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St. Hilarion of Optina
In the pure writings of the Holy Fathers, we see that he who desires to cleanse his heart of the passions must call on the Lord for help—this is so. We cannot say the Jesus Prayer without our thoughts being plundered. With beginners, God does not demand undistracted prayer: it is acquired with much time and labor. As the writings of the Holy Fathers say: "God gives prayer to him who prays,” thus we must nevertheless continue to pray, orally, and with the mind.
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Natalia Goroshkova, Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk)
A life not according to the Commandments is comparable to a weapon without a safety, says Archimandrite Markell (Pavuk), spiritual father of the Kiev Spiritual schools.
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Professor Alexei Osipov
Many people send letters to Pravoslavie.ru addressed to Professor Alexei Iliych Osipov. After choosing those more frequently asked, these question were posed to Prof. Osipov—on doubts about the faith, about how to discern God’s will, how to give alms, why the Orthodox are patient in deprivations, and whether there is justice on this earth.
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Fr. Stephen Freeman
We live in a culture of fast food, and tend to want grace to operate on the same speed track. Some versions of Christianity make grace as “quick” as walking the aisle. This, of course, is misleading.
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September 16/29 is the commemoration day of the famous Moscow elder in the world, Archpriest Alexei Mechev (1859-1923), rector of the church of St. Nicholas in Klenniki and clairvoyant man of prayer. We present our readers fragments from the new book, Holy Righteous Alexei of Moscow, published by Sretensky Monastery.
