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Final Entry

mbonds December 7, 2022 Final Entry2022-12-07T20:03:59+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
It has been an honor to post these quotations from modern Elders of the Orthodox Church for the last few years. However, for a variety of reasons this page...
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St Nikolai Velimirovich on Trails That Come…

mbonds November 12, 2022 St Nikolai Velimirovich on Trails That Come…2022-11-05T21:21:31+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
What does it mean to take up your cross? It means the willing acceptance, at the hand of Providence, of every means of healing, that is offered, bitter though...
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An Anonymous Parable About Salvation…

mbonds November 6, 2022 An Anonymous Parable About Salvation…2022-11-05T21:20:28+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
A certain judge, a righteous Muslim, invited to his house an Orthodox Abbot who was ascetising in a monastery nearby. As they were having dinner, he asked the abbot:...
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Martyr Archbishop John of Riga on Accepting Trials…

mbonds October 30, 2022 Martyr Archbishop John of Riga on Accepting Trials…2022-10-03T17:51:47+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
It is true when they say that a man tolerates least of all his own well-being. Days of happiness, days of success, when everything goes according to one’s wishes-how...
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Elder St Porphyrios on Pentecost…

mbonds October 30, 2022 Elder St Porphyrios on Pentecost…2022-10-08T13:41:51+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
A little further on we read, and fear came upon every soul. This ‘fear’ was not exactly fear. It was something else, something alien, something incomprehensible, .something we cannot say...
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Mother Michaela on the Home…

mbonds October 23, 2022 Mother Michaela on the Home…2022-10-03T17:49:28+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
When we put loving effort into making our home a place not only for our family but for Christ Himself, it becomes a little temple, a “home-church.” We have...
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Elder St Porphyrios on Tongues…

mbonds October 16, 2022 Elder St Porphyrios on Tongues…2022-10-02T09:30:11+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
“Whereas Peter the apostle was speaking his own tongue, the language was instantaneously transformed in the mind of the hearers. In an ineffable way the Holy Spirit made them...
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Orthodox Quote for October 14

mbonds October 14, 2022 Orthodox Quote for October 142022-10-02T20:19:33+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
“This is the kind of effort I make. I have found that the bloodless mode is the best mode of sanctification. It is better, that is, to devote our selves...
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Elder Anthimos on Repentance Part 2

mbonds October 9, 2022 Elder Anthimos on Repentance Part 22022-10-02T09:26:49+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
Repentance is very easy. It lies within man’s intention. St Mary of Egypt could not enter the church in Jerusalem, because some invisible power pushed her away. As soon...
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Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 3)…

mbonds October 2, 2022 Fr Alexey Young on Developing a Christian Conscience (Part 3)…2022-10-02T09:25:27+00:00 Modern Orthodox Elders
We should often, if not daily, examine our souls and repent of the sins we find there. St. Mark the Ascetic writes: “The conscience is nature’s book. He who applies...
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