Мысли Пастыря – Pastoral Reflections
Размышления священника о жизни православного христианина – Thoughts of a priest on the life of an Orthodox Christian
“…That they be one, even as We are…” Dear brothers and sisters! How much meaning is in these words of the Lord! Praying for His disciples, for His Church, God the Son asks God the Father that we, Orthodox Christians, members of the Body of Christ, be one even as the Holy Trinity is one. …
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“…This kind comes out only by prayer and fasting…” These words of the Lord again encourage us on the fourth Sunday of Great lent. At times we forget, or completely fail to see, the reasons why the Church calls us to the feat of temperance. Regrettably, sometime in our understanding lent has only a dietary …
…Without temptations no one can be saved… Much can be said about someone based on his reaction to temptation. Some murmur quietly, some judge the offender, some make a loud fuss, and some altogether become enraged and seek vengeance; rarely, some quietly, with tears thank God for correction, offer Him a heart that is broken …
There lived a boy. Each summer, much like other children of his age, he spent at his grandmother’s place. He spent entire days playing with friends, running through the streets, riding a bike, playing soccer, playing hide and seek, playing war; he came home only to eat, to grab some candy to take outside, and toward …