April 15th
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“Terirem”, Virgin Mary’s lullaby

I know I have shared this again in the past, but it’s so amazing! According to tradition, it was chanted by The Mother of God to her Son, baby Jesus.
Chanted by Nektaria Karantzi.

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April 14th
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By lighting a candle…

By lighting a candle, each Christian enters into closer contact with the church and the service, participating in it more actively and invisibly warming his soul by the visible light of the candle.”

- Metropolitan Vitaly (Ustinov); 20th Century Russian Orthodox prelate

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3:11 PM
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On persecution

“Throughout its history, the Church does not know long periods of prosperity: in times of peace and tranquility will certainly coming times of adversity and trials. But in all circumstances, in word and deed the Church proclaimed the truth of God, she proclaims it today, suggesting that a society based on the principles of profit, permissiveness, unlimited freedom, neglect of eternal truths, denial of authority, moral sickness, is threatened by many dangers.”

- Patriarch Kirill, 21st Century Russian Patriarch, from 2012 Nativity Message

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April 13th
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PENTAX PENTAX K20D
padraig3: orthodoxwayoflife: Orthodox worship It’s the most wonderful feeling knowing that you are a part of something that has continued unchanged for two-thousand years.

padraig3:

orthodoxwayoflife:

Orthodox worship

It’s the most wonderful feeling knowing that you are a part of something that has continued unchanged for two-thousand years.

11:54 AM
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A message from Anonymous
God bless you for this blog! Have you ever been to Kefalonia to see the Holy Snakes during August? The story confuses me. Either God turned nuns into snakes to save them from pirates or God sent the snakes to scare away the pirates and protect the nuns. Which one is the actual story? Please clarify this. Thank you and my Jesus bless you always!

Hello dear!

I haven’t been there but many relatives and friends have been! It’s a true blessing to venerate the icon of Our Lady of the Snakes (Fidousa) and to touch these snakes, that are totally harmless!

According to one theory, when the pirates docked at Katelios and reached the monastery, the nuns ran to the bell tower as the convent burned in fear of being raped and captured for slavery. There they prayed to be transformed into snakes so as to escape unharmed. God answered their prayer and they slithered away to safety. Others say the nuns merely prayed for protection while the convent was burning, and suddenly snakes appeared everywhere around the convent, frightening the pirates away. What can be said for sure is that according to the tradition, snakes played a significant role in somehow saving the nuns, and since then they have appeared every year during the feast of the Dormition.

I hope this helps! God bless you!

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11:41 AM
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The soul that really loves God…

The soul that really loves God and Christ, though it may do ten thousand righteousnesses, esteems itself as having wrought nothing, by reason of its insatiable aspiration after God. Though it should exhaust the body with fastings, with watchings, its attitude towards the virtues is as if it had not yet even begun to labour for them.

- Saint Macarius the Great (295-392 A.D)

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11:31 AM
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In the days of uncertainty…

Our society is a living proof: many souls feel indignation and resentment, as each day increases in uncertainty about the future…in the days of uncertainty and social turbulence, men seek security in the Church.

- Patriarch Neophyte, 21st Century Primate of the Bulgarian Church

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11:27 AM
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On fasting

It is clear that the restrictions of food during fasting is necessary, because, how you eat determines how you feel. The well-being of the body is connected with the well-being of the soul. Changes that produce a meatless diet are necessary in order to arrive at a more concentrated state.

- Priest Alexy Agapov

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April 12th
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orthodoxwayoflife: Most Holy Theotokos pray for us!

orthodoxwayoflife:

Most Holy Theotokos pray for us!

2:59 PM
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adamthenorman: Hail, first-formed star of the world! Hail, candle of truth and justice, shining like gold! Hail, first receiver, in the choir of angels of the rays of the uncreated light! Hail, head of angels and archangels! Hail, you in whom the creative glory of the Right Hand shines! Hail, you by whom the assembly of all bodiless creatures is made beautiful! Hail, Michael, great chief captain with all the hosts of heaven! I love you so much Holy Archangel Michael<3 <3 <3

adamthenorman:

Hail, first-formed star of the world! 
Hail, candle of truth and justice, shining like gold! 
Hail, first receiver, in the choir of angels of the rays of the uncreated light! 
Hail, head of angels and archangels! 
Hail, you in whom the creative glory of the Right Hand shines! 
Hail, you by whom the assembly of all bodiless creatures is made beautiful! 
Hail, Michael, great chief captain with all the hosts of heaven!

I love you so much Holy Archangel Michael<3 <3 <3

2:45 PM
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Theotokos, O Virgin, you are the fortress for virgins and all who to you run for refuge. For the Maker of heaven and earth, O immaculate Maiden, thus constructed you. He inhabited your womb and instructed all how to address you:Rejoice, O pillar of the virgin station.Rejoice, O portal of man’s salvation.Rejoice, initiator of interior renaissance.Rejoice, administrator of God’s beneficence.Rejoice, for you regenerated those who were shamefully conceived.Rejoice, for you reeducated those whose intellects had been seized.Rejoice, incapacitator of the deflowerer of sanity.Rejoice, procreator of the Sower of chastity.Rejoice, of ungamic union the bridal room.Rejoice, who unite believers to the Lord as Groom.Rejoice, O beautiful nursemaid of virgins.Rejoice, O bridesmaid of souls that are holy.Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.- Excerpt from today&#8217;s Forth Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos (This is the Orthodox icon of Our Lady Keharitomeni)

Theotokos, O Virgin, you are the fortress for virgins and all who to you run for refuge. For the Maker of heaven and earth, O immaculate Maiden, thus constructed you. He inhabited your womb and instructed all how to address you:

Rejoice, O pillar of the virgin station.
Rejoice, O portal of man’s salvation.
Rejoice, initiator of interior renaissance.
Rejoice, administrator of God’s beneficence.
Rejoice, for you regenerated those who were shamefully conceived.
Rejoice, for you reeducated those whose intellects had been seized.
Rejoice, incapacitator of the deflowerer of sanity.
Rejoice, procreator of the Sower of chastity.
Rejoice, of ungamic union the bridal room.
Rejoice, who unite believers to the Lord as Groom.
Rejoice, O beautiful nursemaid of virgins.
Rejoice, O bridesmaid of souls that are holy.
Rejoice, O unwedded Bride.

- Excerpt from today’s Forth Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos

(This is the Orthodox icon of Our Lady Keharitomeni)

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2:35 PM
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God gives what is good for us

God gives what is good for us. Why do we shape his actions? His will is sovereign, He knows us better. In any case, you have to be sure that no matter what happens, no matter what the circumstances have not arisen, and that the Lord would give us any at all is His good will, just good for us. This is good, so for all, of course, we must thank him.

- Archpriest Andrey Yurevich

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2:31 PM
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The Grace of God

If we were to receive the entire universe as a gift, that gift would be less than the Grace of God.

- St. Nikolai Velimirovich

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April 11th
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The significance of your thoughts

Never belittle the significance of your thoughts, for not one of them escapes God’s notice.

- St. Mark the Ascetic

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2:59 PM
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On Evangelism

“imageIt is very egotistical to want to save only oneself. It is easy to save yourself, but to save yourself and your neighbor is much harder. One must think about people who do not know Orthodoxy, do not know the true faith, one must remember that they are dying spiritually. Our goal is to bring them to faith.”

- Fr. Adrian Augustus, 21st Century Orthodox Missionary to Pakistan

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