to serve those who are over us, or do we think only of our own advancement?

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A Fast Pleasing to God

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Cutting away evil from the heart, not cutting calories is the purpose of the fast. We fast from food in order to help train ourselves to adhere to the Gospel. Abstaining from food is not the goal, abstaining from evil is.

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Fasting, The Orthodox Christian Way

Essentially, this discipline of fasting, by simply controlling what goes into our mouth, provides us with the means to approach the ultimate goal and participate in the holiness of God. The tradition of the Orthodox Church shows us the whole person of body and soul is involved, in a spiritual and total commitment to God.

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Venerate Icons by Becoming One: Homily for the Sunday of Orthodoxy

Fr. Philip LeMasters

The journey of Lent is not about punishment or legalism, but instead about helping us grow personally into our exalted identity as those called to share in the eternal life of our Lord. It is about turning away from the idolatry of self-centeredness in order to become a more beautiful icon of the divine glory.

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Sunday of Orthodoxy Encyclical of Assembly of Canonical Bishops

Together, the Hierarchs of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States wish to all of you an abundance of God’s grace. We fervently ask the Lord that He will help you remain steadfast in your commitment to the Orthodox faith and in your efforts to bring others together in the unity of the faith, the knowledge of the Gospel, and the communion of the Holy Spirit.

[English Edition / Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days ]

The First Sunday of Great Lent

Rev. Dennis Kristof

Just as we were made in the image and likeness of God, our Lenten struggles are our attempt to cooperate with the grace of God to restore that likeness which was distorted by sin. We can aspire to that which is heavenly because the Infinite One has borne our lowliness and enables us to descend and ascend to and from the heavens on Him.

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Teaching on the First Sunday of Great Lent. The Triumph of Orthodoxy

Archimandrite John (Krestiankin)

Why do we love Orthodoxy and the Orthodox Church? During the days of His earthly life, pious listeners, our Lord Jesus Christ united around Himself all those who believed in Him, and among these believers He drew the apostles particularly close to Himself.

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In Our Prosperity We Forget God

Ralph Masterjohn

Prosperity causes the faithful to place God in the shadows which increases our separation from Him and in turn to live according to the spirit of this world and its immorality and uncleanness. We are all sinners and when we know God we can have our sins forgiven and strive to avoid them in the future. But those who fail to go to church or holy confession remain in their sins and remain outside of Christian life.

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The Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

Fr. Ted Bobosh

Adam feared God and God’s judgment, yet it did not bring him to repentance, to seek reconciliation with God. Instead, Adam blames Eve and God for his sin and fails to ask the merciful God for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Meatfare Sunday Homily of His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan

"One can observe all of the fasts, all of the rules, not miss a single church service, and yet if he has no compassionate love for his neighbor, then all the rest is in vain, because our heart has turned to stone… But if we will lead a pious life full of compassion and empathy, then we are already on the right path."

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Being Separate in a Connected World

Fr. Chris Makiej

Beloved in Christ, we have to see ourselves as being different than the world around us! As Christians we are called to be “in the world, but not of the world.” (John 15:19). The Scripture says “come out and be separate…” (2 Cor. 6:17).

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On Lenten Observances

Met. Paul of Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines

In the prayer of St. Ephraim the Syrian neither poetry nor rhetoric play any part. We are here faced with a pure upsurge of the soul, short, sober and full of ardour.

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One Necessity - Humility

Dcn. Charles Joiner

Let's examine ourselves during this Lenten period and observe how well we acknowledge the work of divine grace in our lives. Let's ask, how close to we come to living a life with continual prayer were God is in our mind at all times? How often do we acknowledge God's grace in our actions? What is our level of humility? What can we do to become more humble yet not neglect any of our duties nor fully use our talents?

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The Interior and Exterior Evangelism of Great Lent

Fr. John Parker

The season of Great Lent is, to a significant degree, a return to conformity to the likeness of God, a transformation back into a human being. Having lived in the world almost a year since the last Pascha, we fall into the routines and device of what St Paul calls “the old man”. Precisely into those ways enumerated in the Prayer of St Ephraim—the facets from which we ask God to deliver us.

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Why We Forgive

Fr. Stephen Freeman

The directness of Christ’s commandments (“forgive your enemies”) and the consequences of ignoring them (“if you do not forgive others neither will your heavenly Father forgive you”) can easily make forgiveness into a heavy, soul-crushing burden of spiritual failure. Understanding the true nature of forgiveness, however, carries us into the very mystery of our existence and reveals why such importance is given to its practice.

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Penthos: The Lenten Journey to Joy

Emma Cazabonne

Our Savior teaches us every day with His own voice: let us therefore listen to the Scriptures concerning the Prodigal who became wise once more, and with faith let us follow the good example of his repentance. With humbleness of heart let us cry out to Him who knows all secrets: We have sinned against You, merciful Father, and are not worthy ever again to be called Your children as before. But since You are by nature full of love for man, accept me as the Prodigal, merciful Father, and save me.

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Spiritual Wisdom from a Spiritual Mother of Our Times

Gerontissa Macrina of Panagia Odigitria Monastery

And I say what a good thing it is for someone to be patient! For this reason the Queen said, “Come martyrs of Christ, come great-martyrs of Christ, enter into the platform…” How can I have the boldness to touch such a banquet? It was the banquet for the martyrs who had struggled, who had endured martyrdom and for whom God had prepared greatness!

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