{"id":8056,"date":"2020-03-29T12:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=8056"},"modified":"2020-03-08T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T00:35:42","slug":"st-tikhon-on-the-church-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orthodoxinsight.com\/?p=8056","title":{"rendered":"St Tikhon on the Church in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2026due to the mercy of God, the Church up to this day, now here and now there, gains victory and is triumphant over her enemies \u2013 and she has many of them.\u00a0 It is not a coincidence that the Church is likened to a ship, sailing amidst a ferocious, stormy sea which is ready to drown it in its waves.\u00a0 And the further the ship sails, the harder the waves slam against it, the fiercer they attack it!\u00a0 But the harder the waves hit the ship, the further they are thrown away and rejoin the abyss and disappear in it, and the ship continues its triumphant sailing as before.\u00a0 For \u201cthe foundation of God standeth sure\u201d since the Church of Christ is built on an immovable rock, and \u2018the gates of hell shall not prevail against it\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Church of Christ is the kingdom not of this world.\u00a0 It does not possess any of the attractions of the earthly world.\u00a0 It is persecuted and slandered.\u00a0 Yet it not only avoids perishing in the world, but grows and defeats the world!\u00a0 This happens everywhere, and here in our land as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

~ Homily During Lent<\/p>\n

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