“Unfortunately many Christians judge their faith according to how much spectacular it contains. The words: humility, simplicity of faith, hard labor, repentance and prayer no longer please the modern “religious consumer”. We are constantly in search of wonders. Is there somewhere an elder that can foresee our problems before they occur? Or perhaps one that can absolve us of all sins without any effort on our part! So if we find him, there we must go…”
(Fr Eugene in Orthodox Sermons  & News)

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