Archimandrite Ilie Cleopa

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The Mother of God – Mother of Lonely and Grieved Souls

Theotokos is so cherished that she surpasses all heavenly and worldly powers. Theotokos is a second heaven or a second world.
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What Do Spouses Need to Do to Have Good and Healthy Children?

Children need to be taught both by their parents and spiritual parents about the fear of God, faith, mercy, humbleness and obedience to the Holy Scripture. They need to be taught from a young age…
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Do Not Forget to Thank and You Shall Be Rewarded!

You should always thank God with all your heart, because thus His help will be even greater in the future.
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The Mother of God – Mother of Lonely and Grieved Souls

Theotokos is so cherished that she surpasses all heavenly and worldly powers. Theotokos is a second heaven or a second world.
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What Do Spouses Need to Do to Have Good and Healthy Children?

Children need to be taught both by their parents and spiritual parents about the fear of God, faith, mercy, humbleness and obedience to the Holy Scripture.
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Do Not Forget to Thank and You Shall Be Rewarded!

You should always thank God with all your heart, because thus His help will be even greater in the future.
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Father Cleopa, about the Biggest Concern on New Year

These are my thoughts for the New Year! Let us thank the Holy Trinity and Theotokos, our intercessor, because she made us worthy of living another year.
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The Main Duty of Parents to their Children

The first duty of parents to their children is to love them (Titus 2: 4). Children need to be born out of love and be desired by both husbands, and not to be born out of sin, pleasure or by chance.
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Fasting Means Abstinence from Wickedness

Fast needs to be accompanied by good deeds and abstinence from wickedness.
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Calling the Name of Jesus Is Life Changing

When we pray, God does not only ask from us to be vigilant over our body but also to watch over prayer.
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In the End, Two Things Will Help Us

Church is our mother. Through Church we enter the world, the life and through it we leave this world and enter the eternal one.
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Fighting Thoughts – Past as Fault, Future as Fear, Sin as Constant Temptation

The devil, in order to trouble you, sends you all sorts of thoughts. About past, future, present, about the sins that you did or could do, through dreams or visions that may seem to be “from God.”
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Temptations Attack from Outside and Inside

From the inside, that is from the heart come all our sins. For Christ has said to the Apostles: “Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man” because it would mean to wash your hands “but that…
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Marriage is for Life

There are few exceptions when the Church allows the separation of spouses.
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Why are Some Good Deeds Useless?

When people restrain themselves from food but are gossiping and envy someone, it is considered a sin. What is the use of the bodily fasting if we ignore the spiritual fasting? What is the use of…
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You are healthy, young and strong – but don’t count on this

Don’t count on the fact that you are healthy, beautiful, rich or young! These are shadows and dreams. Our life is short. Very, very short. We need to live here for the eternal life. 
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Without self-sacrifice there is no salvation

Usually, when it comes about himself, man is always unfair and changes the scale; he is more rightful towards himself, he chooses the better, the biggest, and the most beautiful part: he cries and…
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God’s saints can greatly sanctify, but none as the Holy Mother of God

Brethren, you should have much piety towards Virgin Mary, for joyful is the family and the house that has inside it an icon of Our Lady and every morning reads her Akatist and Paraklesis, and all…
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