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.”
Joel, son of Penuel, is the second prophecy in the order of the twelve minor prophets in the Bible after Hosea. prophesy in
The Church's war, then, is not against the body but against its passions. If the man of the new creation is freed from his corrupt passions, his senses and his entire body will become pure and enlightened, and everything around him will shine with the love and glory of God. In the lives of the saints of our Church there are examples of liberation from the slavery of passions.
Man was created in the image of God, and from the beginning he was a pair, that is, a man and a woman. Just as the triune God was not singular, neither was man. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity, expressed in unity in essence and trinity in persons, is a fundamental truth that also expresses the truth of man. Therefore, man was created from the beginning as a pair, that is, a man and a woman.
The heavenly birth that Christ speaks of is “the washing of regeneration and renewal that comes from the Holy Spirit,” that is, receiving the Holy Spirit through baptism in the name of the Holy Trinity. It is the presence of the Holy Spirit that renews the birth of man. This presence takes place within the Church through the sacrament of baptism and the other sacraments.
From a rich family related to the royal family in Constantinople. He grew up in an atmosphere of respect and love for God. Excellent, since childhood,
ما أن سقط الإنسان حتى بدأ مغامرته الكبرى. فالمحبة التي كانت تربطه بالله وبسائر الخليقة انفصمت وانقسم كل شيء في داخلها. والإنسان نفسه تجزأ، وبعدم رجوعه إلى الله صار كائناً أنانياً.
ينبغي أن نميّز إذاً بين جوهر الله وبين أفعاله الإلهية. فالإنسان لا يستطيع أن يعرف جوهر الله، إنما بإمكانه أن يعرف أفعاله أو قدراته التي لا تنفصل عن جوهره. ولهذا شبّهها الآباء بشعاع الشمس الذي يعمل خارج نطاقها (الشمس) مع انه غير منفصل عنها
By knowing God, we do not mean understanding Him logically, but rather a personal encounter with Him. When a person surrenders completely to God, desires to meet Him, and yearns for Him, and after passing through the dark cloud of ignorance, God comes to him, illuminates everything around him, and reveals Himself to him.
Text: 4 God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 while we were sometimes dead in sins
Speaking of the “new commandment” (John 13:34), meaning love, presupposes complete purity that the writer of these lines does not have, and therefore requires renunciation.
The beginning of the speech: Are there still those who care about eternal life today? Are there anyone asking this question yet? And if they put it up
