Fifth story
STARTS: A year had passed since my last encounter with the tourist, and when - finally - a muffled knock on the door and a pleading voice […]
1:2 - Searching for God and believing in Him
God exists but is unknown. The more we give him of our life time, the more he becomes known to us. We have to give
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Divine Providence - A Sermon by Saint John Chrysostom
In your hands, my beloved, is a simple and interesting conversation, recorded by a soul that was satiated with the love of God and within which springs of boundless joy burst forth.
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It will return with greater force, a letter from Saint John Chrysostom to Theodore after his fall and fall into despair
Introduction to Theodore the Desperate Theodore was a friend of Saints John Chrysostom and Basil in the ascetic life, but he was seduced by the beauty of a young woman.
Sermon Eighteen: The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:38-48
8. On being kind to others 1. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist an evil person, but
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Chapter Three: Chapter Three: The Promise
In the previous chapter, the creative Word of God presented us with the tragedy of man, which is the fall. Man was a friend of God, who spoke to him face to face.
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Part Three: Chapter Two: Creation and Fall
We return to the stages of the book and its major themes one by one and begin with the absolute, profound principle: creation. The Book of Genesis in Hebrew, “Bereshit,” is the Book of
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Part One: Chapter One: What is the book?
We begin with some general clarifications about the Bible through which we approach it. The first clarification deals with its definition: What is a book? To put it simply and powerfully:
Sermon Sixteen: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Eight: 28-39
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God” (Romans 8:28). 1 It seems to me that he is speaking
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Continuation of the sixth sermon: The Epistle to the Romans - Chapter Two: 1-16
And after saying this, he repeats the same words again, and with greater severity, to tighten the noose on them, saying: “Therefore, you are without excuse, O man.
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Chapter Twenty-Nine - Orthodox Virtues
Man’s true nature and true life do not emanate from earthly data, but from the Triune God Himself, because man is the image of God. If we want to seek man’s true life, we must draw near to God and savor His life. Only life close to God is “natural,” that is, life that corresponds to man’s true nature. As for distance from God, it is “unnatural.”
Chapter Twenty-Eight - The Ritual Year
The life of the saints is the life of Christ himself, continuing throughout the ages. We are united to them on the basis of the human nature that Christ reformed through his incarnation, death and resurrection. In the divine liturgy, and especially the Eucharist, we participate in the life of Christ and its events and in the life of the saints, because we are all one body, Christ, the saints and ourselves, and we are all “one in Christ Jesus.”