{"id":4119,"date":"2017-12-28T10:29:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2017-12-20T08:33:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T13:33:12","slug":"elder-st-porphyrios-on-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=4119","title":{"rendered":"Elder St Porphyrios on Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8ufc0\" data-offset-key=\"bp6d-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bp6d-0-0\">\u201cThe divine services are a very great affair. They are everything. I have experienced this. The precondition is for everything to be done with eras, with interest and with a sincere disposition to worship Christ \u2014 not as a chore and not perfunctorily, but with eros and divine enthusiasm. If we do not feel like this, the services are without value. Not only are they valueless, but they are harmful. \u2018Then,\u2019 you will say, \u2018let\u2019s stop doing them.\u2019 No, not at all. But as far as you can, avoid simply following the book and look to the substance of the matter. That is, take pleasure in prayer and in conversation with God. Boredom is disaster for the monk. For my own part, I am never bored. I have always enjoyed the services. I didn\u2019t put any pressure on myself and I never did anything as a bounden duty. On the contrary, if possible I want to hear the same things today and every day. Over and over again.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"8ufc0\" data-offset-key=\"i0ro-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"i0ro-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"i0ro-0-0\">&#8211; \u2018Wounded by Love\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-offset-key=\"i0ro-0-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4120\" src=\"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/prayer-mount-athos-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/prayer-mount-athos-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/prayer-mount-athos-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/prayer-mount-athos.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe divine services are a very great affair. They are everything. I have experienced this. The precondition is for everything to be done with eras, with interest and with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-modern-orthodox-elders","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4121,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions\/4121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}