706 (PRAYER/ FAITH/ JESUS PRAYER/ SERVICES)
706 (PRAYER/ FAITH/ JESUS PRAYER/ SERVICES) When we say, "keep saying the Jesus Prayer unceasingly" -believing that it will be answered according to our wishes- it is the same as saying, "concentrate your whole mind on the Service", trusting that all that is asked for in it shall be
705 (MIND/ SOBRIETY)
705 (MIND/ SOBRIETY) When a cardiologist wishes to see how a patient's heart is working, he sometimes places wires on the patient's body, through which the heart's function is recorded for 24 hours. Let us all make a similar recording of our spiritual heart..., i.e. our ‘nous’ (mind): Where
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