“…the essence of almsgiving is in the proper state of the soul, without which almsgiving is not pleasing to God. And what is this state of soul? Giving alms only for the sake of fulfilling the commandment to love your neighbor—and only for the sake of that!”
(Professor Alexei Osipov in pravoslavie.ru)

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