Having suffered greatly for Christ, the Greatmartyr and Healer Panteleimon (July 27/ Aug 9) is a wellspring of healing for those afflicted by diseases and suffering.
As a doctor, Panteleimon invoked the envy of fellow physicians for treating people without charge. When Panteleimon began healing Christians in prison, the emperor Maximian (284-305) had the saint stretched on a rack, thrown into a cauldron of boiling tar, and cast into the sea with a stone around his neck, Yet, he survived all these attempted executions. With each one of them, and more and more people came to believe in Jesus Christ. Finally, God's purpose was achieved when Panteleimon was tied to an olive tree and beheaded. The tree became covered with fruit. Again, many were converted.
Holy Passion-bearer and healer Panteleimon, entreat the merciful God, to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. I’m
As a doctor, Panteleimon invoked the envy of fellow physicians for treating people without charge. When Panteleimon began healing Christians in prison, the emperor Maximian (284-305) had the saint stretched on a rack, thrown into a cauldron of boiling tar, and cast into the sea with a stone around his neck, Yet, he survived all these attempted executions. With each one of them, and more and more people came to believe in Jesus Christ. Finally, God's purpose was achieved when Panteleimon was tied to an olive tree and beheaded. The tree became covered with fruit. Again, many were converted.
Holy Passion-bearer and healer Panteleimon, entreat the merciful God, to grant our souls forgiveness of transgressions. I’m
“Any encounter with another person: in the family, at work, Monday at work or at school, at shopping centres... It has to be such an encounter so that after my departure, the other person will have an extra dose of joy and spiritual peace. And I can only say that, in fact, anyone who tries to live like this will always have great joy and other people will want like bees to get closer to this flower... This is the great mystery of the saints.” —Fr. Paisios Jung, Abbot of St. Maria Schutz Monastery
Full transcript: https://otelders.org/family-life-fl/lets-be-inspiring-to-those-around-us-fr-paisios-jung/
Full transcript: https://otelders.org/family-life-fl/lets-be-inspiring-to-those-around-us-fr-paisios-jung/
"’God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble' (I Pet. 5:5). So, let us unite ourselves to them to whom grace has been given by God. Let us put on oneness of mind, let us be humble, temperate, far from any cursing or evil speech, making ourselves righteous by deeds and not by words... Let our praise be from God, and not from ourselves. God hates those who praise themselves. Let the witness of our good deeds be given by others."
☦️ St Clement of Rome
☦️ St Clement of Rome
The Procession of the Honourable Wood of the Lifegiving Cross of the Lord is the first of the three "Feasts of the Saviour" in August.
The inner chamber of one of the True Cross reliquaries, made of sycamore, gold, silver gilt, and precious stones and pearls is kept at the Hohenlimburg Diocesan museum in Germany. It was made in Constantinople between 968 and 985.
The inner chamber of one of the True Cross reliquaries, made of sycamore, gold, silver gilt, and precious stones and pearls is kept at the Hohenlimburg Diocesan museum in Germany. It was made in Constantinople between 968 and 985.
Praise the Lord, O ye servants, praise ye the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord from henceforth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is to be praised. High above all the nations is the Lord, above the heavens is His glory. Who is like unto the Lord our God? Who dwelleth on high and looketh down on things that are lowly, in heaven and on the earth, Who raiseth up the poor man from the earth, and from the dunghill lifteth up the pauper, That He may seat him with princes, with the princes of His people, Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in a house and be a mother rejoicing over children.
Psalm 112
Psalm 112
"You are in Christ’s Church whenever you uplift someone bent down in sorrow, or when you give alms to the poor and visit the sick. You are in Christ’s Church when you cry out: “Lord, help me”. You are in Christ’s Church when you are good and patient, when you refuse to get angry at your brother, even if he has wounded your feelings. You are in Christ’s Church when you pray: “Lord, forgive him”. When you work honestly at your job, returning home weary in the evenings but with a smile upon your lips, when you repay evil with love —you are in Christ’s Church.
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Let us build churches with our faith. Churches which no human power can pull down. A church whose foundation is Christ. Let us build churches in our enlightened hearts where there shines the bright Sun of Righteousness, Who is Christ Himself, He Who has told us that by faith we are free from sin."
- Father George Calciu
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Let us build churches with our faith. Churches which no human power can pull down. A church whose foundation is Christ. Let us build churches in our enlightened hearts where there shines the bright Sun of Righteousness, Who is Christ Himself, He Who has told us that by faith we are free from sin."
