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  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)  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)  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

  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

   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

  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)  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,

  694 (JOY)  Pure joy is a very important thing in spiritual life; it strengthens the nerve of the soul! At the same time, it weakens our enemy, the devil! The devil knows this very well and tries in every way to spoil the joy he perceives we have or

  693 (HUMILITY - COMPLEX/ SELF CONFIDENCE - PRIDE)  In today’s PA, I would like to clarify the following: 1. Humility or Complex? Most people present -some intensely and others more lightly- manifestations of complexes, which, however, both themselves and those around them consider as manifestations of humility (!!!) But

  692 (SIMPLICITY)  Today’s P.A. is about simplicity…  Unfortunately, people -especially today- are not honest or direct or simple or natural… They have no genuine and selfless love towards their neighbour; nor do they have good intentions towards him!  However, what is mostly absent from people of today is simplicity!!!