There’s No More Serious Matter on Earth Than the Salvation of the Soul
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

There’s No More Serious Matter on Earth Than the Salvation of the Soul

Alexandra Kalinovskaya

“Ah, my beloved child, if you only knew how much I want to save you! I would endure everything for you. I have no greater concern than to bring you to the Lord, and there’s no more serious matter on earth than the salvation of the soul.”

Sermon on the Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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Saints. Asceties of Piety. Church Holy Days

Sermon on the Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Hieromonk Seraphim (Panich)

Dear brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the Beheading of the great and holy Prophet of God John the Baptist. And we call this day a little Holy Friday.

St. Job of Pochaev: On Cain and Abel, Envy, and Malice
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

St. Job of Pochaev: On Cain and Abel, Envy, and Malice

Before he killed his brother, Cain knew that fratricide was evil.

St. Job of Pochaev: On Patience, Praise, and Not Mourning Excessively for the Departed
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Homilies and Spiritual Instruction

St. Job of Pochaev: On Patience, Praise, and Not Mourning Excessively for the Departed

Why is this great mystery from God and this cruel death given to us?

The Vials of the Wrath of God
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Theology

The Vials of the Wrath of God

Revelation: Removing the Veil, Part 16A

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol

The Evangelist says: “And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.”