691 (TASKS/ PENDING MATTERS/ STRESS/ COORDINATION)
691 (TASKS/ PENDING NATTERS/ STRESS/ COORDINATION) Today I will refer to an aspect of our everyday life; that of the various tasks and pending matters, which are awaited to be carried out on our part... Because, in the same manner that the state of the body affects the state
FREQUENCE OF PATERNAL ADVICES
ANNOUNCEMENT My dear readers of PNs (Paternal Advices), Please note that from now on PNs will only be issued once a week (usually on Wednesdays) instead of twice. The reason is twofold: 1. To make the life of our translators (to English and Russian) easier and 2. To give
690 (DISCERNMENT/ STRESS/ PRESSURE/ TRUTH/ LIE/ SIN/ SOBRIETY)
690 (DISCERNMENT/ STRESS/ PRESSURE/TRUTH/LIE/ SIN/ SOBRIETY) Truth, having God as its source and origin, comforts and soothes the soul; whereas falsehood and error, having the devil as their father, disturbs and angers it. Anxiety, which is a kind of mental compulsion, cannot by itself originate from God; it is
689 (MOTHER OF GOD/ ORTHODOXY/ ORTHOPRAXY)
689 (MOTHER OF GOD/ ORTHODOXY/ ORTHOPRAXY) (Please allow me to expand a little more than usual on today’s Paternal Advice) Α) PANAGIA (MOTHER OF GOD) (Question): Who is the most beautiful woman of the world? (I hope that what I am asking will not be strange to you!) (Answer):
688 (SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ SOBRIETY/ VIGILANCE/ FALL/ CONSCIENCE/ DAILY ACCOUNT)
688 (SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE/ SOBRIETY/ VIGILANCE/ FALL/ CONSCIENCE/ DAILY ACCOUNT) Which three matters should we be careful of…in order to avoid a possible fall? 1. If you do not wish to fall into one of your weaknesses (which you have decided not to repeat) you should have sobriety, that is,
VIGIL FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS
UPCOMING VIGIL 30/09 (Friday) to 01/10/2022: VIGIL FOR THE THE PROTECTION OF OUR MOST HOLY LADY THE THEOTOKOS AND EVER-VIRGIN MARY 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
687 (PROBLEM/ SICKNESS/ SADNESS/ PRAYER)
687 (PROBLEM/ SICKNESS/ SADNESS/ PRAYER) It is said by the teachers, that “Repetition is the mother of learning.” So, please allow me during today’s Paternal Advice to speak about something that has already been mentioned in previous P.As. If you are facing a problem, a difficult problem (whether it
686 (TONGUE/ DISCRETION/ SILENCE)
686 (TONGUE/ DISCRETION/ SILENCE) When you are ready to say something, it may appear to you to be good. However, “the good is no good if it is not properly done”. Elsewhere it is said, “before speaking once, think twice” (that is, think well, before opening your mouth to
685 (AFFABILITY/ LOVE/ NEIGHBOUR)
685 (AFFABILITY/ LOVE/ NEIGHBOUR) Loving your neighbour demands that you are affable towards him. For example: Does he give you or does he propose to you anything?... Accept or do immediately and with pleasure what he asks of you without any objection. (Provided that what he asks and/or what
684 (ORTHODOX HESYCHASM/ HUMILITY/ MEEKNESS)
684 (ORTHODOX HESYCHASM/ HUMILITY/ MEEKNESS) Orthodox Hesychasm requires external and -mostly- internal tranquillity... When we say “tranquillity”, in Orthodox Hesychasm, we mainly mean the restraint of passions…, as well as the restraint of “thoughts” (logismoi)… This exercise brings us into a state of meekness and humility (since through Orthodox