Saint Ephrem's Prayer - O Lord and Master of my life
O Lord and Master of my life, free me from the spirit of idleness, curiosity, love of leadership, and idle talk, and bestow upon me, your sinful servant, the spirit of chastity […]
Christmas fast
The major church fasts that the Holy Church has determined are four: the Easter fast (which is the most famous and practiced by the Christians of our country) and the Apostles’ fast.
Spirituality of the Orthodox Church
The East is famous for its spirituality and the West for its rationalism, and we know that man combines the body, mind, and spirit in his being. In our next conversation, no
The Secret of Spiritual Warfare - Meditate on the Fourth Psalm
“When I called, the God of my righteousness answered me; You comforted me in sorrow; had compassion on me and heard my prayer.” “A Psalm of David at the End of the Psalms”
Triodion time
Easter, commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, is a feast of holidays in the Orthodox Church, as without the Resurrection, Christianity would not have arisen in the first place.
Lenten Sunday saints
They are three saints. The first of them is Saint Gregory Palamas, Bishop of Thessalonica, whom we celebrate on the second Sunday. The second of them is Saint John
Fasting before communion
It is one of the very expressive church fasts that Orthodoxy requires of all believers (except the sick and children) every time they come to prayer.
Holy things previously sanctified
As is clear from the name, this liturgy is the service of eating the holy things that have been sanctified and consecrated in a previous liturgy. It is the service
The Orthodox Church is a universal, holy and apostolic Church
Introduction: The church, in its narrow sense, means the community of believers. When we talk about a group called a church, there must be a link connecting that group
Chapter Six: Holidays, fasting, and individual prayer
(The real purpose of prayer is to enter into a dialogue with God. This dialogue is not limited to a few hours in which a person prays.
09:14-31 – This kind does not come out except through prayer and fasting
14 And when he came to the disciples, he saw a large crowd around them, and scribes conversing with them. 15 And immediately the whole crowd, when they saw him, were astonished, and ran and saluted.
06:14_23 - Fasting
Text:14 For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will He forgive you.