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On Ghosts & Wandering Spirits- by: St. John Chrysostom | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol on Spiritual Elders. Deacon Andrew Kuraev On Orthodoxy & Creationism. On Ghosts and Wandering Spirits- by: St. John Chrysostom. February 21, 2011. But for what object did the evil one introduce this wicked saying? Neither because of this do I credit the notion, since evil spirits say so to deceive those who listen to them. I will pull down my barns and build greater, (Luke 12:18). Than this state of mind nothing could be more wretched...
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On Fasting & Self-Control | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Gentle & Meek. On Fasting & Self-Control. January 23, 2013. By: St. Gregory Palamas. Sensual pleasure causes ungodliness as well as sin, but fasting and self-control result in the fear of God as well as virtue. Fasting must be accompanied by self-control. Why? Responses to “On Fasting & Self-Control”. Feed for this Entry. January 24, 2013 at 8:37 pm. Reblogged this on hesychastic. January 27, 2013 at 6:18 pm. What good exercise is fasting, what great practice! For if ...
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On How to Abandon Sin. January 2, 2013. St Isaac the Syrian. By: St. Isaac the Syrian. Whoever hates his sins will stop sinning; and whoever confesses them will receive remission. A man can not abandon the habit of sin if he does not first gain enmity toward sin, nor can he receive remission of sin without confession of sin. For the confession of sin is the cause of true humility. On How to Love. December 16, 2012. St Therese of Lisieux. By: St. Therese of Lisieux. On Spiritua...
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On Being Honest With Yourself | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions. On Spiritual and Emotional Dissatisfaction. On Being Honest With Yourself. April 10, 2013. By: Protopriest Sergei Chetverikov. Responses to “On Being Honest With Yourself”. Feed for this Entry. April 10, 2013 at 3:13 pm. Reblogged this on ORTHODOX SPIRITUAL FORCE Faith Is Power and Truth Is Beauty by Andreas C Koutsoudis. On April 10, 2013 at 2:38 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Cast You...
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Collected Quotes on Orthodox Spirituality | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On the Transfiguration: By- Fr. Alexander Schmemann. Unless A Seed Falls Into the Ground & Dies. Collected Quotes on Orthodox Spirituality. September 9, 2009. 8211; Fr. Seraphim Rose. Elder Paisius of Mount Athos. St Seraphim of Sarov, from his conversation with N. Motovilov. St Seraphim of Sarov. 8220;Where there is grace, the fount of life, there good works come from the heart. When the Holy Spirit visits, any labor becomes easy, unceasing prayer flows from the heart, an...
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Sayings of St. John of Kronstadt | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. The Mystery of Knowledge- By: St. Justin Popovich. A Call for an Orthodox Approach to Scripture- By: Fr. Lawrence Farley. Sayings of St. John of Kronstadt. November 10, 2008. St John of Kronstadt. 8220;We have icons in our houses, and venerate them, in order to show, amongst other things, that the eyes of God and of all the heavenly dwellers are constantly fixes upon us, and see not, only all our acts, but also our words, thoughts and desires.”. 8220;How indifferent a priest s...
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On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Honest With Yourself. On True Spiritual Warmth & Illusions. February 21, 2013. St Gregory of Sinai. By: St. Gregory of Sinai. The true beginning of prayer is warmth of the heart, which scorches the passions and fills the soul with joy and gladness, strengthening the heart with an unshakable love and a firm assurance that leaves no room for doubt. Thus the enemy tries to produce an illusion of some spiritual experience within us, offering us a mirage instead of the rea...
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On Spiritual & Emotional Dissatisfaction | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. On Being Honest With Yourself. On Spiritual and Emotional Dissatisfaction. June 15, 2013. St Ambrose of Optina. By: St. Amborse of Optina. Response to “On Spiritual and Emotional Dissatisfaction”. Feed for this Entry. On June 15, 2013 at 10:24 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. On Being Honest With Yourself.
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Concerning Fasting- By: St. Ignatius Brianchaninov | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. St Mary Skobtsova of Paris on Ritualism. Advice for Singers/Chanters in the Orthodox Church. Concerning Fasting- By: St. Ignatius Brianchaninov. December 15, 2008. The head or chief of the virtues is prayer; their foundation is fasting. Fasting is constant moderation in food with prudent discernment in its use. You think so much and so highly of your mind, while all the time it is in complete and constant dependence on your stomach. So important was the law of fasting declared...
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The Loneliness of Christ & our Loneliness- By: Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev | Milk & Honey
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Spiritual Food for Thought. Quotes from St. John Climacus. Everything in Life is A Miracle- Father Arseny 1893-1973. The Loneliness of Christ and our Loneliness- By: Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev. April 2, 2009. By Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev. While on the cross Jesus cried to His Father: My God, My God! Why hast Thou forsaken Me? Mt 27:46). The pain of all mankind and every person was contained in this cry, the pain of everybody who feels alone and abandoned by God. If your close ones or those under your care hav...