- Father George Calciu
St. Nonna (Aug 5/ Aug 18), the mother of St. Gregory the Theologian, dedicated her life to Christ and His Church and taught her son, by word and deed, Christian piety.
St. Gregory wrote lovingly of her: “What time and place of prayer ever eluded her? She was drawn to this each day before anything else, and she had complete faith that her prayers would be answered. Although greatly moved by the sorrows of strangers, she never yielded to grief to the extent that she allowed any sound of woe to escape her lips before the Eucharist, or a tear to fall from her eye, or for any trace of mourning to remain on a Feast day, though she repeatedly endured many sorrows. She subjected every human thing to God.”
St. Gregory wrote lovingly of her: “What time and place of prayer ever eluded her? She was drawn to this each day before anything else, and she had complete faith that her prayers would be answered. Although greatly moved by the sorrows of strangers, she never yielded to grief to the extent that she allowed any sound of woe to escape her lips before the Eucharist, or a tear to fall from her eye, or for any trace of mourning to remain on a Feast day, though she repeatedly endured many sorrows. She subjected every human thing to God.”
Babylon Bee: “Zephaniah Tired Of His Parents Asking Why He’s Not A Major Prophet Yet”
Would we be spoilers if we mentioned that his feast day is Dec 3 in the ☦️ Orthodox Church? 😀
Would we be spoilers if we mentioned that his feast day is Dec 3 in the ☦️ Orthodox Church? 😀
An annual miracle occurs on the Feast of the Transfiguration at Mt Tabor, where our Lord, God and Saviour Jesus Christ appeared in His divine glory before the Apostles Peter, James, and John (Mt 17:1-9, Mk 9:2-8, Lk 9:28-36). After the all night vigil, at about 4 am, an unusual cloud, described as having a "different" quality covers the mountain. The Mt. Tabor area is very dry and gets little rain, yet each year the miraculous cloud arrives. The faithful bring fruit and leave it out for the cloud's moisture to cover it.
"When, O Christ our God, Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, Thou didst reveal Thy glory to Thy Disciples in proportion as they could bear it. Let Thine everlasting light also enlighten us sinners, through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O God Thou Bestower of light, glory to Thee." Full video @ https://mewe.com/join/orthodoxfaith
"When, O Christ our God, Thou wast transfigured on the mountain, Thou didst reveal Thy glory to Thy Disciples in proportion as they could bear it. Let Thine everlasting light also enlighten us sinners, through the intercessions of the Theotokos, O God Thou Bestower of light, glory to Thee." Full video @ https://mewe.com/join/orthodoxfaith
The relics of our Venerable Father St Herman of Alaska (Glorification Aug 9) sanctify the holy soil at his grave— located under the Chapel of Ss. Sergius and Herman of Valaam on Spruce Island, Alaska. The soil is a source of healing for many. Some faithful mix the soil with water and drink it, others make mud with the soil and annoint their bodies.
When St Herman reposed, he was the only surviving member of the longest missionary journey in Christian History, taking a nearly a year to make the perilous 7,900-mile trek by land and sea from his beloved Valaam monastery in Russian to Kodiak Island, Alaska.
When St Herman reposed, he was the only surviving member of the longest missionary journey in Christian History, taking a nearly a year to make the perilous 7,900-mile trek by land and sea from his beloved Valaam monastery in Russian to Kodiak Island, Alaska.
☦️Saint Tikhon the Bishop of Voronezh and Wonderworker of Zadonsk and All Russia (Aug 13/ Aug 26):
“It is a fearful thing to hate whom God has loved. To look upon another– his weaknesses, his sins, his faults, his defects– is to look upon one who is suffering. He is suffering from negative passions, from the same sinful human corruption from which you yourself suffer. This is very important: do not look upon him with the judgmental eyes of comparison, noting the sins you assume you would never commit. Rather, see him as a fellow sufferer, a fellow human being who is in need of the very healing of which you are in need. Help him, love him, pray for him, do unto him as you would have him do unto you.”
“It is a fearful thing to hate whom God has loved. To look upon another– his weaknesses, his sins, his faults, his defects– is to look upon one who is suffering. He is suffering from negative passions, from the same sinful human corruption from which you yourself suffer. This is very important: do not look upon him with the judgmental eyes of comparison, noting the sins you assume you would never commit. Rather, see him as a fellow sufferer, a fellow human being who is in need of the very healing of which you are in need. Help him, love him, pray for him, do unto him as you would have him do unto you.”
