Formation in the Love of Truth softcover
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"In the West, traditionally, the educators want the students to become a part of this great conversation of intellectuals. That is not our goal. We want to have a great conversation, a truly great conversation, but not because we engage every prominent thinker, but rather because we are engaged by exceptionally inspired discourse of heavenly origins. The boast of Orthodox civilization is not the quantity of the works produced (you often hear that in classical circles in the West), nor the rate by which the ideas are exchanged, but rather the quality of the communion generated and the depth of the meaning attained. That is what we are interested in. It is better to have less but go deeper than to have more, have confusion, and have diversion from the one thing needful. So our end, in Orthodoxy, in educational enlightenment, is not merely to produce good wise men and much less good citizens. If this were the case, we would be impoverished as Orthodox, and the incarnation would be rather unnecessary-if that was the goal of our education. Just as the law was our pedagogue, until faith came, so too, the end of education must be initiation into the Spirit-the beginning of an endless ascent to divine humanity in the Church." (From Fr. Peter Heers' lecture "The Central Place of the Orthodox Academy in the Church's Resistance to Secularism").
Homilies on the Divine Liturgy softcover
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These homilies, so full of light, hope, and witness to the Lord Jesus, were proclaimed during the dark times of fierce Soviet persecution in the early 20th century. In the year 1926, during his exile in Diveyevo, St. Seraphim delivered over twenty homilies on the deep grace and life present in the Divine Liturgy. These homilies were recorded in writing by the servant of God, Tatyana Artsybusheva and subsequently preserved for the faithful in samizdat form. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the homilies were formally published for the general edification of the Orthodox faithful.Overflowing with the hope of immortality in the face of passing mortality, these homilies will edify, strengthen, and illumine the reader. Full of love and respect for the living tradition and history of the Divine Liturgy, St. Seraphim instructs and calls his listeners to enter deeper into Christ Jesus, who is the eternal Sun burning deep at the center of the Divine Liturgy and filling it with His grace and life. ​​​​​​– Fr. Zechariah Lynch NOTES Translated from the Russian by Fr. Zechariah Lynch Contains prayers and a biography of Hieromartyr Seraphim
The Truth of Our Faith softcover
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Overview An illumined and trustworthy instructor of Christian Truth is hard to find in this age of doctrinal relativity and spiritual insensibility. Thus, when one encounters the wisdom, inspired knowledge of Scripture, and authority with which Elder Cleopa (1912–1998) speaks, it is not hard to distinguish his discerning words from the myriad of opinions bantered about by so many today. As an inheritor of two thousand years of Apostolic Tradition, trained from his youth in the ascetic struggle against the passions, a man of continual prayer and fasting, and possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers, Elder Cleopa is an exceptionally qualified guide of the Christian Faith. In nearly one thousand references and explanations of Holy Scripture, Elder Cleopa answers the questions of inquirers on such subjects as: the presuppositions of personal salvation, the study of Holy Scripture, the veneration of icons, relics, the saints and angels, the Virgin-Mary, and the True Cross, the offering of prayer for the dead, the Second Coming of Christ, His thousand year reign, speaking in tongues, and the keeping of the Lord’s feast on Sunday instead of Saturday. Nineteen discourses, a preface by Athonite Abbot Joseph of Xeropotamou, a brief biography of the author, over thirty photos and icons and a scriptural index make this book an ideal introduction to the truth of our Faith for every seeker of Christian Orthodoxy. Notes 4th Edition Volume 1 of 2 Preface by Archimandrite Joseph, Abbot of Xeropotamou Monastery, Mt. Athos Includes a short biography of the elder and a scriptural index Enriched with 29 photos & icons
Life and Witness of St. Iakovos of Evia softcover
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Overview То many а modern man, holiness seems an exceptional, if not exotic, possession of а bye-gone age.Even when modern day saints emerge, modern man struggles to connect their lives with his own, to bring the lessons learned from them alive in his own life. This struggle is made "easy'' and the "yoke" of true life in Christ is made light upon encountering the Life and Witness of Saint Iakovos of Evia.From holy roots in Asia Minor, where а rich spiritual treasure was inherited from holy ancestors, to his ascetic struggle on the island of Evia, where rich spiritual fruit was borne forth, Saint Iakovos' life is pure inspiration for the spiritual athlete. Herein one will hear his life told in the first person, from his own perspective and in his own way: how his family established а new home as refugees, how God called him from childhood on the path to monasticism and His Grace poured through him for the edification of аll around him; how he lived as а hieromonk and spiritual father to many.The narrator of this true life is the saint's close spiritual child and physician, an "eye-witness" of the mystery and the miracle that is the theanthropic life incarnate in man. Не helps make this book а bridge to the other side of life, the one hidden in Christ, allowing us insight into the saint's own experience of clinging to reverent piety, cultivating Orthodox faith in Christ, and pursuing holiness even amidst the malaise of modernity. Notes 1st edition Translated by Fr. Nicholas Metrakos
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What’s wrong with being gay and if we all are sinners, what’s the difference? Well, according to my spiritual father Nectarios who is a Saintly man his response to me was…. when we sin we quickly try and correct our sin by going to confession and refrain from doing that sin again, the homosexuals accept a lifestyle of sin and do not repent.
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It's scary how common this is becoming in the west
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Sinful passions explained by some people are wrongly thought to define their humanity. Such people can’t justify why they think this way, but rather they just embrace their sinful passions and describe them as defining them. It is a subjective opinion they have, which enables a patient loving apologetic to be formed and the truth professed. Ty Fr Peter.
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Answer; Everything when acted upon mentality or physically.
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This reminds me of this hilarious ugandan interview. "Why are you gae?"
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Happy Blessed New Year. Very well explained Pater. I pray for everyone struggling or not struggling to remain close to God and His teachings. Peace and Love.
