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Better a fornicator than an iconoclast, according to St John Damascene

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

It would be better for you to leave no brothel in this town unentered than to refuse to venerate our Lord and God Jesus Christ together with his own mother.

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Prayer carries us, not we our prayer – Mother Alexandra

4 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

I sometimes think we give too much importance to our outward attitude of prayer. We expect too much emotionally of ourselves, much more than God is asking for. God is only asking us to remember Him at all times, in good and bad periods to offer Him this moment of our time — this moment, not the following one. The present is what He asks; not in great gestures of surrender, but in a continual… [ read more ]

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The mark of a king is to die for his subjects – St John Chrysostom

3 April 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

I call Christ ‘King’ precisely because I see Him crucified. For it is the mark of a king to die for the sake of his subjects.

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Dreams may reflect the soul, or may be given by demons – St Diadochos Share on X
The dreams which appear to the soul through God's love are unerring criteria of its health. Such dreams do not change from one shape to another...… [ Read more ]
–St Diadochos of Photiki

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