704 (CHRISTMAS/ CHRISTIANS/ MERCY/ JOY/ HOPE)
704 (CHRISTMAS/ CHRISTIANS/ MERCY/ JOY/ HOPE) My brethren, our Christ is the centre of all creation and the centre of human history! Christ is everything!!! Christ is the Alpha and the Omega; the beginning and the end, but also the beginning of the eternal... Christmas is the practical expression
703 (CHRISTMAS/ HOLIDAYS/ SERVICES/ FAITH)
703 (CHRISTMAS/ HOLIDAYS/ SERVICES/ FAITH) The Saints lived (in the deepest sense of the word) each and every feast. They were not just celebrating something that happened 2000 years ago; but, in a mystic and apocalyptic way, they lived the events as if they were happening now and were
701 (PENDING MATTERS/ PEACE/ QUIET/ SOBRIETY) – 702 (PESSIMISM/ SADNESS v’s OPTIMISM/ JOY)
701 (PENDING MATTERS/ PEACE/ QUIET/ SOBRIETY) Do not leave matters pending... These will not let you rest... (that is, to turn towards yourself and towards God calmly and quietly...) 702 (PESSIMISM/ SADNESS v's OPTIMISM/ JOY) Be a "positive" person (I do not mean that in the evil occult sense!)
700 (PASSIONS/ STRUGGLE/ DEVIL)
700 (PASSIONS/ STRUGGLE/ DEVIL) Our holy father Martinian came from Caesarea in Palestine. He grew up early in the fifth century; he lived ascetically from the time of his youth. When he faced a great temptation, he left his hermitage and went to a desert island; however, he encountered
«AN EXACT EXPOSITION OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH»/ «ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΑΚΡΙΒΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΟΥ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ»
ST JOHN DAMASCENE (c. 676 - 749) «AN EXACT EXPOSITION OF THE ORTHODOX FAITH» Translated by Rev. S. D. F. SALMOND (1838 - 1905) ENGLISH VERSION To open the Book in WRITTEN FORM (click) AUDIO: (To fit your mobile phone double click on the image or
699 (SICKNESS/ SADNESS/ PANIC ATTACK/ JOY)
699 (SICKNESS/ SADNESS/ PANIC ATTACK/ JOY) I have written some Paternal Advices in the entry of SICKNESS. After you download the updated file from the following link, https://trooditissa.org/en/all-paternal-advices-gr/, search for the relevant P.As mentioned in the above entry, using the Find Command (Ctrl+F) and you will find them. You
697 (MEEKNESS/ SERENITY/ CALMNESS) – 698 (CARNAL SINS)
Some brief useful advices: 697 (MEEKNESS/ SERENITY/ CALMNESS) Try to be calm in general and in everything... The good arising from this state is incomparably better than the evil that comes from the opposite side... 698 (CARNAL SINS) Go away and immediately from anything that has to do with
VIGIL FOR THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE
UPCOMING VIGIL 20/11 (Sunday) to 21/11/2022: VIGIL FOR THE ENTRY OF THE MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS INTO THE TEMPLE Start time 19:30 and finish around 02:30 in the morning. At 18.00 (before the Vigil) we will have a spiritual meeting with the faithful in the Synodicon of
696 (HUMAN WEAKNESS/ GOD/ PRAYER)
696 (HUMAN WEAKNESS/ GOD/ PRAYER) Never be sure of anything! I mean, that it will happen as you expect it or that you will succeed in doing with certainty! Because in this life nothing is certain! The vicissitudes follow one another and the unexpected and unanticipated are so
695 (DAILY ACCOUNT/ PROGRAMME)
695 (DAILY ACCOUNT/ PROGRAMME) There are two ways to understand how important it is to keep one’s holy “programme”, that is, what one advises oneself during the evening account of the day: One way is when he keeps it exactly and the other is when he violates it. Indeed,