Titles of the Mother of God in the Orthodox Church
Most Holy
The Mother of God is named Panagia ("Most Holy") because she is the perfect example of cooperation between God and man's free will: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word."
Most Pure
The Orthodox Church names the Mother of God "Most Pure" because she was sinless, except for the inherited sin of all humanity, of which she was purified through the conception of the Son of God.
Most blessed, glorious Lady
The Church honours the Mother of God, because she made possible the coming of God the Son into the world, which means salvation would have been impossible without her obedience to God's will.
Theotokos ("Birth Giver of God")
Theotokos (Greek: OcоTóкоç) means "Birth Giver of God". This name was approved at the Third Ecumenical Council in Ephesus (431) in order to combat the heresy of Nestorius.
Most Holy
The Mother of God is named Panagia ("Most Holy") because she is the perfect example of cooperation between God and man's free will: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word."
Most Pure
The Orthodox Church names the Mother of God "Most Pure" because she was sinless, except for the inherited sin of all humanity, of which she was purified through the conception of the Son of God.
Most blessed, glorious Lady
The Church honours the Mother of God, because she made possible the coming of God the Son into the world, which means salvation would have been impossible without her obedience to God's will.
Theotokos ("Birth Giver of God")
Theotokos (Greek: OcоTóкоç) means "Birth Giver of God". This name was approved at the Third Ecumenical Council in Ephesus (431) in order to combat the heresy of Nestorius.
Ever-Virgin
The Mother of God is Ever-Virgin, more precisely she remained a virgin before, during and after giving birth to our Lord Jesus Christ ☦
The Mother of God is Ever-Virgin, more precisely she remained a virgin before, during and after giving birth to our Lord Jesus Christ ☦
At the First Ecumenical Council, Saint Spyridon, Wonderworker, Bishop of Tremithus, displayed the unity of the Holy Trinity by taking a brick in his hand and squeezing it. At that instant fire shot up from it, water dripped on the ground, and only dust remained in the hands of the wonderworker. “There was only one brick,” Saint Spyridon said, “but it was composed of three elements. In the Holy Trinity there are three Persons, but only one God.”
Saint Spyridon’s miracles have continued for centuries after his repose. One of the saint’s miracles, commemorated on August 11, took place when the Turks invaded Corfu in 1716, at the second great siege. Turkish soldiers were said to have been so terrified by the sight of Saint Spyridon, dressed as a monk, flying at them, threatening them with a flaming sword, that they fled in a panic, and the siege, which had lasted for twenty two days was over. Corfu was again saved.
Saint Spyridon’s miracles have continued for centuries after his repose. One of the saint’s miracles, commemorated on August 11, took place when the Turks invaded Corfu in 1716, at the second great siege. Turkish soldiers were said to have been so terrified by the sight of Saint Spyridon, dressed as a monk, flying at them, threatening them with a flaming sword, that they fled in a panic, and the siege, which had lasted for twenty two days was over. Corfu was again saved.
“The Church, through the temple and Divine service, acts upon the entire man, educates him wholly; acts upon his sight, hearing, smelling, feeling, taste, imagination, mind, and will, by the splendour of the icons and of the whole temple, by the ringing of bells, by the singing of the choir, by the fragrance of the incense, the kissing of the Gospel, of the cross and the holy icons, by the prosphoras, the singing, and sweet sound of the readings of the Scriptures.”
+St. John of Kronstadt
+St. John of Kronstadt
Over the past day, reports have circulated— apparently prematurely— of the repose of His Eminence Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia. However, prayers are most appropriate, as Metropolitan Kallistos is perhaps in the final hours of this life.
Over the past sixty years, the writings and talks of Met. Kallistos have introduced thousands in the English-speaking Western world to the Holy Catholic and Orthodox Faith. Countless converts were influenced to embrace the Faith by the Metropolitan’s books, The Orthodox Church, and companion volume, The Orthodox Way. The Orthodox Church was published under the Metropolitan’s birth name, Timothy Ware, when he was a layman in 1963.
Over the past sixty years, the writings and talks of Met. Kallistos have introduced thousands in the English-speaking Western world to the Holy Catholic and Orthodox Faith. Countless converts were influenced to embrace the Faith by the Metropolitan’s books, The Orthodox Church, and companion volume, The Orthodox Way. The Orthodox Church was published under the Metropolitan’s birth name, Timothy Ware, when he was a layman in 1963.