Are You Free?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Are You Free?

Fr. James Guirguis

St. Apostle Paul takes an earthly reality and he uses it to bring to light an even greater spiritual reality. He uses this language of freedom and slavery with a completely different purpose.

Why Do We Need to Turn in Prayer Mainly to the Mother of God?
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Why Do We Need to Turn in Prayer Mainly to the Mother of God?

The Day of the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. From the Full Cycle of Yearly teachings for every day of the year

Archpriest Gregory Dyachenko

The Most Holy Virgin Theotokos is the special protectress of pious Christians.

The Faith of the Centurion
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

The Faith of the Centurion

St. John Chrysostom

So, what does Jesus do? He does something He never did before. In all the other cases He complied with the petitioners’ requests. But here He Himself forestalls the centurion’s wish and promises not only to heal the servant, but also to come to his house.

Do You See This Woman?
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

Do You See This Woman?

Fr. Lawrence Farley

Christ had compassion on the sinful woman, as He has compassion on all. We must at least try to see others as they are so that we might share with them Christ’s compassion.

Nun Macaria (Desipri), Through Whom St. Ephraim the New Deigned to Reveal Himself
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Nun Macaria (Desipri), Through Whom St. Ephraim the New Deigned to Reveal Himself

Nikolaos Sotiropoulos

I turned around and saw him. He was tall, with small, round eyes and slight wrinkles in the corner. His beard covered his neck, and from there it divided into three parts. It was black and a little curly.