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Struggling with this myself
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Probably one of the best answers to this question I’ve ever heard. We need to ask who is Christ first and foremost! You are absolutely 100% right😇👍
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Thank you Father, I know someone who is interested in Orthodoxy but didn’t understand why certain acts are considered sins. I tried to explain that homosexuality wasn’t a part of God’s intended design but you said it a lot better.
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Καλα Χριστουγγενα απο την δυση εως την ανατολη.Ανατολης ανατολων Δοξα τω Θεω παντων ενεκεν.
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✝ HAPPY NEW YEAR ✝ 🕊🙏 GOD BE WITH US AGAINST EVIL AND TEMPTATIONS 💪☀
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"Detestable in the eyes of the Lord."
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Everything.
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What’s not wrong with it
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The grass withers and the flower fades but the words of God stand 4ever. Isaiah 40:8
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Hopefully this stays up on pro-censorship YouTube. Thank you, Father, for your bravery!
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Being a parent and partaking in creation alongside God then feeling the love of a parent for their child; that's the most important lesson and experience we can ever have. To understand that love is to understand "For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son". Homosexuality takes away that gift of understanding life and love and replaces it with death; love that does not bring life. That's one reason why God calls it an abomination.
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Its an affliction not a virtue
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Our Lord Jesus Christ's first public miracle was at a wedding. This has profound significance when you really think deeply about it. ☦
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... And as Christians, we are to conquer our flesh.
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Praying for the people who are afflicted by homosexuality to truly repent and find God's mercy.
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I used to be a convicted atheist and was educated in biology so I did understand these parasexualities were not the original design and I also saw through a lot of the twisting of genetic evidence to be something that we all wanted it to be - i.e. an innate on/off switch - because I had a better grasp of exactly how genes work than most of my lgbt activist friends, but that didn't matter to me. Things can be repurposed, after all, and I couldn't see the harm in it even though I actually lived out a cycle of development in that direction that felt bad but was impossible to judge until I met God, learned He was Christ, and He brought light to the shadows in my soul. The thing that changed as regards my intellectual "opinion" on homosexuality was that once God is seen as real, ontology suddenly matters. The original design becomes a target that makes even a slight erring to either side less ideal. To miss the mark is literally and figuratively sin. This also shifts the recognition of it as a sin from the hateful judgment I once interpreted Christians as conveying (in fairness, many do) but I do think it is impossible to make a non-believer understand. They don't give weight to ontology. The only thing that changed me was God. First and foremost share God and trust Him to change others. Honestly if He changed me it can happen to anyone who is at least willing to bow to truth.
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Identifying as sin is vanity. It's as if saying with your entire existence I commit to sin. Saying to Jesus with your entire soul you have nothing to offer me. We are to be Holy temples unto the Lord Jesus Holy and set apart.
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Некоторые вопросы отвратительные. Такие же , почему аборт это грех. Да потому что это убийство.
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I believe that someone facing such challenges and resisting them truly needs a more comprehensive approach, dear father. What could be the solution to all of this? We can't assume it's easy for them, as these are powerful struggles that can last a lifetime. How can someone find healing in a short period? What prayers should they recite, which saints can they turn to for support, and so forth? Should that individual participate in Holy Communion? You're discussing fundamental concepts here, but the reality is often much more complex.
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Ευχαριστώ πάτερ
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Hosea 6:6 says, "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings"
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How on Earth did "eros" go from "yearning for God" to its contemporary definition?
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It's just gross, even when a man acts like a woman without transitioning, how does that not normally irk everyone out is certainly beyond me.
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In the words of master Yoda: "Everything!"
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We start with God, we come to Him to be healed, He will open our eyes and ears. Barmhjertige Kristus vær os nådig.
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It’s against Gods design. It matters not what you think
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JESUS grant me courage to overcome every battle I face as a single mom, raising two sons with special needs is overwhelming. They need so much from me. Lord were I lack give me abundance. Please Lord give me courage as I struggle to provide clothing, groceries and rent for my sons grant me strength in Jesus name amen.💕
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I experience same sex attraction and am repulsed by the opposite sex. I reject the term "gay" as I see it as a political identity which is encumbered with a host of ideological positions with which I disagree. I admit, I have not watched this video as this topic can be painful for me and I have listened to many. True, one should keep sexual relations within marriage. But logic has not overridden desire. One question the Church must answer: If not a relationship, then what? Those in a similar situation as me face a life without a partner, without children, without companionship. Father, help us. (I watched the video.)
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Proverbs 8:13 fear of the Lord is the hatred of evil.
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It is not of Christ. That's all that we need to worry about. The old man of sin dies and we are born again, divorced from the passions (hopefully). In a practical sense, homosexuality leads to chaos (disease, unbalanced relationships, pathology) and death (disease again, end of a genetic line). The people arguing that it is 'good' don't believe in a rational 'good.' Their objections can be discarded freely.
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Because it's a violation of nature law and a violation of divine law. Gravely sinful to act out on this disordered passion.
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You said it perfectly, I wish people would understand. These people that think it is okay do not believe in Christ and that is so sad. 🙏🏻☦❤
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I work with an active homosexual man who acts very feminine. I am a female and he always wants to hang out with me and talk about men and such. I don't know what words to convey that I don't want to hear these things ( as I see them properly as grave sin). It's very uncomfortable and since it's at work I'm afraid to say anything. I don't want to hurt his feelings either. No idea of the proper words to use. Any suggestions?
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God gave us a mouth to eat food with. Just because you feel like sticking a banana in your ear doesn’t mean you’re eating. It means you’re brain or something is broken or not working right. There’s no condensation from me but don’t tell other people it’s ok to eat with their ear or they starve to death. We don’t hate people for being broken.
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